Climate summit in Dubai – Mercosur trade pact is temporarily suspended

“Our persistent opposition to the EU’s ecologically devastating pact with South America was worth it. Nature can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being,” says Greenpeace expert Melanie Ebner. Unbridled free trade would have caused the global flood of plastic to become a tsunami, threatening the survival of tens of thousands of local farmers and massively destroying the world’s lungs through further deforestation for soy farming.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva resigned a few hours ago at the Mercosur summit in Rio de Janeiro that no agreement could be reached with the EU. As reported, the agreement was sometimes opposed by eco-pioneers such as Paul Nemecek, chairman of the Lower Austrian Farmers’ Association, and EU mandates Alex Bernhuber (Turquoise) and Günter Sidl (SPÖ). Representatives of the Spar supermarket chain also courageously repeatedly rebelled against the pact. The ball is now in the court of Paraguay, which takes over the Mercosur presidency from Brazil, but has threatened to fail several times. Despite fears of climate damage, negotiations continued even during the conference in Dubai.

Gewessler traveled in economy class
Everything is still open at the top itself! However, Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens), who arrived with sixteen top experts and not in a private jet but in economy class, is far from “euphoric”. COP President Ahmed Al-Jaber, who wants to achieve success for prestige reasons alone, believes that an “unprecedented result is still possible.”