pressure on deforestation that can go hand in hand with local communities, protecting indigenous peoples and the countries that house these rainforest. that peoples and the countries that house these rainforest. these rainforest. that was a point made to me these rainforest. that was a point made to me yesterday these rainforest. that was a point made to me yesterday and - these rainforest. that was a point made to me yesterday and the i made to me yesterday and the university of brasilia. a lot of the time we talk about responsibility within brazil and all the other countries that share amazon but what about the responsibility of the european union and the united states as consumers coming out of this rain forest? .. , ~ as consumers coming out of this rain forest? .. , . ., forest? exactly. we need to recognise forest? exactly. we need to recognise that forest? exactly. we need to recognise that these - forest? exactly. we need to recognise that these forests forest? exactly
with various partners, including now the united states took us a little bit about the president s president joe biden s pledge that he s made in in in in terms of the amazon fund. well, the us ah. president has pledged to invest $500 million in the next five years. brazil is to achieve this real reductions in terms of deforestation. this is more or less what norway invested annually in the past decade. so it s not, um it s not more than what nor we did, but certainly it s a very significant move. and i think it can be a real game changer not only for the amazon fun because it will possibly count with the significant resources but also for, uh, the efforts around ending deforestation in the world as well. if the u. s
from the energy transition commission. its new report reveals that to have even a 50% chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsuis, cop27 must trigger more action by governments. it also finds that the cost of phasing out coal, ending deforestation, and reducing carbon dioxide levels could hit $300 billion per year. that s a huge amount of money and needs to be found. joining me now is faustine delasalle, vice chair of the energy transitions commission. you publish this report today, cop27 starts you publish this report today, c0 p27 starts on you publish this report today, cop27 starts on sunday in egypt. is it yet another stark warning for governments to take on s absolutely. on s absolutely. there has been rouress on s absolutely. there has been progress in on s absolutely. there has been progress in the on s absolutely. there has been progress in the past on s absolutely. there has been progress in the past few - on s absolutely. there has been progress in the pa
he s promising a decade later. we ll stay on top of the live speeches coming in from glasgow. in the hours ahead we are expecting to see the first substantial deal, according to the british government, more than 100 leaders representing over 85% of the world s forests will commit to ending and reverting deforestation by 2030. let s head to glasgow now where mark joins us with the perspective of earth systems forest. professor, very good morning to you. we are expecting as i sqjust sa, to hear a pledge from 100 countries to end or reverse deforestation by 2030. brazil, indonesia, russia, the signatories. are you optimistic at all? i think this is a really important step forward because it is countries that have huge forests that are saying, we re going to stop deforestation by 2030. now, i know that s nine years in
iconic for environmental and climate activists. we are waiting to hear precisely what they think of this. the response has been pretty cautious, no doubt saving forests is worthwhile, but they want too know the detail. they want to know where the money is going to go. they want to know more of the specifics of the plan. it is on the whole, though, an important area of focus, something that the prime minister boris johnson here has been talking about trying to make progress on for sometime. the act of deforestation itself is responsible for a big chunk of annual gloebal emissions. deforestation is depleting a vital resource which then is also responsible has the potential to remove carbon from the atmosphere. carbon sink, if you like, a vital resource for countries as they strive to achieve carbon neutrality towards the middle of the century. natural resources are a big part