The US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will lead the U.S. delegation to the 2023 Our Ocean Conference hosted by  Panama and will then travel to Brasilia, Brazil, to advance the U.S.-Brazil Climate Change Working Group that  Presidents Biden and Lula relaunched during their February 10 meeting.  He will meet with senior government officials, congressional representatives, and civil society leaders to discuss opportunities for Brazil and the United States to collaborate on combating the climate crisis, halting and reversing deforestation, advancing the clean energy transition, and building a strong bioeconomy. 

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