[ad_1]
More than 100 world leaders will vow to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the first major deal to be announced on Tuesday. Among the signatures will be Brazil, a country long criticised on the international stage for cutting down vast swathes of their rainforest. Deforestation is a huge contributing factor to climate change because it destroys precious forests which absorb vast amounts of the warming gas CO2.
The groundbreaking deal includes £14billion of both public and private funds.
However, climate change experts have warned a previous deal, signed in 2014 had failed to slow deforestation and sought a guarantee this pledge would be delivered on.
Mr Johnson is expected to say: “Today’s deal is a landmark agreement to protect and restore the Earth’s forests.
“These great teeming ecosystems – these cathedrals of nature – are the lungs of our planet.”
FOLLOW BELOW FOR LIVE UPDATES…
[ad_2]
