Page 2 - Ending Deforestation News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us where the central bank is expected to increase interest rates by another 75 basis points today which would be the fourth consecutive increase of this size. many are hoping for signs the federal reserve may soften its approach in the months ahead with markets anticipating a 0.5% rate rise in december. so what's different within the us economy that would lead the fed to change its current course? here's michelle fleury. since march the federal chair hiked the rate by three percentage points, in so doing c...

We're not sure if this is a normal seasonal variation or if this is part of a larger pattern, but clearly the extremes of climate are being felt here in the pacific. adam weintraub from the hawaiian emergency management agency, thanks for taking the time to be with us. thank you. leaders representing eight countries in south america are wrapping up a two day environmental summit in the brazilian city of belaine to "prevent the amazon from reaching a point of no return". brazil's president luiz inacio lula da silva says that countries sharing the amazon rainforest will ensure that developed nat...

Short of a consensus, like ending deforestation by 2030. that's been a commitment by lu will —— lula in brazil. and the intention was to get all of the countries to agree. but instead, they said that they all were committed to combatting deforestation, but no firm commitment about ending it in its entirety. so some people might feel disappointed. but i think, throughout this conference, throughout this summit, what's been important has been marrying up the environmental protection with social inclusion, and that's something that lula talked about. he said it's not enough just to protect th...

Countries in south america are wrapping up a two day environmental summit in the brazilian city of belaine to "prevent the amazon from reaching a point of no return". brazil's president luiz inacio lula da silva says that countries sharing the amazon rainforest will ensure that developed nations fulfill their financial pledges to combat climate change. brazil, which houses 60% of the rainforest, has called for ending deforestation by 2030. on tuesday, the leaders signed a declaration agreeing to work together to fight illegal logging, mining and organised crime. but there was no concrete date ...

Summit? i think first of all it's very important _ summit? i think first of all it's very important that _ summit? i think first of all it's very important that these - summit? i think first of all it'sl very important that these eight heads of state spent two days discussing how to reduce deforestation in the amazon. but obviously it's disappointing that they haven't come up with a date to end deforestation. i suspect that part of that is politics, to be able to say to the international community which needs to stop up some cash to help these countries reduce the deforestation because they ca...