President Joe Biden highlighted his climate legacy in Brazil on Sunday during a visit to the Amazon rainforest, the first by a sitting U.S. president.

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

Biden declared that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America” even as the incoming Trump administration is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate change.

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 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.

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

The president toured the rainforest and promised Brazil funds for environmental initiatives, even as the incoming Trump administration appears poised to roll them back.

Joe Biden toured the shrinking waters of the Rio Negro as the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest Sunday. The visit comes as the U.S.

Biden’s emphasis on climate change during his trip creates yet another contrast with Trump as the president prepares to leave office.

Joe Biden will put a bow on his environmental legacy Sunday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon — a gesture of solidarity with global efforts to confront the looming catastrophe of climate change.