Brazil's environmental minister has a message for the rest of the world: Don't turn your back on the planet.
Marina Silva, who is also the country's first lady, has called for a shift away from "unsustainable models" when it comes to the environment, Mashable reports.
"Mere adaptation and mitigation are insufficient; what we truly need is transformation," she said Wednesday at a meeting of the G20 Global Bioeconomy Initiative in Brasilia.
Silva and two other Brazilian ministers also called for the bioeconomy to play a major role in combating climate change, and share the benefits of biodiversity with indigenous peoples and communities.
"These increasingly frequent tragedies in Brasil and on all continents, which have more devastating impacts precisely in developing countries, impose on us an even greater responsibility to create more sustainable forms of production which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change," said the country's science and technology minister, Luciana Santos.
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