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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a family photo with leaders of countries attending the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, in Northern Brazil. The eight countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing to stop the world's biggest rainforest from reaching "a point of no return." IMAGES
Images of Glasgow's Scottish Event Campus (SEC) as the second day of the COP26 heads of state summit begins. More than 120 world leaders are attending the UN Climate Conference. IMAGES
Climate activists, including members of Extinction Rebellion, gather in Madrid for a Fridays for the Future event. IMAGES
Madrid, Dec 13 (EFE).- Scores of young activists staged a demonstration demanding a global deal on the climate crisis on the final day of the COP25 summit in Madrid on Friday.Demonstrators, from associations including in the Climate Action Network, tried to capture the attention of politicians, who continued to negotiate a few meters away as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in the Spanish capital.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST AT THE SUMMIT.
Madrid, Dec 11, EFE/EPA, (Camera: Jake Threadgould).- As the world’s population grows, so does the demand for forest-based products and food but with vast deforestation exacerbating the effects of the climate crisis, policy-makers must embrace sustainability. They must also strike a balance to accommodate those who make a living off the forest and boost local economies, according to Gerhard Dieterle, executive director of the International Tropical Timber Organization. FOOTAGE OF COP25 SUMMIT AND INTERVIEW WITH GERHARD DIETERLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION.