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Brazil President-elect Lula to attend COP27 climate change summit
He defeated President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing nationalist who has appointed climate change sceptics as ministers
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Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will participate in this month's COP27 United Nations climate summit in Egypt, the head of his political party said on Tuesday.
Environmentalists cheered Lula's election win on Sunday after he campaigned on promises to protect the Amazon rainforest and restore Brazilian leadership on climate change.
He defeated President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing nationalist who has appointed climate change sceptics as ministers.
On Tuesday, Gleisi Hoffman, the head of Lula's Workers Party, confirmed he would attend COP27.
"He was invited by [Amapa state] Governor Waldez Goes, who is coordinating the consortium of Amazon governors, to accompany them," Hoffman said.
"He will go, but we don't have the dates yet."
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi also invited Lula to attend the summit, in a message congratulating him on his election victory.
COP27 runs from November 6 to 18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. World leaders generally attend the opening of the conference.
Two people with the Lula campaign, requesting anonymity as plans had not been confirmed, said he would likely attend during the second week of the conference.
Lula will "certainly" meet with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at COP27, among other meetings, his advisor and former Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira told Reuters.
"I have absolute certainty that ... various national representatives will request to meet with President Lula," Teixeira said, adding that she was being directly consulted on the matter.
Attending COP27 as president-elect will send the world a strong message that climate is a priority for Brazil, she said.
"Lula is signalling to the developing world that Brazil is back," Teixeira said.
"He has signaled that, in his government, Brazil will return to its important role in strengthening multilateralism."
Lula would not be part of Brazil's official government delegation, as he will only assume the presidency on January 1. Bolsonaro is not expected to attend.
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