U.K. Spearheads Plan to Stop Deforestation at COP26
- Plan sets a 2030 target to reverse forest degradation
- Brazil isn’t on board, a key omission from any plan on forests
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The U.K. government is asking world leaders to pledge to halt deforestation by 2030. But Brazil -- home to the Amazon rainforest -- has yet to sign, raising questions about how effective it can be.
The European Union, Indonesia and Democratic Republic of Congo are among those who have already agreed to support the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, according to people familiar with the matter. A quarter of the world’s emissions come from forests being converted into farmland.