Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit.Belém, which is set to host the 30th UN Climate Change Conference with the Conference of the Parties (COP30),

This year's controversial COP 30 climate change summit hasn't even started, but it's already causing environmental damage.

Four-lane route will cut through tens of thousands of acres of protected rainforest You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The next instalment in a series of United Nations climate change conferences will be COP30,

Brazil is facing criticism for cutting down thousands of trees in the Amazon rainforest to build a road for the COP30 climate summit, despite the country's claims of commitment to environmental protection.

As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The BBC’s article has pictures of the clear-cut forest floor where logs have been piled up along a stretch of road that will soon hold concrete and passing cars.

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of the

As Brazil clears the Amazon for a highway to host COP30, questions arise over whether such a move undermines the summit’s goal of tackling climate change

A new road is being built by cutting down thousands of protected Amazon rainforest acres for the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil.

Brazilian officials said the highway is sustainable with wildlife crossings for animals to use and solar lighting.