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Amazon rainforest felled for highway to 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 to build a highway intended to ease access for the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, in 2025. The project has drawn sharp criticism, with many pointing out the irony of destroying forest to host a conference devoted to protecting it, and questioning the planning behind the event.

Why now: The apparent irony of deforestation for a climate summit has sparked widespread criticism and debate.

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