Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged major greenhouse gas emitters to make stronger commitments in a meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang ahead of this year’s COP30 climate talks.
Beijing has been trying to maintain a prominent role in global efforts to fight climate change.
A source familiar with the discussions said the talks had been “brief and cordial”, with the Brazilian president using the occasion to thank Beijing for its diplomatic support over hosting the event and to urge Beijing to join financing initiatives for climate transition and resilience.
Ding, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s top decision-making body, is leading a large Chinese delegation attending the United Nations meeting on climate change in the absence of President Xi Jinping.
The two leaders also briefly discussed potential Chinese investments in Brazil in areas such as green energy generation, the source said.
China’s footprint at the summit is expected to be among the largest. It has sent a 300-member delegation to the event, which is being hosted in Belem, the capital of the Amazonian state of Para.
