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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey in Belém

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

Muddy hillside with heavy vehicles
A drone view of mining at Carajás national forest in the Amazonian state of Para, Brazil, on 8 October. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters

The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit.

Keir Starmer flew to Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, on Wednesday to join the summit of world leaders hosted by Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva.

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