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Newsday: 05/11/2021 06:06 GMT : Billion dollar pledge to help nations struggling with climate change

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05/11/2021 06:06 GMT : Billion dollar pledge to help nations struggling with climate change

Billion dollar pledge to help nations struggling with climate change

BBC World Service - Newsday, Billion dollar pledge to help nations struggling with climate change

Wealthy nations have come together under the 'Global Day of Action for Climate Justice'.

The $100 billion dollars pledged for climate finance will finally start to be paid as from next year to developing nations by richer nations in order to mitigate the effects of global warming.

Europe is now the epicentre of the Coronavirus pandemic. So says the World Health organisation as COVID-19 cases on the continent surge with the prediction that half a million could die by February. This news comes as once again countries are approaching record levels - with the more transmissible Delta variant continuing to dominate transmission across Europe and Central Asia.

We hear about the trial due to begin of the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery the 25 year old African American who was shot last year while jogging.

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