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Brazil will be climate leader, says ex-minister Marina Silva

FILE - An area of forest on fire near a logging area in the Transamazonica highway region, in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 17, 2022. Marina Silva, a former senator and environmental minister, has a message for the U.N. climate summit: Brazil is back when it comes to protecting the Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world that is crucial to staving off the worst effects of climate change. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) FILE - Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, right, and congressional candidate Marina Silva, campaign in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sept. 12, 2022. The recent election win of leftist da Silva, who takes office Jan. 1, represents a potentially huge shift in how Brazil manages the Amazon compared to current President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) Brazil's Marina Silva, a former environmental minister, embraces people at the Brazil Pavilion at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Brazil's Marina Silva, a former environmental minister, poses for photos with others at the Brazil Pavilion at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Brazil's Marina Silva, a former environmental minister, speaks during a session at the Brazil Pavilion at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)