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[Íntegra] - Lula discursa na abertura da COP 30, em Belém
90 statements · 1 politicians · November 10, 2025 · 14 min
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I would like to say to you, after greeting my dear comrade Janja, after greeting comrade André Correa do Lago, after greeting Simon Steele, executive secretary of the Four Nations United Convention, after greeting all the UN representatives present here, our governors, our senators.
the ministers of my government, my female ministers, I would like to tell you that it is very difficult to speak without first being able to pay tribute to the people of Pará.
You who have come from other countries to participate in this convention, you, please pay close attention, because you are about to participate in an event.
In a state with a wonderful people, you will see men and women who are very joyful and very polite, who will take care of you here in this city as you have never been cared for.
I want to thank my team from the Chief of Staff's Office, represented by Ricardo Costa, and Governor Helder Barbalho, for accomplishing this feat.
for holding the COP in the heart of the Amazon, in the state of Pará and in the city of Belém.
Make the most of this city.
Make the most of its cheerfulness.
Make the most of its beauty.
And make the most of the joy, charm, affection and love of the men and women who will welcome you.
Above all, enjoy Pará's cuisine.
Make the most of it.
Here you will eat food you haven't had anywhere else in the world.
Perhaps the best fish.
And don't forget to eat maniçoba.
The translator can translate that properly there because maniçoba.
That we are in a competition between Pará and Rio de Janeiro and Bahia to see which maniçoba is better.
And I wanted to tell you that holding the COP here is such a great challenge.
as ending the pollution of planet Earth.
It would have been easier to have held the COP in a finished city, in a city that had no problems.
And we decided to accept the challenge of holding the COP in the Amazon to prove that when there is political will, when there is determination and when there is commitment to the truth, we show that there is nothing impossible for man.
The impossible is for us not to have the courage to face challenges.
Therefore, my congratulations to you, delegates — men and women — government representatives, and to the people of Pará.
Congratulations for giving us all this lesson in civility, this lesson — I would say — in human greatness, proving that if the men who wage war were here at this COP, they would realize that it is much cheaper to put $1.3 trillion toward ending the problem that kills than to spend $2.7 trillion to wage war as they did last year.
More than 30 years ago, at the Earth Summit, the world's leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro to debate development and the protection of the environment.
At that moment, multilateralism was at its peak.
The world was entering the so-called decade of conferences, from which emerged the major guideposts that guided humanity over those three decades.
Among them are the concept of sustainable development and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, legacies
alive from Rio '92.
Today, the Climate Convention returns to its birthplace.
It makes the journey back to recover the enthusiasm and engagement that accompanied its birth.
For the next two weeks, Belém will be the capital of the world.
Governors, mayors, parliamentarians, scientists and civil society organizations will be part of this great collective effort on behalf of the planet.
Bringing the COP to the heart of the Amazon was an arduous but necessary task.
The Amazon is not an abstract entity.
It does not ignore what happens in its shadow.
The most diverse biome on Earth is home to almost 50 million people, including 400 indigenous peoples, spread across nine developing countries that still face immense social and economic challenges.
Challenges that Brazil fights to overcome with the same determination with which it navigated
the logistical adversities inherent in organizing a conference of this scope.
When you leave Belém, the people of the city will remain with the infrastructure investments that were made here to host you.
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