The beginning of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) commitment agenda at COP27, in Egypt, and the beginning of the G20 Summit, in Indonesia, are among the highlights of this Tuesday (15).
Lula meets US special envoy at COP27
The president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), will meet this Tuesday afternoon (15) with the special envoy for the climate of the United States, John Kerry.
This will be one of Lula’s most important bilateral meetings at COP27, taking place in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt.
The president-elect should reassure Kerry of his intention to radically change the Brazilian environmental agenda, paying special attention to the protection of the Amazon rainforest.
Lula arrived this Monday (14th) in Sharm el-Sheik, in Egypt. At least five governors of the states that make up the Legal Amazon region are going to deliver a letter to Lula proposing an alliance with the federal government for the preservation of the forest.
G20 Summit starts this Tuesday (15) in Indonesia
The representatives of the Group of 20 (G20) – made up of the world’s largest economies– meet this Tuesday (15) and Wednesday (16), in Bali, Indonesia.
This will be the first summit since the clash between Russia and Ukraine began on February 24. The expectation is that war will be one of the main topics of conversations between world leaders.
Despite not being part of the group, Ukraine was invited by the host nation to participate in the meeting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak virtually on the first day of the summit.
In addition to the war, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is also expected to raise issues related to international economic instability and the rising cost of living, according to information from his government.
Other topics that should be on the agenda are commitments involving climate, food insecurity in the world and tensions over Taiwan, the South China Sea and North Korea.
World reaches 8 billion inhabitants with growing elderly population
The planet Earth will reach this Tuesday (15) the mark of 8 billion inhabitants, according to estimates by the United Nations (UN). The world reaches a level with a tendency to decrease the pace of growth and expansion of elderly populations in different nations.
According to the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 report, life expectancy in the world reached 72.8 years in 2019, which represents an increase of almost nine years since 1990. Although it has fallen to 71.0 years in 2021, as a reflection of the pandemic, the projection is that the average global longevity will reach 77.2 years in 2050.
By mid-century, the United Nations estimates that the number of people over the age of 65 will more than double the number of children under age 5.
“Today, we have 1.1 billion seniors aged 60 or over in the world. By 2100 we will reach 3.1 billion. The elderly population will triple”, clarifies the doctor in demography and retired researcher from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) José Eustáquio.
Xi Jinping completes ten years as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
President Xi Jinping completes, this Tuesday (15), ten years at the helm of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) as general secretary, after replacing Hu Jintao 🇧🇷
On October 23, he was re-elected for his third term as the country’s most powerful post. Since 1993, the acting president of the caption has also been the president of China.
The office holder is still one of seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the CCP’s most powerful body, responsible for setting policy and appointing government officials. The Politburo is made up of 25 people, including the Standing Committee.
As early as 2017, five years after taking control of the CPC, the general secretary broke with the tradition of appointing a successor to the Standing Committee. For more than two decades there has been a new appointment during congress. Thus, it signaled plans to maintain firm control over all aspects of what is considered a triad of power in China: control over the party, the state and the military.
This Tuesday (15), the Brazilian national team will have its second training session for the World Cup
This Tuesday (15th), the Brazilian national team will hold its second training session in Turin, Italy, at the Juventus Training Center, in preparation for the World Cup in Qatar.
The activity is scheduled at 15:00 local time (11:00 Brasilia time). Afterwards, a press conference will be held.
The athletes arrived in the country on Monday (14). Paris Saint-Germain players Neymar and Marquinhos missed the first training session because of problems with the flight from Paris to Turin. However, they are already with the group and should participate this Tuesday.
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