French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday urged the country's allies to promptly adopt the Charter of the Alliance for Rainforests in an effort to protect tropical forests globally from fires similar to those that broke out in 2019 in the Amazon region

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said that he will deliver an "objective" speech on Amazon forest fires at the UN General Assembly session next week

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe has no plans to oust LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai and head of the Policy Research Council Fumio Kishida, despite the planned reshuffle in the party, national media reported on Wednesday