Forest Declaration – Assessment Are We On Track for 2030 – Executive Summary

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Paris Agreement’s ambition of limiting global warming to no more than 1.5°C will require global greenhouse gas emissions to reach net-zero by the second half of this century. Land use change, including deforestation and degradation, accounts for 10-12 percent of global GHG emissions. Not a single global indicator is on track to meet these 2030 goals of stopping forest loss and degradation and restoring 350 million hectares of forest landscape. Restoring forests and other ecosystems will return significant amounts of carbon to stored biomass and help us realize our collective 2030 targets.