More than 100 world leaders are committed to ending deforestation by 2030 at COP26
Leaders more more than 100 countries, representing more than 85% of the world’s forests, pledge to end deforestation by 2030, in line with the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use at the 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on Tuesday, UK Day. The ministry’s office said in a statement.
The British Prime Minister will host the COP26 Forests and Land Use event on Tuesday at the COP26 summit from 31 October to 12 November. The aim is to bring the parties together to step up efforts towards the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention. climate change.
“The biggest step forward in protecting the world’s forests in a generation, more than 100 leaders are committed to halting and reversing deforestation and soil degradation by 2030 at an event convened by the Prime Minister today at COP26. The pledge is backed by nearly £ 14bn private funding “, the press release says.
The conference host’s statement stated that “countries ranging from the northern forests of Canada and Russia to the tropical rainforests of Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo support the Glasgow leaders’ declaration on forests and land use.” notes that these countries represent 85% of the world’s forests.
Halting and reversing deforestation is “one of the most important things the world can do to limit catastrophic global warming,” according to a press release, “23 percent of global emissions come from land use, such as logging, deforestation and agriculture”. .
Demolition has accelerated in recent years as soybean, cocoa and palm oil producers expand their export markets. Industrial development is suspected to be largely behind wildfires that destroyed part of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil between 2019 and August this year.
Source: ANI / Sputnik