It’s day two of COP26 and so far the climate summit in Glasgow has made news for travel chaos, Greta Thunberg’s swearing and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s unfortunate ‘Nazi’ climate comparison. There was some disappointment among government officials on Monday when India only set a target of 2070 to reach net zero, but ministers are hopeful that today – which is the last full day many world leaders will spend at the two-week summit – will see better headlines.
This is also the first agreement Boris Johnson can really shout about
The first of which is an agreement between more than 100 world leaders to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Just under £14 billion of funds – a mix of public and private money – has been pledged for tackling deforestation, with countries including America, Russia, China and Brazil signing up to the pledge. Given that under Jair Bolsonaro the deforestation of the Amazon in Brazil has surged, the country’s participation is being heralded as significant.
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