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Date of Publication: December 5
Year of Publication: 2023
Publication City: Stockholm, Sweden
Publisher: SEI
Author(s): Carina Mueller, André Vasconcelos
As all eyes turn to the climate talks at COP28, Trase quantifies the greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and peatland degradation linked to countries’ production and consumption of beef, soy, palm oil, and other commodities.
If deforestation were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter . At COP26 in Glasgow, 145 countries representing 91% of the world’s forests committed to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. But pledges urgently need to be translated into action. The latest Forest Declaration Assessment shows that we are off track to halt deforestation and forest degradation by 2030.
Globally, almost all tropical deforestation is directly or indirectly linked to agricultural expansion .
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