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The destruction of forests and landscapes is to be stopped by 2030. 100 countries agree on this at the world climate summit in Glasgow.
Glasgow – At the World Climate Summit in Glasgow, more than 100 countries pledged to stop the destruction of forests and other landscapes by 2030.
The British government, which chairs the UN conference, announced this late Monday evening. The participating countries, including Germany and the entire EU, represent 85 percent of the world’s forest area, i.e. around 34 million square kilometers. Also included are the countries with the largest forests of all, i.e. Canada, Russia, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia as well as China, Norway and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According to this, around 12 billion US dollars (around 10.3 billion euros) in public funds will be mobilized for the project by 2025. In addition, there are 7.2 billion US dollars in private investments.
Protecting the lungs of our planet
Forests are considered the lungs of our planet, they absorb around a third of the CO2 emissions emitted by humans each year. But they are shrinking alarmingly, as the message went on to say: Every minute an area of around 27 football fields is lost.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke of forests as “nature’s cathedrals” and said, “They are essential to our survival.” Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said, according to the statement, his country is blessed with abundant rainforest. His government pledges to protect them as “natural capital”.
Over the next two weeks, around 200 countries will be fighting in Glasgow to see how the 1.5 degree target agreed in Paris can still be achieved and actually implemented. The states’ previous plans are nowhere near sufficient for this. dpa
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