US EditionThe construction of a road in Brazil draws criticism before first-ever climate talks in the Amazon
- Ahead of the COP30 climate summit starting November 10, 2025, authorities in Pará are constructing a 13-kilometer avenue named Liberdade in Belem, Brazil, aiming to alleviate traffic on a nearby major highway.
- This road project, initiated in 2020, was planned well before Belem—a major city located on the edge of the Amazon—was selected to hold the upcoming U.N. Climate summit, though critics contend its development is linked to the timing of the event.
- Liberdade is an expressway designed to ease traffic on a parallel highway but cuts through one of Belem's last protected rainforest areas established in 1993 near the Guama River.
- Officials maintain that construction and settlement next to the road will be restricted, but experts caution that the project may still spur illegal urban growth and deforestation, while Brazil’s environmental policies and nearby oil drilling plans near the Amazon River mouth face increasing international criticism.
- The road's completion just before COP30 and Brazil’s environmental decisions risk undermining the summit’s focus on Amazon conservation, drawing critical international attention.
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