Crypto News: The Amazon rainforest is urban, too

In 2025, Belém will host the global COP 30 climate summit, and to prepare, the Brazilian city plans to add new roads, buses and parks. Yet these projects may do little good if they neglect the challenges facing the Amazonian city's 1.3 million people — many of whom live in substandard housing inside polluted and waterlogged neighborhoods.

Belém is a reminder that the Amazon rainforest is home to not just flora and fauna, but also sprawling cities that struggle with issues like inadequate sanitation and extreme weather. In a new perspective piece, contributor Mac Margolis writes that there is no rescuing the rainforest without tending to the well-being of its urban dwellers. Today on CityLab: The Amazon Rainforest Is Urban, Too

— Linda Poon

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