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World Service,02 Nov 2021,49 mins

COP 26: Agreement to end deforestation by 2030

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In the first major deal of the UN climate summit, world leaders will today announce a commitment to stop deforestation by the end of the decade. We have a special report on logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo where large numbers of people rely on burning charcoal for their fuel. Another big announcement was India's pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2070 -- but is that 20 years too late? School board elections in the United States are turning into battlegrounds over masks and vaccines. And an update from Nigeria where a race is on to find survivors of that building collapse in Lagos.

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