German leaders congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday on winning the Brazilian presidential election, with the centre-left government in Berlin hoping that the result would bolster the fight against climate change. Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on Twitter that he was looking forward to “close and trusting cooperation,” particularly on issues of trade and climate protection. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote in a congratulatory letter to the left-wing politician: “Be it economic crises, the shaping of our energy supply or the transformation to a sustainable economy: Germany stan…