Biden visits Amazon rainforest en route to G20 summit

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Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, as his successor Donald Trump vowed to scrap measures to fight climate change.
Deutsche Welle
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The massive Amazon region, which is about the size of Australia, stores huge amounts of the world’s carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that drives climate change when it's released into the atmosphere.
CTV News
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Biden - along with daughter Ashley and granddaughter Natalie - took a helicopter tour of the Amazon, before walking through a portion of the rainforest at the Museu da Amazônia in Manaus, Brazil.
Daily Mail
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Biden is traveling from Lima, Peru, to Manaus, Brazil, to meet with local leaders working to preserve the Amazon, before he flies to Rio de Janeiro for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies addressing issues from hunger and poverty to global governance and climate change.
Deccan Herald

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