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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12313
G7 SUMMIT / Climate

G7 announces $20 million in emergency aid to fight fires in Amazon

"The call of the forest which is burning" mentioned by French President Emmanuel Macron in advance of the G7 Summit on Saturday, 24 August, was reportedly heard by the heads of state and government present in Biarritz.

The seven major liberal democracies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States) agreed at the Biarritz Summit, which ended on Monday, 26 August, to provide an initial "of at least $20 million" in aid to respond to the emergency of the fires...