GLASGOW, Scotland -- More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday, November 2, 2021, to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts...
GLASGOW, Scotland -- More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday, November 2, 2021, to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before.
Forests are important ecosystems and provide a critical way of absorbing carbon dioxide — the main greenhouse gas — from the atmosphere. Trees are one of the world's major so-called carbon sinks, or places where carbon is stored. Luciana Tellez Chavez, an environmental researcher at Human Right Watch, emphasized that strengthening Indigenous people’s rights would help prevent deforestation and should be part of the agreement.
On Monday, November 1, the leaders heard stark warnings from officials and activists alike about those dangers. Britain's Johnson described global warming as “a doomsday device” strapped to humanity. UN Secretary-General António Guterres told his colleagues that humans are “digging our own graves.” And Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, speaking for vulnerable island nations, warned leaders not to “allow the path of greed and selfishness to sow the seeds of our common destruction.
The 95-year-old monarch had planned to attend the meeting, but she had to cancel the trip after doctors said she should rest and not travel.
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