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RPT-Singapore to unveil improved family office tax incentives - minister

Singapore's central bank will announce improved tax incentives in July to recognise the charitable contributions of family offices - companies that manage wealthy families' assets, a senior minister said on Friday.

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UPDATE 1-Saudi firms bid for 2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Companies from Saudi Arabia bought more than 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits on Wednesday as the Kenyan capital hosted what organisers have billed as the world's largest sale of its kind.

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FEATURE-Migrate to survive: Water woes clear out villages in hilly Nepal

D ozens of families used to live in this once-vibrant village in eastern Nepal, but Sarita Rai can now count the number of households that remain on one hand.

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EXPLAINER-Will COP28 deliver a new fund for climate loss and damage?

As communities in countries rich and poor face soaring costs from extreme weather and rising seas, governments are grappling with how to set up a new fund to tackle "loss and damage" driven by global warming.

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SPECIAL REPORT-Replanting the Amazon could slow climate change. It's harder than it sounds

Milton da Costa Junior nosed his pickup through a remote stretch of the western Brazilian Amazon to check on his babies. The nonprofit organization he works for, Rioterra, has planted millions of young trees in the rainforest as part of an effort to reforest woodland decimated...

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UPDATE 1-SSAB invests SEK 6 bln in Oxelosund mill to cut emissions

Swedish steel maker SSAB will invest 6.2 billion crowns ($611 million) in an electric arc furnace and raw material handling at its Oxelosund mill to slash greenhouse gas emissions, it said on Friday.

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SPECIAL REPORT-Nations who pledged to fight climate change are sending money to strange places

(For more Reuters Special Reports, click on) By Emma Rumney, Irene Casado Sánchez, Jaimi Dowdell, Misato Nakayama, Sakura Murakami and Kiyoshi Takenaka

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FEATURE-Drought fuels water conflict in France, Spain as farmers face fury

T he grey skies were a welcome sight for drought-hit farmers in France's Nouvelle Aquitaine region. But rare rains earlier this month offered only brief respite for agricultural producers, whose weather woes are now being compounded by growing conflict over scarce water.

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Japan to mandate sustainable aviation fuel target from 2030 - Nikkei

Japan is going require that 10% of aviation fuel for international flights using Japanese airports be sustainable from 2030, the Nikkei reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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Factbox-Debt-for-nature swaps swell in climate finance response

At least $12 million a year has been freed up to help Ecuador protect the unique ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands with the sealing of the world's largest-ever 'debt-for-nature' swap.

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