Germany, Norway and the UK call for tropical forest protection
威力彩玩法 / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom have called for "increased ambition and action by the global community" to conserve and restore tropical forests. In a joint statement, the governments said they are on track to deliver on their 2015 pledge to provide more than 4.5 billion euros in total by 2020 to countries that "came forward with ambitious plans to halt and reverse deforestation." Ahead of the UN Climate Summit taking place on September 23, German development minister Gerd M眉ller also said an international forest protection programme was necessary, and that he would engage in talks with the World Bank on a three-digit million-euro sum dedicated to this purpose, . 聽
The large wildfires in the Amazon region in South America have recently led German government members to criticise Brazil's government under President Jair Bolsonaro for inaction, and to call for much stronger international efforts to protect rainforests around the world as a crucial climate action measure. Germany's own forests have also become a point of focus as聽prolonged droughts have begun to take a toll on the country鈥檚 biggest ecosystems.聽