COP30 Should Accelerate Anti-Deforestation Efforts

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Indigenous people attend a protest to call for climate justice and territorial protection during the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP3O), in Belem, Brazil, November 17, 2025. © 2025 Anderson Coelho/Reuters This year’s United Nations climate summit (COP30) is taking place in Belém, gateway to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began the summit by announcing a global investment fund to pay tropical forest countries to keep trees standing. Indigenous peoples have made their presence felt throughout, demanding recognition for…

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