Just a reminder that Brazil bulldozed parts of the protected Amazon rainforest to build a 4 lane highway for the COP 30 climate summit this year. Thousands (50,000?) of "climate champions" burned millions of liters of fossil jet fuel flying from around the world (many on private jets), then drove on a freshly bulldozed highway through cleared Amazon land. Seems a bit ironic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
Brazil is also bulldozing large swaths of the rainforest to build thousands of kilometers of roads to sea ports to access trade routes with China.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-backs-hi...
Oh yeah, Lula wants rich nations to pay billions of dollars to Brazil annually to protect the rainforest.