Brazil’s environment minister: ‘We are not destroying the world’s lungs’

Brazil’s environment minister Ricardo Salles has told Sky News the international community are just pointing fingers at Brazil over the Amazon rainforest fires.

He says rich countries have a moral obligation to help developing countries with tackling climate change.

Politicians are gathering in Madrid for the UN Climate Change Conference, from there Sky’s climate change correspondent Hannah Thomas Peter reports.

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