The 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.
The development has destroyed one of the world’s most critical ecosystems in the name of “climate diplomacy.”
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.
They described the growth as “more than alleviating” any recent negative climate effects.
This finding directly contradicts decades of UN-backed climate models predicting forest collapse.
UN Climate Elite’s Carbon Footprint
The UN’s annual climate conferences have long faced criticism for their massive carbon footprints.
COP29 in Azerbaijan drew similar scrutiny for producing tens of thousands of tons of CO2 from air travel alone, with many attendees arriving in private jets.
COP30 is expected to surpass those emissions, as tens of thousands of globalist politicians, bureaucrats, and activists fly into the Amazon for a week of speeches on reducing “carbon emissions.”
Observers have noted that the UN’s climate gatherings have evolved into sprawling political events, often hosted in luxury accommodations built at environmental expense.
“Do as We Say, Not as We Do”
The destruction of 100,000 Amazon trees for a climate conference has become a defining symbol of what critics call the “do as we say, not as we do” hypocrisy of the global climate establishment.
Even as the UN demands that nations sacrifice energy independence and economic growth in the name of “carbon neutrality,” its own projects continue to generate pollution and destroy the very ecosystems it claims to protect.
For many around the world, COP30 now stands not as a monument to environmental protection, but as a powerful illustration of the global elite’s double standard on “climate change.”
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