World leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030

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Said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the Forest and Land Use event at COP26: "These great teeming ecosystems - these cathedrals of nature - are the lungs of our planet. Forests support communities, livelihoods and food supply, and absorb the carbon we pump into the atmosphere.

The Glasgow leaders' declaration is backed by almost US$20 billion (S$27 billion) in funding. Some US$12 billion of public finance from 12 countries, including Britain, will go towards supporting activities in developing countries,

The planetary crisis today is caused by an ever-thickening layer of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which traps heat and throws the Earth's systems out of whack. But ecosystems - such as tropical rainforests and peatlands - have the natural ability to take in planet-warming carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and then convert them to biomass in their trunks, leaves, roots and soils - locking away the carbon from the atmosphere.

Forests are the lungs of the planet, absorbing around one-third of the global carbon dioxide released from burning fossil fuels every year...But we are losing them at an alarming rate. An area of forest the size of 27 football pitches is lost every minute

deforestation and forest degradation contribute to about a tenth of annual global emissions

Singapore did not sign the Glasgow leaders' declaration on forests and land use.