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Prince William poses with Australian actress Cate Blanchett on the green carpet as he arrives for the Earthshot environmental awards ceremony in Singapore. IMAGES
Emergency services combat wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes. Tens of thousands of people have already fled blazes on the island, with many tourists scrambling to get home on evacuation flights. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron launches "a coalition of champions for the financing of natural capital" at the Elysée Palace, in the presence of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, World Bank President Ajay Banga and US Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry. IMAGES
Mairead McGuinness, the European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union, says that the European Commission's new label for sustainable finance sets out "how gas and nuclear could make a contribution in the difficult transition to climate neutrality", despite controversy over giving the sustainable finance label to both nuclear power and natural gas. Opponents of gas want to discourage investment in a fossil fuel technology they say only fuels the climate change crisis, while critics of nuclear energy point to the threat posed by accidents and nuclear waste. SOUNDBITE
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit in Kenya says Washington will push for a global agreement to "combat ocean plastic pollution" at the UN Environmental Assembly next year. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden tells the COP26 climate summit that the massive response needed to stop the climate crisis should be seen as an "incredible" opportunity for the world's economies. SOUNDBITE
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