The summit pact to "halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030" encompasses promises to secure the rights of indigenous peoples, and recognise "their role as forest guardians".Fallout 4 is one of the most popular Fallout games and it has a huge player base and fandom.
The British government said that the plan to drum up around $20 billion in public and private funding had been endorsed by more than 100 leaders representing over 85 percent of Earth's forests, including the Amazon rainforest. WWF climate expert Vanessa Perez-Cirera WWF said she would like to see "all signatories to the Paris Agreement sign up".Įarlier Tuesday, countries made a multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030.īut the promise was met with scepticism from environmental groups, and although details were sparse, it appeared to largely resemble a similar pledge made by more than 200 countries and organisations in 2014. However, major emitters China, India, Russia and Australia did not sign the pledge. "Methane is but another reason why the fossil fuel industry has to end." evaporating from coal mines, from oil and gas extraction and from pipelines," said Kat Kramer, Christian Aid's climate policy lead. "Methane is a greenhouse gas strongly associated with the fossil fuel industry. While the summit's first day passed with much rhetoric but only lukewarm climate pledges, Tuesday's twin announcements were broadly welcomed by campaigners.Īctivists kept up rallies and performance art events outside the COP26 venue. Organisers say the outcome in Glasgow will be crucial for the continued viability of the 2015 Paris Agreement temperature goals. Heads of state and government are gathered in Glasgow for a two-day high-level summit that host Britain is hoping will kick start ambitious climate action during the two-week COP26. We have to cut emissions fast and methane is one of the gases we can cut the fastest," she said. He called the pledge, which has so far been signed by nearly 100 nations, a "game-changing commitment" that covered countries responsible for around half of global methane emissions.Įuropean Commission head Ursula Von der Leyen said that the methane cut would "immediately slow down climate change". "One of the most important things we can do between now and 2030, to keep 1.5C in reach, is reduce our methane emissions as soon as possible," said US President Joe Biden, referring to the central goal of the 2015 Paris agreement.
The initiative, which experts say could have a powerful short-term impact on global heating, followed an announcement earlier Tuesday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in which more than 100 nations agreed to end deforestation by 2030.
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