US President Joe Biden will make an unprecedented visit to Manaus in the state of Amazonas before he heads to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. Biden will meet with indigenous leaders in the Parque das Tribos community,

Joe Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday (Nov 17), flagging the dangers of global warming often dismissed by President-elect Donald Trumpwho has vowed to scrap measures to fight climate change.

"I will leave my successor [Trump] and my country with a strong foundation to build on if they choose to do so," he said.

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Joe Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, flagging the dangers of global warming often dismissed by President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to scrap measures to fight climate change.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on future generations to safeguard and protect the wildlife and the delicate ecological balance in the Amazon rainforest while visiting the region.

President Joe Biden made a historic visit to the Amazon on Sunday and made a call for future generations to protect the wildlife in the region.

Biden said the fight against climate change has been a defining cause of his presidency — he’s pushed for cleaner air, water and energy, including legislation that marked the most substantial federal investment in history to fight global warming.