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Brazil state hosting COP30 denies new road linked to climate summit

Avenida Liberdade road construction ahead of COP30 summit, in Belem
March 14, 2025
Adriano Machado - Reuters

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) - The Brazilian state hosting a United Nations climate summit this year has denied any connection between a new road cutting through a protected area of Brazilian rainforest and the COP30 summit that will gather world leaders in November.

Work to build the divided four-lane highway, called Avenida Liberdade, began in 2020, before the state capital Belem was chosen to host the summit, said Para's state government.

The project, which follows the path of an existing power line through a conservation area south of the city, has not received federal funds from Brazil's efforts preparing the city for COP30, according to the state and federal governments.

Brazil state hosting COP30 denies new road linked to climate summit
Avenida Liberdade road construction ahead of COP30 summit, in Belem

Still, some locals tie recent progress on the long-discussed highway to the approaching UN summit, when tens of thousands of delegates are expected to swarm the Amazon city home to 1.3 million.

"There's been talk about that project for over 20 years, but there was a lot of resistance. The need to prepare the city for a mega event ends up giving the necessary justification," said Ana Claudia Cardoso, a professor of urban studies at the Federal University of Para.

BBC reported this week that a state infrastructure secretary had listed the new road among 30 projects preparing the city for COP30. The state government said that report did not reflect the facts. Reuters could not reach the official cited in the report.

(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu in Brasilia and Marx Vasconcelos in Belem; Editing by Brad Haynes and Diane Craft)

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