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

Somebody get Greta on the horn! Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

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

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

Large swathes of Amazon rainforest have been cut down to make way for a road that will bring tens of thousands of delegates to this year’s UN climate conference, Cop30, in Brazil.

Brazil is constructing an eight-mile highway through the Amazon rainforest, leading to concerns about environmental damage ahead of the COP30 climate conference. While officials argue it's a needed infrastructure project for Belem,