Guterres urges polluter taxes as Lula presses rich countries on climate

The COP31 speeches pair a demand for wealthy nations to honor funding commitments with a call to tax windfall profits.

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3:52Américo Martins reports from Antalya on Lula's summit appearance and criticism of wealthy countries.
8:23Lula argues that weapons and tariffs have displaced climate commitments in major international forums.
9:53Lula says wealthy nations must fulfill their financial commitments to developing countries.
11:36Matheus Teixeira interprets Lula's speech as geopolitical positioning against Donald Trump.
15:03Guterres calls for taxes on polluters' windfall profits, international cooperation and implementation.
16:20Gustavo Uribe reports on cabinet talks concerning Geraldo Alckmin's future ministerial position.

"Polluters must pay," UN Secretary-General António Guterres tells COP31 delegates in footage carried by Brazil's CNN Brasil. His call to tax windfall profits adds a funding proposal to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's criticism of wealthy countries' climate priorities.

The November 11 edition of Bastidores CNN connects the two speeches from the climate summit in Antalya, Turkey. Lula argues that international forums have allowed weapons and tariffs to displace concern about the survival of future generations. He singles out the G7 and G20, saying the planet cannot be left at the mercy of struggles for global dominance.

His demand is also financial: wealthy nations, he argues, developed at the planet's expense and must fulfill their commitments to developing countries. The broadcast presents the remarks alongside his defense of the legacy of COP30, the previous year's climate conference.

Guterres's intervention turns to how governments should respond. Alongside making polluters pay, he calls for cooperation rather than fragmentation and stresses that implementation is essential. The speeches share an emphasis on turning international commitments into action, though the excerpts do not set out a detailed funding mechanism or agreement reached at the summit.

Political analyst Matheus Teixeira interprets Lula's stance as a challenge to Donald Trump and an effort to position himself as a global progressive leader. That is the analyst's reading of the speech, rather than an announcement by Lula.

The program then shifts from international diplomacy to Brazil's next administration. Gustavo Uribe reports on cabinet negotiations, including discussions about a future ministerial position for Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.