The time to adopt a green policy is running out
It took 16-odd days for the raging fire in the Amazon rainforest to make it to international headlines. While newsfeeds were engaged with the economic tit-for-tat between the US and China and the repeal of Article 370 in Kashmir, the “world’s lungs” were on fire.
It took an ‘SOS’ from celebrities like green-campaigner and Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio before the world powers eventually voiced the need to protect the world’s most biodiverse forest. Ahead of the G7 meet at Biarritz, France’s President Emmanuel Macron called for action on the Amazon Fire and the leaders of several other countries expressed their concern on trade with Brazil, against the backdrop of this environmental crisis. The international and economic pressure saw Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro committing to send the army to douse the fire.
But it’s Bolsonaro’s initial reactions that are worrisome. Countries pressing for action to tackle the Amazon fire were criticized by him for using the environment to stall development and meddle in internal affairs.
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