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Workers construct an avenue, named Liberdade, or Freedom, ahead of the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil, March 18, 2025.

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Video. Fact check: Did Brazil chop down 100,000 trees for COP30?

Updated: 17/11/2025 - 14:53 GMT+1

As European leaders take part in COP30, claims that the controversial Avenida Liberdade — a four-lane 13km highway which cuts across the Amazon — was constructed specifically for the climate summit have spread online.

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