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Climate disaster aid scheme ‘Global Shield’ launched at COP27
The G7-led plan aims to rapidly provide prearranged insurance and protection funding after devastating events occur.
A G7-led plan dubbed “Global Shield” to provide funding...
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Jeff Bezos: Amazon founder plans to give most of his £110bn fortune away
Jeff Bezos has revealed plans to give away most of his $124bn (£110bn) fortune during his lifetime.The Amazon founder, 58, is the world's second-richest...
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COP27: Jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah stops drinking water
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped drinking water as he steps up his hunger strike to coincide with the start of the...
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Why Indonesia is abandoning its capital city to save it
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, faces such challenges due to climate change that the plan is to build a new capital city more than 1,000 kilometres...
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COP27: Rishi Sunak urges global push on ‘clean growth’
The fight against climate change can become "a global mission for new jobs and clean growth", Rishi Sunak will tell world leaders at the...
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