#Amazon #forest felled to build road for #climate #summit 😱

source: bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191r…

A new four-lane #highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the #COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of #Belém.

#Brazil #fail #environment #nature #politics #future #earth #emissions #problem #ethics #humanity #news

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

^{Ione Wells (BBC News)}

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit

“A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.”

bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191r…

Who needs a giant asteroid when we have these assholes?

#habitat #humanity #fools #extinction #billionairses #corporatocracy #capitalism #COP30

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

^{Ione Wells (BBC News)}

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"Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit"
bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191r…

Edit: some answers point that COP is probably not the only reason for this highway project to go through. Regardless of that, I would say COP should use its power to block the highway ASAP, instead of (apparently) encouraging it.

#Rainforest #COP30 #BBCNews

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

^{Ione Wells (BBC News)}