World leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
One hundred countries, including the Netherlands, reached an agreement at the climate summit in Glasgow to end deforestation and soil degradation by 2030. It is the first big promise at the UN climate summit that started on Sunday. Forest countries such as Brazil, Russia, Canada, Indonesia and Congo also support the plan.
The participating countries own 85 percent of the world’s forests. It concerns an area of about 34 million square kilometers. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is hosting the COP26 climate conference, calls the deal “a milestone to protect and restore the Earth’s forests”. Every minute, an area of about 27 football fields is now lost to deforestation.
To fulfill the promise, 10.2 billion euros in public money will be allocated until 2025. In addition, 6.2 billion euros in private money will be invested.
The fact that Brazil is also participating means good news for the Amazon, the largest tropical rainforest on earth. There, forests have been felled on a large scale for agriculture. The deal that has now been reached is more comprehensive than an earlier deal signed by 40 countries in 2014.
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In this blog follows the NRC-editing the news developments at the climate summit in Glasgow.
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