First-ever US president heads to Amazon while political climate shifts

In a ground-breaking move **Joe Biden** plans to visit Brazils Amazon rainforest this month meeting local tribes and leaders. His climate-focused trip comes right before major changes in US leadership

November 9 2024 , 07:21 AM  •  5127 views

First-ever US president heads to Amazon while political climate shifts

Joe Biden will make history as the first-ever sitting US president to step foot in Manaus - a big city deep in the Amazon rainforest (home to about 2-million people). His south-american journey happens between nov 14-19 which includes stops in Brazil and Peru

The trip focuses on climate action: Biden will meet with local tribes and leaders who work hard to save the rainforest. Scientists say the Amazon trees are super-important because they eat-up lots of carbon dioxide that makes Earth warmer. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to stop cutting down trees by 2030; Biden promised to ask for $500-million to help with this goal

The political weather is changing fast though. When Donald Trump comes back to power in jan‚ things will look different - hes not big on climate stuff and doesnt like the paris agreement. His ideas match better with ex-brazil leader Jair Bolsonaro (people call him the trump-of-the-tropics) who didnt care much about forest protection from 2019 to 2022

I reiterate my friendship and admiration for President Biden; our governments share close priorities on energy change

Lula stated during their recent talk

The amazon visit comes after french president macron checked out the rainforest in march. Brazil will host a big climate meeting called COP30 next year in the city of belem