00:00World leaders meeting in Brazil's Amazon rainforest renewed calls for urgent climate action as France announced a new $2.5 billion initiative to protect the Congo Basin forests, the world's second largest tropical forest.
00:14The pledge comes as Brazil revealed it has already secured $5.5 billion for its new fund aimed at paying developing nations to preserve forests.
00:23These are times when voices emerge that choose to ignore or deny the scientific evidence about the climate crisis.
00:36Just recently, the President of the United States said that the climate crisis does not exist.
00:43And that's a lie. We must be able to uphold the values of science and facts.
00:47Brazil hopes its flagship Tropical Forest Forever facility will incentivize 74 forest-rich nations to keep their trees standing, backed by financing from wealthy nations and private investors.
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