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COP30
The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP30, is the upcoming 30th United Nations Climate Change conference, to be held in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025. The city's candidacy was announced by Brazilian president Lula da Silva during his visit to the COP 27, held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and made official in January 2023. The BBC reported that the summit has been used as a justification to build a new highway cutting through the rain forest.Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit BBC, March 12, 2025 The COP30's organizers and the state of Pará have denied any direct links. Meanwhile the |
Avenida Liberdade (Brazil Highway)
The Avenida Liberdade is a four-lane highway currently being constructed in protected Amazon rainforest areas in preparation for the November 2025 COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The infrastructure project spans over thirteen kilometers through protected rainforest territory, and plans to incorporate several environmental-focused designs including wildlife crossings to allow animal movement, bicycle lanes, and solar-powered lighting systems. The project represents one of numerous development initiatives being implemented to accommodate the anticipated 50,000 attendees, including several world leaders and high-ranking delegates, expected at the climate conference. The highway's construction generated significant controversy due to its ecological impact caused by its deforesting of a region critical to global carbon absorption and biodiversity preservation. History The Avenida Liberdade highway project was initially proposed by the Pará state government in 2012, but had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Climate Change Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC parties – the conference of the parties, Conference of the Parties (COP) – to assess progress in dealing with climate change, and beginning in the mid-1990s, to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Starting in 2005 the conferences have also served as the "Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol" (CMP); also parties to the convention that are not parties to the protocol can participate in protocol-related meetings as observers. From 2011 to 2015, the meetings were used to negotiate the Paris Agreement as part of the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference#Durban Platform, Durban platform, which created a general path towards clim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation violence (2024–present), Bangladesh, Ecuadorian security crisis, Ecuador, 2024–2025 Georgian constitutional crisis, Georgia, German economic crisis (2022–present), Germany, Haitian crisis (2018–present), Haiti, Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Somalia, and 2024 South Korean martial law crisis, South Korea continued into this year, with the latter leading to Yoon Suk Yeol's Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol, arrest and Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, removal from office. In June, Israel intensified its Israel – Iran war, conflict with Iran by June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran, striking Iranian nuclear sites and assassinating Iranian military leadership and nuclear scientists, citing concerns over Iran being close to Nuclear program of Iran, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
