not think there is any other country in the world that has moved away from coal as quickly as the uk. what we have also seen as the move away from coal and gas and oil has not been as smooth as many would you want, but the direction of travel is definitely the right one. let s return to the big news from today so far, deforestation, the plan being signed up to by around 100 leaders on day two of the leaders summit at cop26 in glasgow to end deforestation by 2030 and replant areas that have already been deforested. it is a big deal because the forests are the lungs of the world and have the ability to absorb c02, world and have the ability to absorb co2, carbon dioxide, from the atmosphere. if they are put down, they can t. let s look behind the headline little bit more with our
been encouraging activities in the amazon rainforest which have led to deforestation like clearing land for cattle rearing and mining since jair bolsonaro was signed in. there are some questions from environmentalists about the possible impact of this. the countries making the deal account for 85% of the world s forests. it is important to remember that experts are giving this a cautious welcome. tanya steele is chief executive of the world wildlife fund in the uk. i mean, 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, it s notjust about protecting forests to keep them standing, it s actually about starting to restore and put so much of our wild landscapes back. there is no path to a 1.5 degree world that doesn t rely on us keeping our forests standing and actually starting the process, the hard task, of restoring so much