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Their speeches and the negotiators take over, there is much more talking to do. victoria gill, bbc news, glasgow. brazil is among the countries to sign up to the second major deal of the day out of glasgow, a pledge on deforestation. last year, the felling of woodland in brazil's amazon rainforest, reached a 12 year high. the amazon contains around a third of all the tropical rainforests left on earth, and crucially, helps capture vast amounts of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming. but illegal as well as legal logging is a huge problem. from rondonia state, in the brazilian ...

It is to plunder the amazon, just one man and a chainsaw. well, we are making our way now deeper into the forest. we're being led to an area where illegal logging is taking place. and here we are at the edge of a national park, an area that's supposed to be protected. but campaigners say illegal loggers have a green light from president jair bolsonaro. they accuse him of carving up environmental protections and fuelling climate change. miguel isn't worried about the planet, he's worried about his family. his handiwork, seen from above. every tree that falls

Is a distress signal. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the amazon rainforest. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morellejoins me from the cop—26 conference in glasgow. i'm interested in the deal on methane. just how important is it, given that some of the biggest emitters haven't signed up? yeah, methane is — emitters haven't signed up? yeah, methane is really _ emitters haven't signed up? yeah, methane is really interesting. - emitters haven't signed up? yeah, methane is really interesting. it'sl methane is really interesting. it's only relatively recently that we have realised the contribution i...

Today at one: the glasgow climate summit secures two major deals to help combat global warming. there's agreement to cut methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change, by at least 30% by 2030. and a deal to reduce the deforestation of the world's major woodland areas. we have to stop the devastating loss of our forests, these great, teaming ecosystems, trillion pillared cathedrals of nature. we have a special report from brazil, where destruction of the rainforest helps local people survive. we are being led to an area where illegal logging is taking place. and here, we are at the e...

60 people have been arrested, after climate protestors blocked several slip roads onto the m25 in this morning's rush hour, causing long delays. the pressure group insulate britain is demanding the government steps up efforts to insulate homes, to help combat global warming. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. just after 8am, a small group of protesters run onto a slip road onto the m25, obstructing traffic. there were similar blockades at four otherjunctions. the action caused long tailbacks on britain's busiest motorway. at one point, the protesters — from a group c...