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, in order to facilitate access to the United Nations' Climate Conference, COP30.
While the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has weakened collective momentum, the EU remains the world's largest contributor to climate finance, with leaders and climate industry figures travelling to the event, which is taking place between 6 and 21 November.
