"World spending far more on missiles than climate action": Lula

Brazil's president said that world leaders were relegating climate commitments to a footnote - and spending a fraction on climate compared to weapons. "The planet is tired of climate agreements that were not fulfilled," Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the Cop28 opening session on day two. "How many leaders committed to saving the planet, when only last year the world spent more than $2 trillion on weapons - amounts that could be invested to fight hunger and confront climate change issues," he added.