Jordan
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Climate Change
Climate Fund backs $6 Billion Jordan Water Project with its largest deal
According to its chief executive, the world's largest climate multilateral fund made its biggest financial commitment yet to build a $6 Billion water desalination plant in Jordan. The Green Climate Fund was backed ahead of COP30 in Brazil, in November. It also comes a decade after Paris Agreement which cited the fund as a major way to finance efforts against global warming. Mafalda duarte said that it would transform the country. She added that this was the "highest investment" the fund had made in a single project. In South Korea, a grant and loan of $295 million were approved by
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Climate Change
Wildfires are fought by firefighters in the heat-stricken Turkey and Cyprus
Firefighters fought multiple wildfires in Turkey and Cyprus Thursday, which scorched large areas of land and forced the evacuations of villages and towns. Ten firefighters were killed by a heatwave that swept across the Mediterranean. Six separate wildfires are burning in Turkey. Turkish Agriculture and Forestry minister Ibrahim Yumakli has warned of the dangers of strong winds and scorching heat. Yumakli reported late on Wednesday that 10 firefighters died while fighting a fire in central Eskisehir Province. Yumakli also said 14 other firefighters were injured. The fire was fanned by strong wind and spread to Afyonkarahisar, another province in the