global deforestation deal will fail if countries like Australia don't lift their game on land clearing
- Written by: Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockAt the Glasgow COP26 climate talks overnight, Australia and 123 other countries signed an agreement promising to end deforestation by 2030.
The declaration’s signatories, which include global deforestation hotspots such as Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have committed to:
working collectively to halt...