https://www.greenmatters.com/climate-action/bill-gates-cutting-down-trees
While this agenda in of itself doesn't quite fit the type of James_Bond_villains, it's still very concerning.
https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-marc-benioff-argue-planting-trees-climate-change-2023-9
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/3/can-planting-trees-really-help-fight-climate-change
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-on-mars-may-have-been-its-own-worst-enemy/
https://earthsky.org/space/life-on-mars-methanogens-extinction/
Hopefully, this mentality won't spread to Brazil & Canada.
Brazil still has plenty of room for growth without taking down more of its forests & jungles.
Canada also has plenty of room for growth and can still protect most of its forests while having a lumber industry.