An aerial image shows a part of Turkana South Island in Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, in northern Kenya. An aerial image shows a part of Turkana South Island in Lake Turkana, the ...

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The annual gathering of top business leaders and policymakers used to be a center of the global climate movement. Things are much more complicated now. By David Gelles All week at the World Economic ...

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