Boris Johnson heads to UN Summit bearing £1.2bn climate funding package

Madeleine Cuff
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UK Prime Minister announces £1bn aid package to export British clean technology to developing countries, plus a £220m fund to protect endangered wildlife

Boris Johnson has today bolstered UK public spending on climate change and biodiversity, ahead of his appearance later today at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. The British Prime Minister today...

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