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Leaders at the COP26 https://www.reuters.com/business/cop global climate conference pledged on Tuesday to stop deforestation by the end of the decade and cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane to help slow climate change.

The inability of major powers so far to agree more broadly on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels, the main cause of manmade global warming, has upset the poorer, smaller countries likely to suffer its worst effects.

The Biden administration unveils plan on methane from oil and gas industry, but major powers fail to agree on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels

So, we come today now with a theoretical approach. we come here with clear commitments. were not waiting until 2030. we are today committing ourselves to protect 30% of our territory as a protected area in 2022, because we must act now. applause while the commitments have been largely welcomed, there remains a degree of scepticism about how theyll be implemented. heres a spokesperson for the human rights group global witness. hopefully we can use this momentum, but this_ hopefully we can use thi...

Glasgow, Scotland – COP26 today saw a flurry of announcements on forests – among them a new agreement between governments, including Brazil, to halt

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.

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.

Countries have invested just 0.5% and 5% of the estimated $460 billion per year needed to conserve, manage and revive the planets forests since 2010, according to a...

Countries are spending only a fraction of the nearly $500 billion needed each year to stop tree loss and restore forests worldwide to help meet climate and nature goals, researchers warned on Tuesday.

 Forests help curb climate change because trees absorb about a third of the annual carbon emissions from human activity.. Read more at straitstimes.com.