World leaders attending the COP26 summit have pledged to end deforestation by 2030.
The pledge includes almost £14bn ($19.2bn) of public and private funds.
Thus, the global pledge is the biggest measure to preserve the world’s forests.
The countries committing to the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use represent over 85% of the planet’s forests. They also represent over 33.7 million square kilometres of forests.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is hosting the global meeting in Glasgow, will call Tuesday’s deal a “landmark agreement to protect and restore the Earth’s forests”.
“These great teeming ecosystems – these cathedrals of nature – are the lungs of our planet,” he further said.
The COP26 climate summit has started Monday in the Scottish city of Glasgow amid heavy presence of world leaders and environment organisations and activists.
The US, British, French, Indian and Maldivian leaders have earlier arrived in Scotland to attend the UN conference on the climate crisis.
The biggest names includes US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, India’s PM Narendra Modi. France’s President Emmanuel Macron will also take the stage on the opening session.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has welcomed more than 120 world leaders in Glasgow. The summit is held with the stark warning: “It’s one minute to midnight, and we need to act now.”
