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A group of leaders at COP26 will sign the climate change conference's first major deal on Tuesday when they promise to stop deforestation by 2030.

More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests.

World Leaders Commit $40 Billion to Advancing Gender Equality A quarter century after the Beijing World Conference on Women, political leaders, corporate executives and activists convened again to address gender equality. This time they brought money to the table. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, U.N. Women’s executive director, gave a sweeping speech to kick off the Generation Equality Forum in Paris.Credit...Michel Euler/Associated Press “One-quarter isn’t equality. Equality is one-half.” — ...