As COP30 approaches in Belém, Brazil, preparations for the climate summit already expose deep contradictions. A new highway through the rainforest symbolizes how global leaders plan to discuss saving forests while paving over them. For Norway, the paradox is equally stark: presenting itself as a climate leader abroad while companies like Hydro leave polluted rivers and poisoned communities in the Amazon. At a recent event in Oslo, activists and researchers called for these contradictions to be confronted.