The survival of the species, in the hands of one of its worst specimens

2022-04-06T03:57:02.317Z

The climatic war in the Amazon does not have atomic power, but it can end humanity In the past, Brazil was seen as the country of the future. Today, Brazil has become the country that can make humanity have no future. It does not seem that the world community has understood this obvious reality. If he had understood it, the climate war that is currently taking place in the Amazon and in Brazil, dominated by Jair Bolsonaro, would be given as much prominence as the war that Vladim

In the past, Brazil was seen as the country of the future.

Today, Brazil has become the country that can make humanity have no future.

It does not seem that the world community has understood this obvious reality.

If he had understood it, the climate war that is currently taking place in the Amazon and in Brazil, dominated by Jair Bolsonaro, would be given as much prominence as the war that Vladimir Putin's Russia has declared against Ukraine. .

Aware of being in the scene of the greatest global challenge, the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil began, on March 30, the vote on a package of seven climate actions, most of them related to the Amazon.

The court intends to deal with an escalation of destruction that, during the first three years of the Bolsonaro government,

Deforestation has increased by 138% in indigenous lands and by 130% in conservation units.

These areas, being protected by the Constitution, are “climate safety areas”, as emphasized by Mauricio Guetta, a lawyer for the Socio-environmental Institute.

And they are being destroyed by a series of calculated actions and omissions by Bolsonaro, from which extractivist corporations in Europe and North America have benefited.

Some of the most prominent climate scientists say that the Amazon rainforest will reach the point of no return when between 20% and 25% of its territory has been destroyed.

At this time, 20% of the forest has already been devastated.

At the same time, this Monday, the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown that there are only three years left to control global overheating.

If the Amazon can't act like a rainforest in regulating climate and absorbing carbon, the odds are slim.

Given the speed with which Bolsonaro and his government are destroying the Amazon, it is possible that in 2025 the jungle will already be gone.

The tragedy from which the world is slow to wake up is that the survival of the species is in the hands of one of its worst specimens.

Although the magistrates of the Brazilian Supreme Court prove to be equal to his historical responsibility and Bolsonaro finds a barrier, it will not be enough to stop the project of destroying him if he wins re-election in October.

Since the redemocratization of the country, all the presidents who finished their first term have been re-elected.

Right now, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva continues to lead the polls, but the gap between the two has already started to narrow.

Let Viktor Orbán's victory in Hungary serve as a warning: the more the democracies hesitate, the more the extreme fascist right advances.

If Bolsonaro is re-elected, the Amazon will be wiped off the world map.

Translation by

Meritxell Almarza.