Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Global forest loss exceeds targets in 2023, report warns
At the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland in 2021, leaders from
145 countries agreed on a global target to achieve zero deforestation by
2030. The countries that have signed the pledge cover around 85% of the world’s
forests, including Canada, Brazil, Russia, China, Indonesia, and the USA. However,
forests about the size of Irland were destroyed last year, nearly 50% more than
the maximum of the year’s target. Since the beginning of the decade,
deforestation has gotten worse, and most of the deforestation occurred in
tropical regions. The main drivers of deforestation are agriculture, road
construction, fires, and commercial logging, all of which are not likely to
slow down in the foreseeable future. When a goal is set, people tend to think
they still have the time to work on the solutions and actions, like the COP15 agreement
to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees. Act today, not tomorrow to avoid
catastrophes.
Read the article and learn about still accelerating deforestation.
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