Brazil and China signed 15 bilateral agreements and a joint declaration on the environment during Lula’s visit to Xi Jinping| Photo: EFE/EPA/KEN ISHII

This Friday (14th) Brazil and China signed a joint declaration on the fight against climate change, during the official visit of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In addition to taking on bilateral cooperation commitments in the environmental area, the two countries stated that developed economies “have historical responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions”, and that therefore, they should “honor their unfulfilled obligations of climate finance”. In addition to the declaration, China and Brazil signed 15 agreements during the trip.

“We call on developed countries to honor their unfulfilled climate finance obligations and commit to their new collective quantified target that goes well beyond the $100 billion per year threshold and provides a clear roadmap for doubling adaptation finance,” says the statement.

The two leaders pledged to “expand, deepen and diversify bilateral cooperation on climate”. One of the measures will be to use the new Chinese-Brazilian CBERS 6 satellite to monitor forest cover in Brazil.

In the document, China and Brazil also defend multilateralism, rejecting “green trade barriers”. Finally, the Asian country pledged to support the Brazilian candidacy to host the 30th edition of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in 2025.