The United Nations warned Wednesday that climate change poses a threat to the world's northern forests, saying it was putting the planet's most powerful natural defence at serious risk.

The UNECE regional agency urged the forthcoming COP30 climate summit to put forest resilience at the centre of efforts to combat global warming.

"The forests of the northern hemisphere are of crucial importance when it comes to climate," said Paola Deda, UNECE's forests division director.

"Over the years, the attention to forests in COPs has been lost. The technicalities of the discussion have taken over," she told a press conference in Geneva.

"You cannot talk about climate solutions, mitigation and adaptation without talking about forests."

Some 54 percent of the world’s forests are in only five coun

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