A Chinese EV delivers the host, and a message, at the global climate summit

BELÉM: The electric car pulling up to the conference hall was Chinese. The leader who stepped out was not.
The climate-friendly ride was carrying President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, the host of this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference, a gathering of dozens of world leaders in the Amazonian city of Belém.

The vehicle, a sleek black SUV made by the Chinese automaker BYD, was part of a fleet of electric and hybrid cars assembled to shuttle delegations to the summit’s opening Thursday, where they began negotiations on ways to cut emissions…