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'The final joint declaration, called the Belem Declaration, created an alliance for combatting forest destruction, with countries left to pursue their individual deforestation goals. '....But the summit stopped short of environmentalists’ and Indigenous groups’ boldest demands, including for all member countries to adopt Brazil’s pledge to end illegal deforestation by 2030 and Colombia’s pledge to halt new oil exploration. It also did not fix a deadline on ending illegal gold mining, although leaders agreed to cooperate on the issue, and did not include shared commitments to zero deforestation by 2030.' |
Mixed
And yesterday Jonathan Watts writng in The Guardian from
We have double cause don't we? Climate change is causing change in the rainforest. Change in the rainforest is causing climate change. International action to keep the IPPC temperature target rise to 1.5 by reducing emissions is necessary. Can it happen? □
26 January 2024
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