Autonomie und Solidarität<p>Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit</p><p>"A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.</p><p>It aims to ease traffic to the city, which will host more than 50,000 people - including world leaders - at the conference in November.</p><p>The state government touts the highway's "sustainable" credentials, but some locals and conservationists are outraged at the environmental impact.</p><p>The Amazon plays a vital role in absorbing carbon for the world and providing biodiversity, and many say this deforestation contradicts the very purpose of a climate summit."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191r</span><span class="invisible">gn1o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/climateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateChange</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Amazonas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazonas</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/COP30" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COP30</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CapitalismIsADeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismIsADeathCult</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Brasil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brasil</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClimateSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSummit</span></a></p>