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Commissioner Hoekstra travels to Brazil to enhance cooperation with COP30 Presidency

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To Wednesday 9 April, Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra (pictured) will be in Brazil to strengthen the EU's cooperation with the COP30 Presidency in view of the UN Climate Change Conference in November. This trip follows the Petersberg Climate Dialogue held in March. The commissioner will also discuss with national authorities and civil society climate action and progress made in the country on the green transition. 

On Monday (7 April) Commissioner Hoekstra met with the Indigenous People Minister Sonia Guajajara. He also spoke at an event organized by the French Ambassy called “Amazonia, the heart of Mother Earth”, in partnership with FUNAI Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples). Today (8 April) he will have bilateral meetings in Brasilia with COP30 President-designate, André Corrêa do Lago; Vice-President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Geraldo Alckmin; Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva;  and the President of the Senate Environment Committee and Senator for the Espírito Santo State, Fabiano Contarato.  

On Wednesday (9 April), he will meet Finance Minister Fernando Haddad. Then, the Commissioner will leave to São Paulo where he will meet with the private sector to discuss the new EU Clean Industrial Deal and green investments. In the afternoon, he will participate in a roundtable with Brazilian Climate NGOs and think-tanks.

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