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The pledge by ag giants at COP26 to halt deforestation shows an encouraging breadth of signatories but lacks teeth, say deforestation groups.

It is a commendable goal to end and reverse deforestation within a decade, one which if met would protect both people and the planet, but this is a crisis now. The Amazon is hurtling towards a “tipping point” beyond which it may be lost. In Brazil, Indigenous communities are facing an existential threat from miners, […]

The FINANCIAL — The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organization has warned that the “climate emergency is a bigger threat than Covid”. Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of UNWTO, said the pandemic has hit tourism harder than any other sector. Tourism needs support from governments, through stronger public-private partnerships and through more and better-targeted financing investments, to rebuild in a sustainable and inclusive way. He made his comments during the UNWTO, WTTC...

Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of UNWTO, said the pandemic has hit tourism harder than any other sector. Tourism needs support from governments, through stronger public-private partnerships and through more and better-targeted financing investments, to rebuild in a sustainable and inclusive way.

Romania is committed to enhance the system of forest protection and plant forests in new areas, President Klaus Iohannis says....

A new pledge by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030 is likely to fail unless quickly backed by more funding, transparent monitoring and tough regulation of businesses and financiers linked to forest destruction, environmentalists warn.

At the start of a crucial week for global governance, tourism’s relevance will be part of the discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference, just as it was in Rome when G20 leaders met to co-ordinate plans for sustainable and inclusive recovery.

Highland Council welcomes COP26 commitment to ending deforestation by 2030.

A new pledge by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030 is likely to fail unless quickly backed by more funding, transparent monitoring and tough regulation of businesses and financiers linked to forest destruction, environmentalists warn.

Countries rally behind push to halt forest loss by the end of the decade, as major financial institutions pledge to eliminate deforestation-related activity from their portfolios