Tuesday, 25 November 2025 12:25

Trees cut for COP30?

Written by Milking It

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OPINION: As the COP30 talkfest ended, claims are surfacing that the controversial Avenida Liberdade - a four-lane 13km highway which cuts across the Amazon - was constructed specifically for the climate summit.

The Brazilian government has been accused of intentionally chopping down 100,000 Amazon trees in the northern state of Pará, as part of a plan to build a four-lane motorway close to the city of Belém, to facilitate access to the United Nations Climate Conference.

The claims didn't escape the attention of US President Donald Trump, who chimed in, purporting on his Truth Social platform that Brazil's rainforest was ripped apart to allow "environmentalists to travel".

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