COP30 climate summit preparations wipe out protected rainforest

Large swaths of once-protected Amazonian rainforest have been slashed to make way for attendees of the COP30 climate summit this month.

Large swaths of once-protected Amazonian rainforest have been slashed to make way for attendees of the COP30 climate summit this month, as the city of Belém, Brazil, prepared for more than 50,000 people.

Tens of thousands of acres of rainforest and wetlands were destroyed to construct a “sustainable” four-lane highway earlier this year for the climate su…