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COP27: Sunak declares climate action 'right thing to do', but absence of fresh pledges mars start of Summit

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This COP must agree on a clear, timebound roadmap reflective of the scale and urgency of the challenge, and that roadmap must deliver effective institutional arrangements for financing.". Progress on LEAF. That's why this first agreements with Ecuador is so significant.

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

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At the UN's recent COP 26, over 140 world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030, pledging over $19bn to do so. It addresses not just climate, but also biodiversity, livelihoods, the rights of indigenous peoples, and effective funding. To limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 The results are encouraging. Empathy helps.