At Cop26 in Glasgow, hundreds of governments and private institutions joined forces in a series of pledges promising ambitious targets for reducing methane, protecting forests and shifting finance away from fossil fuels. Nearly two years later, Climate Home News looks at how these commitments stand the test of time.

FOREST FLAG 

WHAT: End and reverse deforestation by 2030. Country leaders pledged to protect forests, fight forest fires, promote sustainable agriculture, support indigenous peoples, and “significantly” increase financing to achieve these goals.

WHO: More than 140 countries have joined the coalition. The pledge’s signatories – including major forest-producing countries like Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo – cover about 90 per cent of the world’s forests. But major G20 powers like India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and rainforest countries like Bolivia and Venezuela have not joined the group.

HOW IT WORKS:  By rating  coalitions  NGOs say countries are off track to meet the Glasgow Pledge goal of ending deforestation by 2030.

The report says that worldwide, tree loss recorded in 2022 was 21.3 times higher than the level needed to reach zero in seven years. (Matteo Civillini)