for about half the human induced warming of the planet we ve experienced so far. now a global partnership to tackle emissions by plugging leaks and covering landfill sites is being announced at the cop26 climate conference in glasgow. the initiative, led by the us and eu, pledges to cut emissions of the gas by at least 30% by 2030. china, russia and india, some of the world s top methane emitters, have not signed up. some of the big emitters need to join the pledge. so china, russia, for example. if we are going to achieve those big reductions that we need, then they need to come on board as well. the loss of forests around the world, estimated to be responsible for about 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, has been the subject of this crucial climate summit s first major deal. countries who signed the agreement, including brazil, russia, china and indonesia, represented 85% of represent 85% of
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towards the end of the week, it will slowly turn at little bit milder, a lot of cloud, but not as many showers. this is bbc news. the headlines. world leaders have agreed a plan to drastically cut methane gas emissions, at the un climate summit in glasgow. but china, russia and india are not part of the deal. together, we are committing to collectively reduce our methane by 30% by 2030, and i think we can probably go beyond that. separately, leaders strike a deal to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade. we have to stop the devastating loss of our forests, these great, teaming ecosystems, trillion pillared cathedrals of nature.
and covering landfill sites is being announced at the cop26 climate conference in glasgow. the initiative, led by the us and eu, pledges to cut emissions of the gas by at least 30% by 2030. china, russia and india, some of the world s top methane emitters, have not signed up. some of the big emitters need to join the pledge. 50 china, russia, for example. if we are going to achieve those big reductions that we need, then they need to come on board as well. the loss of forests around the world, estimated to be responsible for about 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, has been the subject of this crucial climate summit s first major deal. countries who signed the agreement, including brazil, russia, china and indonesia, represented 85% of china and indonesia, represent 85% of the world s forests. the pledge, and the £15 billion behind it, has been broadly welcomed. but deforestation has actually increased since a similar pledge was launched in 2014, and it is not yet clear exactly how thos
of greenhouse gas emissions, has been the subject of this crucial climate summit s first major deal. countries who signed the agreement, including brazil, russia, china and indonesia, represented 85% of china and indonesia, represent 85% of the world s forests. the pledge, and the £15 billion behind it, has been broadly welcomed. but deforestation has actually increased since a similar pledge was launched in 2014, and it is not yet clear exactly how those who cut down forests to make money would be provided with the financial incentive to protect these vital carbon storing ecosystems instead. this is a hugely ambitious pledge from world leaders because of the sheer scale of it. we have destroyed over 50% of land based ecosystems, and this announcement is notjust about protecting forests to keep them standing, it s actually about starting to restore and put so much of our wild landscapes back. some scientists remain sceptical of the progress here. a survey of climate scientists suggest