Biden became the first American president to visit the Amazon

President of the United States of America, Joe Bidenha aterrizado este domingo en Rio de Janeiro para participar a partir de este lunes en The last G20 summitcombating the climate crisis and protecting the biodiversity of natural resources such as the Amazon.

But still, it's the best Manausen el corazón de la selva amazónica, convirtiéndose así en el The main mandatario of Casa Blanca to visit Amazonia en un viaje con un eminente epicentro en la crisis climática.

“I am proud to be here. He is the first president of the United States to be responsible for a visit to the Amazon,” Biden said from the Negro River, the main tributary of the Amazon, in Manaus, Brazil.

“Strong solutions fight cambio climate están a nuestro alrededor: los bosques del mundo”, he defended in the act of signing the documents declaring November 17 as the International Conservation Day.

Managed by the Amazon Foundation

In addition, Biden announced that the United States will increase its contribution to the Amazon Foundation to $100 millionAn initiative launched by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Este monto es That's down from the $500 million Washington did in 2023 Five years from now, a White House official who is part of the president's staff said Trump “may change his mind about climate change if he comes to the Amazon and sees the drought and what's happening with his own eyes.” $400 million for the compromise.

Before arriving in Rio de Janeiro, Biden flew over areas of the Amazon affected by deforestation and made a statement from the Amazon Museum.

The American governor said that he will leave his successor, Donald Trump, with a “solid foundation” that he can continue to develop. Agenda of the Gobiernobut los cambios advirtió with irreversible energy transition energy.

“Algunos pueden querar retrasar o detener la revolución energía, pero nadie podrá revertirla,” said Biden and the botany located in the Adolpho Ducke forest reserve at the museum of Amazonia is of no importance.

Biden comes with the task of speaking confidently about the future, which worries many of his colleagues that Trump's coming to power in January will reverse many of the policies he put in place during this four-year mandate: Transición energetica, apoyo de Ukraine and Russia or China dialogue.