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Belém, Host of the Next UN Climate Talks, is an Amazonian City Plagued With Pollution and Violence

For years, climate scientists, environmentalists, and Brazilian President Lula da Silva have been talking up the first United Nations climate summit to be held in the Amazon. But when 50,000 participants arrive in the host city next year, they won’t find idyllic images of rainforest. In Belém, a metropolitan area filled with inequalities, most of the 2.5 million residents live in slums.

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