Blue wave? Meh. It’s the Brazil election that matters at COP.

ANTALYA, Turkey — Forget the U.S. midterms. Another election has dominated the attention of diplomats at the global climate talks in Turkey. Newly reelected Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva got a hero’s reception wherever he appeared at the U.N. conference in Antalya on Wednesday. Delegates broke out into spontaneous applause and chants of “Olé, olé, olé, olé, Lula, Lula!” when the 81-year-old socialist walked into a forest protection event with his entourage. Ed Miliband, the U.K.’s foreign secretary, called it “President Lula’s COP victory party.” Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre hailed Lula’s “tremendous leadership.” One European diplomat went even more stellar with their praise of the Brazilian.