As part of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, more than 120 countries pledged to halt and mitigate deforestation by 2030.
The announcement was made by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson alongside the presidents of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, and of Colombia, Iván Duque.
Under the deal, more than $19bn has been pledged, $12bn of which comes from 12 donor countries with the rest being raised from private initiatives and philanthropic organisations.
But bodies such as Greenpeace UK believe the new agreement does not address the causes of deforestation.
“It’s simple. World leaders can’t commit to ‘end deforestation by 2030’ if we don’t cut down one of the main drivers of #deforestation: meat and dairy consumption,” the organisation Tweeted.
Louis Verchot, head of research for landscape restoration for the Bioversity International Alliance, told climate site SciDev.Net that the agreement lacked any concrete methods of reaching the 2030 goal...