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Being Green - 26 July 24 _WWF: The world records we don’t want to break

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As the Olympic Games get underway in Paris on 26 July, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has launched a video campaign urging people to focus on the world records we don’t want to break. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to James Reeler, Senior Manager: Climate Action at the WWF South Africa about what it hopes to achieve with the campaign.
26 Jul English South Africa Health & Fitness

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