The Brazilian government is preparing to host the world’s largest climate summit uniquely – by chopping down tens of thousands of acres of the Amazonian jungle for a new highway. The city of Belém, more than 1500 miles away from Rio de Janeiro,

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.

The Brazilian government has cleared protected Amazon rainforest to build a highway for the COP30 climate summit.

A controversial four-lane highway is being carved through protected Amazon rainforest to prepare for the Cop30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. The new road aims to ease traffic for the more than 50,