Brazil bishop: Our planet ‘is in intensive care,’ but COP26 delayed treatment
By Luis Miguel Modino
EarthBeat
January 5, 2022
Retired Bishop Erwin Kräutler of Xingú, Brazil, has long raised the alarm about the threats facing both Amazonian ecosystems and the Indigenous people and other traditional communities who dwell in them and depend on them for a livelihood.
In this interview, he analyzes the outcome of the U.N. climate conference, COP26, held in November in Glasgow, Scotland, and the situation of the planet and the Amazon basin.