‘Clock ticking’ on global warming: UN climate chief

Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the UN’s top climate change official warned as a new round of UN talks got started here Thursday.

The world’s forests — which are disappearing at a rate of about 30 million hectares (74 million acres) per year — soak up more than 20 percent of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

“Governments need to focus on reducing emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation,” and on how to reward countries that protect forests, said de Boer.

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