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It identifies key stakeholders, including 122,000 coal industry workers, and highlights the specific vulnerability of the Northern regions like Quang Ninh. 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It highlights the use of the 'Pereira Territorio Sostenible' platform for monitoring and identifies key challenges, such as the lack of reliable local data and legal limitations on municipal authority over environmental conservation, which is primarily managed by the regional authority CARDER.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The municipality of Pereira has integrated the SDGs into its Municipal Development Plan (PDM) 2020-2023, which is organized into three strategic axes: 'Smart City', 'Modern City', and 'City for the People'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A mapping of 20 municipal public policies revealed 102 interactions with the SDGs, with SDG 3 (Health and Well-being), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions) being the most frequent.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In 2021, the PDM's budget and program distribution showed that SDG 3 (Health and Well-being) and SDG 4 (Quality Education) were the most predominant in terms of both the number of programs and executed investment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To improve education quality and access, Pereira has implemented initiatives such as the 'Círculo virtuoso' project, which benefited over 8,900 people by 2020, and the 'La U en tu colegio' program for double certification.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regarding gender equality, the city established the 'Política Pública de Diversidad Sexual' in 2021 and the 'Comisión Legal para la Equidad de la Mujer' in 2020 to combat discrimination and violence.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Pereira faces a significant legal constraint in environmental management because, under Law 99 of 1993, municipalities with fewer than one million inhabitants cannot act as environmental authorities, leaving biodiversity and ecosystem conservation to the Corporación Autónoma Regional de Risaralda (CARDER).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The city is implementing the REDD+ project in the Otún River basin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, aiming to reduce 445,952 tCO2e between 2015 and 2045 across 5,602.74 hectares of forest.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Pereira Territorio Sostenible' platform, developed through a collaboration between SEI, IISD, and Pereira Cómo Vamos, is one of the first efforts to monitor and report the city's local contribution to the SDGs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The city has expanded its international cooperation by joining the Mercociudades network in 2020 and establishing a South-South cooperation project with Vietnam focused on community tourism.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001558#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Sustainable Development Goals","biodiversity conservation","deforestation","greenhouse gas emissions","ecological restoration","climate change adaptation","urban green space","environmental governance","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation"],"geography_discussed":["Risaralda Department","Colombia","Vietnam"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["voluntary local review","policy mapping","progress report"]},{"id":"wwf-000338","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wwf-000338","title":"OPPORTUNITIES FOR TIGER RECOVERY ACROSS THEIR HISTORIC RANGE","publisher":{"name":"WWF International","organization":"wwf-international"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022","source_url":"https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1064/2mg0joiser_2022_restoring_asia_s_roar_web.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report identifies 1.7 million km² of potentially suitable tiger habitat across 15 countries, representing a >250% increase over the current range. It argues that range recovery is feasible through natural dispersal—as 50% of these areas are within 100km of existing populations—and planned reintroductions, provided there is strong political will, community support, and prey restoration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000338#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The analysis identified 1,701,991.52 km² of potentially suitable tiger range recovery areas across 15 countries, which would increase the current tiger range by more than 250%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000338#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"China, India, and Russia possess the largest extents of potential recovery areas, collectively accounting for nearly 60% of the total identified areas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000338#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Natural dispersal is a viable mechanism for range expansion because approximately 50% of the identified recovery areas are located within 100km of current tiger populations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000338#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A significant majority of potential recovery areas lack formal protection, with nearly 80% falling outside of protected areas; this is particularly acute in Russia (98%), China (84%), and India (69%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000338#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies specific landscapes for active reintroduction, including the Ili-Balkhash landscape in Kazakhstan (with releases planned for 2025) and the Cardamom and Eastern Plains Landscapes in Cambodia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000338#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Successful range recovery depends on several critical enabling conditions: sufficient prey populations, effective site management to mitigate threats, and the voluntary participation and support of local and Indigenous communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000338#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity conservation","ecological restoration","nature-based solutions","climate change mitigation"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","India","Russia","Kazakhstan","Cambodia","Thailand","Nepal","Indonesia","Laos","Vietnam","Pakistan"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["geospatial analysis","feasibility assessment"]},{"id":"wwatt-000058","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wwatt-000058","title":"Limited role of climate change in October 2020 Vietnam flooding","publisher":{"name":"World Weather Attribution","organization":"world-weather-attribution"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2021-12-16","source_url":"https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/limited-role-of-climate-change-in-october-2020-vietnam-flooding/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The analysis finds no significant evidence that human-caused climate change altered the probability or intensity of the October 2020 heavy rainfall events in Central Vietnam. 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The study concludes that natural variability currently outweighs climate change impacts for multi-day precipitation in the region, emphasizing the need for improved disaster risk reduction measures regardless of climate trends.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwatt-000058#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The October 2020 flooding and landslides, driven by typhoon Linfa, a tropical depression, and two subsequent typhoons, resulted in over 200 deaths, more than 500 injuries, and structural damages estimated at 1.2 billion US dollars.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwatt-000058#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Analysis of weather observations indicates that heavy rainfall of the magnitude seen in October 2020 (Rx15day) is expected to occur approximately once every 80 years in the current climate.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwatt-000058#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Observational data suggests the 1-in-80 year event is 1.6 times more likely to occur than in the early-industrial climate, with a corresponding 9% increase in rainfall; however, these figures are not statistically significant due to very large uncertainty ranges (0.1 to 400 for likelihood and -41% to +86% for rainfall amount).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwatt-000058#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate models showed no change in the intensity of the event (uncertainty from -8% to +8%) and no change in the likelihood of an event at least as intense as the 2020 event (uncertainty range from 2.5 times less to 2.3 times more frequent).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwatt-000058#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The study concludes that human-caused climate change is not a major driver of present multi-day heavy rainfall in Central Vietnam, as changes from climate change are currently much smaller than natural variability on a 2-week time scale.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwatt-000058#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["tropical cyclone","flood","landslide","extreme event attribution","disaster risk reduction"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["probabilistic extreme event attribution"]},{"id":"saiia-000465","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-000465","title":"China-powered ICT infrastructure: lessons from Tanzania and Cambodia","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2021-12-15","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/research/china-powered-ict-infrastructure-lessons-from-tanzania-and-cambodia/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines China's Digital Silk Road (DSR) strategy and its implementation through ICT projects in Tanzania and Cambodia. 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It highlights examples from South Africa, Rwanda, and Costa Rica to demonstrate how detailed implementation roadmaps and participatory scenario planning can enhance climate commitments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000034#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Inclusive stakeholder engagement, including marginalised groups like women and youth, is essential for ensuring ownership and buy-in of NDC policy plans. South Africa demonstrated this through a three-month public outreach process involving a road show across nine provinces and consultations with youth advocates.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000034#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Effective NDC implementation requires strong internal alignment between government departments and integration with the agendas of finance and planning ministries, focusing on economic growth and job creation. 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The document proposes a 'blueprint' to integrate core environmental principles into the general chapters of agreements, make ratification conditional on multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), and introduce a robust system of sanctions for non-compliance. It specifically advocates for the systematic inclusion of the precautionary principle and the creation of reciprocal complaint mechanisms for civil society. 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The presidency's focus on abolishing coal on a Western timeline without providing affordable clean energy alternatives cornered India, which relies on coal for 70 percent of its electricity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001308#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Developed countries failed to meet their 2020 goal of providing $100 billion in climate finance to developing countries and resisted the creation of an international funding mechanism for loss and damage.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001308#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The $8.5 billion deal between South Africa and a group of developed nations (US, EU, France, Germany, and UK) is cited as a potential model for 'just transition transactions' to help coal-dependent economies transition without exacerbating poverty and unemployment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001308#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African countries possess a strategic opportunity to leverage their mineral resources for green technology, as 42 of the 63 elements used in low-carbon technologies are found in Africa.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001308#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The summit largely ignored the ocean's role as the world's largest bioreactor and its capacity to absorb carbon. Experts argue that protecting marine ecosystems and restoring mangroves and seagrass beds could absorb more carbon than land-based stimulus packages.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001308#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 1.5°C target is unlikely to be met unless the global economic system is addressed, specifically the 'resource-intensive consumerism' and 'perverse subsidies' that favor unsustainable production and consumption patterns.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001308#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Paris Agreement","Nationally Determined Contributions","climate finance","loss and damage","just transition","carbon neutrality","methane emissions","deforestation","technology transfer","carbon sequestration"],"geography_discussed":["India","South Africa","Africa","United States","People's Republic of China","European Union","Brazil","Mexico","Russia","Australia","United Kingdom","Thailand","Vietnam","Indonesia","Egypt","France","Germany"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","expert critique"]},{"id":"newclim-000324","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/newclim-000324","title":"Climate Action Tracker Global Update: Glasgow’s 2030 Credibility Gap","publisher":{"name":"NewClimate Institute","organization":"newclimate-institute"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2021-11-10","source_url":"http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/climate-action-tracker-global-update-glasgows-2030-credibility-gap-net-zeros","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Climate Action Tracker identifies a 'credibility gap' where current policies lead to 2.7°C of warming, while even the fulfillment of all 2030 targets would result in 2.4°C. Despite 90% of global emissions being covered by net zero targets, only 6% are rated as 'acceptable', and no analyzed country has sufficient short-term policies to reach its net zero goal. 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Some nations, including Australia, Indonesia, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, and Viet Nam, resubmitted targets identical to those from 2015, while Brazil and Mexico submitted less ambitious targets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"newclim-000324#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate target","Nationally Determined Contributions","Coal phase-out","natural gas","methane emissions","climate finance","Paris Agreement"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","European Union","United States","Australia","Indonesia","Russia","Singapore","Switzerland","Thailand","Vietnam","Brazil","Mexico","Turkey","Kazakhstan","Iran","India","Japan","South Korea","Canada","Europe"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","temperature projection"]},{"id":"cer-001546","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cer-001546","title":"Assessment of new coal generation capacity targets in South Africa’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity","publisher":{"name":"Centre for Environmental Rights","organization":"centre-for-environmental-rights"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2021-11-01","source_url":"https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ESRG_New-coal-plants-South-Africa_021121.pdf?x21779","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that new coal capacity in the IRP 2019 is unnecessary for energy security, more expensive than renewable alternatives, and incompatible with the Paris Agreement. Modelling shows that forcing 1.5 GW of new coal into the system increases total discounted power system costs by R23 billion in a reference scenario and up to R109 billion in a climate policy scenario. 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No surveyed retailer has a clear target to eliminate wild-caught fish in feed, and none have policies to blacklist farms with high mortality rates. While some UK retailers show progress in transparency through the Ocean Disclosure Project, overall industry standards for fish welfare and labelling remain inadequate, often relying on insufficient third-party certifications.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The vast majority of surveyed European retailers demonstrate a critical lack of substantive policies regarding sustainable aquaculture, with 76% of the 33 retailers assessed falling into the 'red zone' of performance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"No European retailer surveyed has established a clear target date for the total elimination of wild-caught fish (fishmeal and fish oil) from their aquaculture feed supply chains.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Retailers are failing to implement policies to blacklist aquaculture producers with excessive mortality rates, despite high death rates in sectors like salmon farming.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant lack of transparency in labelling; 27% of responding retailers do not include the producer or farm name on fish labels and do not require public reporting on feed composition or origin.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"UK retailers are the most progressive regarding supply chain transparency, with eight of the ten top UK supermarket chains disclosing farmed fish supply chain information via the Ocean Disclosure Project.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report argues that retailers over-rely on third-party certification schemes (such as ASC, MSC, or MarinTrust) which are deemed inadequate proxies for actual due diligence on fish welfare and feed sourcing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The use of wild-caught fish for aquafeed has severe impacts on food security in the Global South; for example, over half a million tonnes of fish from West African waters are converted to fishmeal annually instead of feeding local populations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In India, the production of farmed prawns drives significant demand for fishmeal, with estimates suggesting one-third of India's annual marine fish catches are used to feed farmed prawns.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000090#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["aquaculture","food security","Global supply chain governance"],"geography_discussed":["United Kingdom","Germany","Spain","Switzerland","Austria","France","West Africa","Latin America","India","Vietnam","People's Republic of China","Indonesia","Norway","Chile","Egypt","Scotland","Senegal","Peru"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["retailer assessment","supply chain analysis","policy review"]},{"id":"gem-000096","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gem-000096","title":"With China’s withdrawal from overseas coal, the pipeline for new coal in Asia could drop to 22 GW — all of which will likely not be built","publisher":{"name":"Global Energy Monitor","organization":"global-energy-monitor"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2021-11","source_url":"https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/Briefing_Chinas-withdrawal-from-overseas-coal-potential-drops-pipeline-to-22-GW_CREAGEM_Final_11.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"China's commitment to cease overseas coal financing could remove two-thirds of the pre-construction coal pipeline in Asia, reducing it from over 65 GW to 22 GW. This shift, aligned with similar pledges from Japan, South Korea, and G20 nations, makes the remaining projects unlikely to be completed due to a lack of available capital. The report argues that cancelling these remaining projects would save US$27 billion in capital costs and avoid 103 million tons of annual CO2 emissions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"China's pledge to stop building new coal-fired power projects abroad could eliminate two-thirds of the pre-construction coal pipeline in Asian countries outside of China and India, reducing the planned capacity from over 65 GW to 22 GW across eight countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The impact of international financing withdrawals has been immediate, with no coal power stations in the pre-construction stage reaching financial close in 2021, a sharp decline from the US$11 billion invested in 2020 and US$10 billion in 2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Cancelling the remaining 22 GW of planned coal capacity would prevent approximately 103 million tons of annual CO2 emissions—comparable to Bangladesh's total 2019 emissions—and save over US$27 billion in capital costs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Indonesia, a significant portion of the coal pipeline is driven by the nickel-refining industry. Approximately 3.58 GW of planned coal capacity is intended for nickel refining, adding to 3.16 GW already in use, often funded by Chinese state-owned financial institutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Bangladesh has significantly reduced its coal pipeline by cancelling 15 plants (3.9 GW) in 2021; China's withdrawal is expected to scrap an additional 8.6 GW, leaving only two pre-construction projects, one of which is the 1.2 GW Matarbari-2 plant.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Vietnam's coal pipeline remains substantial but faces low implementation rates. While the draft Power Development Plan (PDP8) allocated over 30 GW of coal for 2021-2040, many projects are postponed or lack firm financing, and the country has committed to stop permitting new coal via the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Pakistan's coal expansion, largely supported by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has led to power overcapacity and a financial crisis, with power system debt reaching US$16 billion in the first half of 2021.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000096#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["coal-fired power station","climate finance","energy transition","carbon dioxide emissions","renewable energy","stranded asset"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","India","Bangladesh","Sri Lanka","Indonesia","Laos","Pakistan","Philippines","Thailand","Vietnam","Cambodia","Japan","South Korea"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["impact assessment","pipeline analysis"]},{"id":"saiia-001786","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-001786","title":"China-powered ICT Infrastructure: Lessons from Tanzania and Cambodia","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2021-11","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Policy-Briefing-252-agbebi-xue-yu.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines China's role as a primary funder and contractor of ICT networks in the Global South, specifically through the Digital Silk Road (DSR) initiative. 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Despite ongoing negotiations, some countries are already implementing these plans; Switzerland has partnerships with Peru, Ghana, Senegal, and Georgia, while Japan works with 17 partner countries and South Korea is in talks with Vietnam, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000308#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant imbalance in the UN-regulated carbon market, as approximately 120 countries have included carbon markets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs)—representing about a third of global emissions—but there are very few potential buyer countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000308#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The voluntary carbon market is dominated by the private sector and is largely unregulated, which facilitates large-scale greenwashing. 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