leaders representing over 85% of the world s forests will commit to ending and reversing deforestation by 2030. now, on monday in his prime minister set 2070 as a target date to reach zero carbon emissions. that came on a day dozens of world leaders spoke about the urgency of the climate crisis. take a listen. will we act? will we do what is necessary? will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? or will we condemn future generations to suffer? this is the decade that will determine the answer, this decade. enough of killing ourselves with carbon. enough of treating nature like a toilet. enough of burning and drilling and mining our way deeper. we are digging our own graves. if we fail, they will not forgive us.
will actually start to make a difference. and also there is huge pressure from other world leaders to stop that deforestation. what i didn t see and maybe you have the details, pro first, is whether meat consumption, beef production, of course, the biggest driver of deforestation, whether that is included here. having reported on deforestation in brazil, this is something that kept coming up. well, i think the important thing to realize is that we actually produce enough food in the world to feed 10 billion people. there are only 7.9 billion. so, actually the argument that we have to deforest vast areas to actually grow food, et cetera, is a false one. what we really need to do is rethink our agriculture so we can use the food we already produce more fairly and distribute it better. so i think that s the key. actually understanding agriculture and that system. professor, thank you very much, sir, for your perspective. now, officials in china said
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. orla guerin, bbc news, in the amazon rainforest. iamjoined i am joined now byjames shaw, who is new zealand s minister dealing with climate change. mr shaw, really good to have you with that. i would love your reaction firstly on the news on deforestation, ending deforestation by 2030, because new zealand prides itself, doesn t it, on its green, outdoorsy image? we do. it is on its green, outdoorsy image? - do. it is not always fully borne out by reality but we have about 30% of new zealand s landmass covered by
specific dates on when they will stop burning coal. ending deforestation. moving to zero emissions cars. again, from a specific date. these sorts of targets and not just in the medium to long-term, the specific need of this conference is to lock in those sorts of commitments this decade to ensure that sufficient deep cuts can happen by 2030. otherwise, the science says the rest isn t achievable. rosemary. yeah. phil black joining us live from edinburgh, many thanks. u.s. president joe biden will soon be headed to scotland to attend the cop26 summit. that follows his weekend in rome at the g20 where he says he was encouraged by how he was received. mr. biden said there was significant international support for the u.s., as he renews relations and turns the page from his predecessor. why should the world, you know, believe that when you say america s back, that really it s here to stay?
truly asking for? the french president called for an emergency meeting of the g-7 at the summit this week. germany mentioned the possibility of imposing sanctions on brazil, norway and germany have cut millions of dollars in aid to brazil this week because they don t believe he s committed to ending deforestation. there could be an impact on a free trade agreement. all right. marina, we almost made it the entire interview. we only had about another 20 seconds. i do want to reiterate something that i hope viewers caught. you saying that an emergency meeting at the g-. this will be on the agenda of the g-7. it will be interesting to see will president trump be alone in defending brazil at the g-7 when