work together to halt deforestation and land degradation by 2030, not just hold but reverse. you and land degradation by 2030, not just hold but reverse. just hold but reverse. you heard boris johnson just hold but reverse. you heard boris johnson mentioning - just hold but reverse. you heard boris johnson mentioning the i boris johnson mentioning the president borisjohnson mentioning the president of colombia. colombia is of course home to some of the amazon rainforest and the colombian president has been talking about the importance of protecting wildlife and nature. ez s protecting wildlife and nature. 52% of m protecting wildlife and nature. “3:2% of my country s landre protecting wildlife and nature. ljze jij of my country s landre tropical forest, 35% of our land is under zoning land, and we have 52% of the world s high altitude ecosystems, so we can t today not with a theoretical approach but with clear commitments, and we have decided to sign the leaders pledge for natu
markets recognise the true economic value of natural carbon sites and motivate governments, land owners and stakeholders to prioritise conservation. we will work to align the private sector investment flows in our climate and conservation goals including reducing the drivers of deforestation. creating sustainable supply chains, pursuing more sustainable commodity sourcing. at every step we will work in partnership with the people most impacted by deforestation and most experienced in sustainable land management, local communities, indigenous people, local governments, civil societies, to make sure our approaches are effective and focused on the needs of vulnerable populations. preserving forests and other ecosystems can and should play an important role in meeting our ambitious climate goals as part of the net zero mission strategy we all have. the president of colombia, ivan duque. colombia is of course home to some of the amazon rainforest
this rich but fragile ecosystem is changing its colours. deforestation means the rainforest in brazil now emits more carbon than it stores. the message from here is a distress signal. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the amazon rainforest. let s speak to israel s energy minister karine elharrar. you may have seen what happened yesterday when she was trying to get into the venue in glasgow and had to wait for two hours and was forced to return to her hotel in edinburgh 50 miles a away because it wasn t
i think this is the way to fight, this is the way to reduce gas emissions and i hope that all the countries will be part of it. this is a global war. we cannot do it, each country, alone. we need to communicate between countries, we have to collaborate and together that will be the only way tackling covid together. we that will be the only way tackling covid together. covid together. we have that agreement covid together. we have that agreement on covid together. we have that agreement on deforestation, i covid together. we have that i agreement on deforestation, halting and reversing by 2030 stop the devil will be in the detail and obviously halting and reversing are two different things. how do you see that agreement and how the international community is coming together there. i international community is coming together there. together there. i think a lot of countries together there. i think a lot of countries signed together there. i think a lot of countries signed it
and reverse, deforestation by 2030. campaigners and scientists have given a tentative welcome to a pledge. promises about $19 billion in public and private funding. addressing leaders at the summit, the prime minister, borisjohnson, said protecting and restoring the world s forests was crucial to keeping the rise of global temperature to a maximum of 1.5 degrees celsius: if we want to keep the paris goal of 1.5 degrees insight and support communities in the front line of climate change, we must protect and restore the world s forests. i believe we can do it. many in this room have already made ambitious claims, including one president from indonesia who has pledged