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EU Commissioner Hoekstra travels to Brazil for COP28 preparations 

18 October 2023 - 19 October 2023

Brussels, 17 October 2023

Tomorrow, Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, starts a two-day visit to Brazil to continue with preparations for the forthcoming COP28 UN Climate Change conference. Following the adoption of the EU’s negotiating mandate to COP28 in the Environment Council on 16 October, Commissioner Hoekstra will engage with Brazil on the need for high ambition at COP28, as well as looking towards Brazil’s upcoming G20 Presidency.

On 18 October, in Brasilia, the Commissioner will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira; Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva; Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira; and Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad; members of the Committee for Environment and Sustainable Development from the House of Representatives; and later, he will also exchange with Brazilian civil society organisations.

On 19 October, the Commissioner will be in São Paulo to meet with the Governor of the State of Amazonas, Wilson Lima, and to engage with local industry on the green transition. In the morning, Commissioner Hoekstra will participate in a business roundtable on ‘decarbonisation strategies and energy transition in the private sector’ with the Industry Federation of São Paulo (FIESP) and discuss climate finance and investments in green transition with the consortium of European Chambers of Commerce ‘EuroCamaras’. In the afternoon, he will conclude his official visit attending the opening ceremony of the ‘Forum Latino-Americano de Economia Verde’.

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Start:
18 October 2023
End:
19 October 2023
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Website:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/MEX_23_5067

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