Beyond coal: End to deforestation sought at COP26 climate summit

World leaders attending the COP26 U.N. climate summit should focus not only on abandoning fossil fuels but also on setting ambitious goals to end deforestation – and expand funding and rules to drive forest protection, environmentalists are urging. More than 100 world leaders have confirmed they will attend next…

Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation

Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday to back a new target to protect 80% of the Amazon basin by 2025, saying bold action was needed to stop deforestation pushing the Earth’s largest rainforest beyond a point of no return. Amazonian delegates launched their campaign at a nine-day conference in Marseille,…