UN Cuts Down 100,000 Amazon Trees to Make Way for ‘Climate Change’ Summit
UN Cuts Down 100,000 Amazon Trees to Make Way for ‘Climate Change’ Summit
Frank BergmanThe United Nations (UN) is facing backlash after reports confirmed that around 100,000 trees were cut down in the Amazon rainforest to build new roads and infrastructure for its upcoming COP30 “climate change” summit.
The conference is set to take place in the Brazilian city of Belém in November.
It will bring an estimated 70,000 delegates and activists to the region to discuss “saving the planet” and “protecting biodiversity.”
To accommodate the massive influx of attendees, construction crews have carved an eight-mile, four-lane highway, Avenida Liberdade, directly through a dense section of the Amazon rainforest.
Environmental observers estimate that roughly 100,000 mature trees were logged to complete the project, causing widespread disruption to local wildlife habitats.
“Protecting the Planet” by Destroying It
The revelation has fueled accusations of hypocrisy against the United Nations and its climate conference organizers, who have repeatedly urged developing countries to stop deforestation and cut “carbon emissions.”
Critics argue the very act of bulldozing part of the Amazon, considered a key carbon sink, undermines the UN’s own message.
The project’s construction equipment and the loss of vegetation that once absorbed CO2 are expected to generate significant “carbon emissions,” something which the UN claims is one of the key drivers in “global warming.”
Adding to the irony, COP30 is being billed as a milestone summit for “global climate justice” and “forest preservation.”
Data Contradicts the Narrative
While world leaders prepare to gather in Belém to warn of a supposed “climate emergency,” recent research published in Nature Plants paints a different picture of the Amazon’s health.
The study found that increased levels of atmospheric CO2 have caused the Amazon’s trees to grow larger and stronger, with mature trees expanding by more than 6% per decade over the last 30 years.
Scientists analyzing 188 forest plots across the Amazon concluded that the region’s biomass is thriving, not collapsing.
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