Amazon state that will host COP30 strikes “largest carbon credit sale in history”

A coalition of governments and multinational corporations promises to pay Pará state $180m to save its rainforest
Robson Paes sits in the Amazon rainforest during an expedition of Munduruku people as they mark the frontier of the Sawre Muybu Indigenous Territory, in Itaituba municipality, Para state, Brazil, July 20, 2024. COP30 Amazon host strikes "largest carbon credit sale in history"
Robson Paes sits in the Amazon rainforest during an expedition of Munduruku people as they mark the frontier of the Sawre Muybu Indigenous Territory, in Itaituba municipality, Para state, Brazil, July 20, 2024. (Photo: EUTERS/Adriano Machado)

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