Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for less talk and more action ahead of UN climate talks in the Amazon, as the world struggles to curb catastrophic global warming.

In an interview with AFP and other news agencies, Lula, 80, promised the “best COP yet” as he prepares to host 50 heads of state at a meeting on Thursday and Friday in the rainforest city of Belem, before COP30 gets underway next week.

The arrival of around 50,000 visitors in Belem has created chaos around accommodation, with soaring prices prompting concerns that many from poorer nations are being excluded.

“When we decided to hold COP here… we already knew the conditions of the city. And we decided to do it here because we didn’t want comforts, we wanted challenges. And we wanted the world to c

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