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Forests are a vital climate solution: Trees absorb about a third of the planet-heating carbon emissions produced worldwide. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

More than 100 leaders agreed to halt and reverse harm to forests and land by 2030, but similar zero-deforestation pledges had repeatedly been made and not met.

It is a month since Alok Sharma as president, fighting back some tears, brought down the gavel on the 26th Conference of the Parties – the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. The initial flurry of reactions and comments has subsided. Here in Scotland we have already seen some early signs of the impact – with the beginnings of a victory against the development of a new offshore oil field at Cambo.

I have not traveled anywhere these past 2 years. I couldn’t travel even if I wanted to since Australia, where I live, closed its borders in March 2020 in a bid to contain the spread of the COVID-19. One of my cancelled trips this year was to attend the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow. I was […]

It is understandable that the historic COP26 pledge to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 was greeted with some scepticism. Similar pledges like the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests committed to halve deforestation by 2020. Yet the international community fell well short of this target, and in fact, between 2019 and 2020, primary rainforest destruction increased by 12%.

A major commitment to ending and reversing deforestation at COP26 will need more funding, transparent monitoring and tough regulation of businesses and financiers ...

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 Brazil was expected to face intense pressure from other nations regarding the def | Earth And The Environment

Dozens of initiatives were launched in Glasgow, but ensuring they’re followed will be a challenge.

Food and agriculture are central to meeting climate goals. Has the industry been left off the agenda at COP26?

Food and agriculture are central to meeting climate goals. Has the industry been left off the agenda at COP26?