Tag: 2020 UN Climate Change Conference

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 07:38 UTC

  PM Johnson pledges £10 million to restore Amazon rainforest; UK wants to host 2020 climate change conference

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday pledged £10 million (US$12.3 million) to help restore the Amazon rainforest that has been ravaged by fires, sparking a wave of global concern. The money would be made available immediately to help restore the habitat, including areas that have been hit by the fires, the British government said in a statement released at the G7 summit in the French resort of Biarritz.