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Last Friday, we were thrilled to co-host an event with Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado at the Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Figueiredo is a former Minister of Foreign Relations and Brazilian Ambassador to the US, and now the Brazilian Ambassador Extraordinary for Climate Change, appointed in 2023 by President Lula. Our Director Bruna Santos (宝煊) and the Ambassador of Brazil to the United States, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, also participated in the discussion. Given Brazil's current momentum, while holding the #G20 presidency and hosting #COP30 next year, the conversation provided a valuable opportunity to discuss the pivotal debate on reorienting the economy to combat climate change effectively. The Ambassador also addressed topics such as bilateral relations in technology and science, the carbon market, and the private sector's potential contributions to addressing climate change and proposing new forms of sustainable consumption.