Carlos Nobre poses alongside climate leaders as U.S. President Joe Biden signs a proclamation designating November 17 as "International Conservation Day", in Manaus, Brazil, November 17, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Ahead of his meeting with President Biden, Carlos A. Nobre, a leading researcher on forests and climate change, published an opinion piece stating that forest protection isn’t Brazil’s burden alone. Over half of Earth’s forests are in just five countries, four of which are G20 members. As ministers tackle funding deadlocks in Baku, G20 nations can step up to ensure finance reaches Indigenous communities directly, enabling them to mitigate and adapt to the climate and nature crisis. The opinion article features a new analysis from Nature4Climate showing that G20 nations could slash emissions by 3,370 million tons of CO2e per year through nature investment—equivalent to India’s total annual emissions. The research uses data estimates from the free tool naturebase.
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