As Brazilian authorities prepare for the upcoming COP30 climate summit in November in Belém, constructing a new four-lane highway - Avenida Liberdade - through the protected Amazon rainforest has ...

After decades of United Nations climate summits, the model of gathering world leaders to negotiate agreements under complex ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

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.

The Brazilian government has defended the decision, saying the highway would be “sustainable”. The secretary of the state government’s infrastructure said the highway will include wildlife crossings ...

Brazil published this week a letter signed by Ambassador André Correa do Lago and Ana Toni, president and executive director of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30 ...

Belém, which is set to host the 30th UN Climate Change Conference with the Conference of the Parties (COP30), has already begun clearing the forests in preparation for hosting more than 50,000 ...

Thousands of trees have been felled to build more than eight miles of road slicing through lush tropical rainforest.

"The Paris Agreement is working, but there is much more to do," he wrote in a letter released on Monday outlining his presidency's vision for the COP30 summit ... best existing venue for climate ...