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Amazon rainforest felled to build highway for COP climate summit

Original: Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit (2025)

A stretch of Amazon rainforest has been cut down in Brazil to build a highway intended to ease traffic for the COP30 climate summit in Belém. Critics say the destruction of forest to host a conference about protecting forests undercuts the summit's message, and the irony has drawn widespread attention online.

Why now: The irony of deforestation to host a climate conference has sparked outrage and discussion.

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