Building on national and international commitments made at COP26 to mark Nature and Land Use Day, major financial institutions have pledged to stop financing agri-food firms linked to deforestation by 2025.
A coalition of 20 consumer goods businesses, including Unilever, Mars and Nestle, has unveiled a portfolio of forest restoration schemes they will support in the next two years, as part of a commitment to become forest-positive by 2030.
Saturday (6 November) here at COP26 was Nature and Land Use Day, with a flurry of major announcements coming from nations, the finance sector and consumer goods companies. Here, edie rounds up eight key headlines from the day.