Now that the electoral college has certified its victory, the incoming Biden-Harris administration has the opportunity to advance ambitious climate policies that protect the Amazon rainforest.
On the campaign trail and during the presidential debates, Biden committed $20 billion in funding to protect the Amazon without giving specifics. We don’t have time to wait, so we need you to send them some key priorities.
As detailed in our most recent report, Complicity in Destruction III, every day soybeans, meat, minerals, and other commodities from deforested lands in the Brazilian Amazon are shipped to the United States. This year, deforestation there reached a 12-year high, driven by criminal arson and encouraged by government policy.
The report exposed the true drivers of today’s crisis – from political delinquency to market complicity – and now its up to the new Biden-Harris team to do everything in their power to hold them accountable.
Call on Biden and Harris to prioritize the protection of the Amazon rainforest and Indigenous rights!
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