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Europe’s global green ambitions push too hard once again as it delays deforestation law

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Europe’s global green ambitions push too hard once again as it delays deforestation law

A drone view shows a deforested plot of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in the municipality of Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 7, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

John Ainger, Ewa Krukowska and Agnieszka de Sousa

Europe forged its plan to curb global deforestation three years ago when more than 100 world leaders pledged at the COP26 climate conference to reverse the destruction of millions of hectares of woodland every year.

There was an aggressive timetable, but as with many of the European Union’s green plans, it proved too much for some, and the bloc on Wednesday caved to calls from countries including Brazil and the US to slow down.

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