First Thing: world leaders agree to end deforestation and slash methane emissions

Historic declaration at Cop26 commits countries to reducing major causes of CO2 emissions. Plus, the end of the avocado

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World leaders have agreed a deal that aims to halt and reverse global deforestation over the next decade as part of a multibillion-dollar package to tackle human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.

Major producers and consumers of deforestation-linked commodities including Indonesia, China and Brazil have put their name to the deforestation deal, which aims to curtail the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

The detailed US proposals on methane gases may prove to be one of the lasting successes of Cop26 in Glasgow where Biden will announce his action plan.

On Monday, Biden urged other world leaders to embark upon a shift to clean energy and vowed that the US will lead by example'.

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