For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up the first United Nations climate summit to be held in the Amazon. But when tens of thousands of participants arrive in the host city of Belem next year, they won’t find idyllic images of rainforest. In Belem, a metropolitan area filled with inequalities, most of the 2.5 million residents live in slums.
Belem, host of next year’s climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence
