Excerpt from ClimaTalk:
After strong initial support for forest conservation at COP26 that saw 145 countries pledge to save these essential environments, only 26 nations followed through and entered into the UK-led Forests and Climate Leadership Partnership at COP27. The lack of engagement in forest conservation is partly due to concerns about the available funding and political willpower. A lack of financing mechanisms has made the pledge challenging for developing countries, while activists and delegates have flagged the draft text’s mention of “healthy forests” in the context of climate action did not specifically include critical forest types and left the door open for continued logging. Despite Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s promise to end Amazon deforestation by 2030, forest conservation took a step back at COP27.
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