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The Amazon Under Threat: The Urgency of COP30 in Brazil

COP30 highlights Brazil's climate leadership amid fossil fuel lobbying and calls for $1.3 trillion in adaptation funding over the next decade, experts say.

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Amid a global climate emergency and growing denialism, Brazil is preparing to host the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém, in the Amazon, this month. The challenge is colossal: to transform empty promises into concrete actions to save a planet that has already temporarily exceeded the 1.5°C warming limit set by the Paris Agreement a decade ago. The choice of Belém is no accident. It is an urgent call to action in one of the world’s …

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Brazil hopes for a significant upturn in tourism in the Amazon region from COP 30. Climate researchers, on the other hand, hope to see an end to oil production in the Latin American country.

On the eve of COP30, Brazilian news has been flooded with optimistic headlines: "Deforestation in the Amazon reaches its lowest level in a decade," "Brazil leads the green transition," "New era of sustainability." But a look at the scientific data reveals that the narrative doesn't hold up. According to INPE, deforestation in the Legal Amazon between August 2023 and July 2024 was 6,288 km², a 30% decrease compared to the previous year. This seem…

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