100 world leaders have pledged to end deforestation by 2030 at this year's Glasgow #COP26. These countries combine to account for roughly 85% of the world's forests and include China, Brazil, Russia, the United States, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although, it's still questionable how these pledges will be enforced, this infographic highlights however, the need to fight against climate change.

If tropical deforestation was a country, it would have the third largest carbon footprint in the world. Tropical tree cover loss led to average estimated annual CO2 equivalent emissions of 5.3 gigatons between 2001 and 2019, second only to China and the United States when excluding the effects of land-use change and forestry.

https://www.statista.com/chart/25029/co2e-of-tropical-deforestation-compared-to-countries/