According to government data published on On Feb 11, Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January. In the last month, deforestation in Brazil's Amazon totaled 430 square kilometers, equaling an area more than seven times the size of Manhattan.

To help limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial era levels, The Paris Agreement called for the world to aim for net zero emissions by 2050.