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COP26: UK plots £165m funding boost for schemes tackling gender inequality and climate change

Cecilia Keating

09 November 2021 • 3 min read

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As Science, Innovation and Gender Day gets underway at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, UK announces raft of initiatives designed to tackle gender inequality around the world

As the focus of the COP26 Climate Summit today turns to 'science, innovation, and gender', the UK has announced plans to spend £165m on projects around the world that aim to tackle gender inequality while...

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