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The Paiter-Suruí are a tribe of roughly 1,400 people, uncontacted until 1969, who live in the Amazon...
Anger at EU climate chief’s suggestion US can backtrack on Paris
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Portuguese kids crowdfund to sue EU countries for climate inaction
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Climate Weekly: Fiji sets out Pacific COP vision
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Climate-hit Bangladesh struggling to access UN green funds
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Fiji’s climate leadership: ‘We are all in the same canoe’
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Bula vinaka and a very good evening to you all.
Mr President, I want to begin by congratulating you on assuming the presidency of the...
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