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Q&A: What is the Brazil-led ‘deforestation roadmap’?
Brazil’s COP30 presidency released a voluntary roadmap intended to help countries turn existing forest pledges into coordinated action to halt and reverse deforestation. It matters because the initiative attracted broad support at the Belém summit, but it sits outside formal COP decisions and creates no new commitments.
By the end of COP30, 93 countries had backed the roadmap, including the EU’s 27 member states, alongside the 56-member Coalition for Rainforest Nations. The document followed more than 200 contributions, including submissions from 18 countries and four negotiating blocs; Brazil’s presidency and the Climate Policy Initiative led its development. Its aim is to support country-led pathways towards 2030 while recognising different national priorities and challenges.
In short
- Brazil released a voluntary roadmap on ending deforestation.
- 93 countries backed it by the end of COP30.
- It supports existing pledges but creates no new commitments.
Explained simply
Deforestation means clearing forests, often to make way for farming, mining or roads. Forests store carbon and support wildlife and communities, so their loss affects both climate change and people who depend on them.
Brazil, which hosted the COP30 climate summit in Belém, worked with the Climate Policy Initiative to develop the roadmap. It is a voluntary guide to help countries coordinate existing efforts to stop and reverse forest loss by 2030, while taking account of different national circumstances.
The roadmap has support from countries including the EU’s 27 member states and the Coalition for Rainforest Nations. It sits outside formal COP decisions, so it creates no new commitments; its significance lies in encouraging countries to work together on pledges they have already made.
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