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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 to build a highway intended to ease traffic for the COP climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The irony of clearing forest for a conference about protecting forests has drawn widespread criticism, with many calling it a symbol of the gap between climate commitments and government actions ahead of the talks.

Why now: The perceived irony of destroying rainforest to host a climate summit is generating outrage and debate online.

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