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  2. Incentives for Olympic medalists by country - Wikipedia

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    Gold. ₱10 million. Silver. ₱5 million. Bronze. ₱2 million. Prior to the RA 10699, standard government incentives were codified under the RA 9064 or the National Athletes, Coaches and Trainers Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001, which mandates a prize money of ₱5 million for Olympic gold medalists, ₱2.5 million for silver medalists ...

  3. United Nations Environment Programme - Wikipedia

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    Scientists measuring the health of almost 30 glaciers around the world found that ice loss reached record levels in 2006. On average, the studied glaciers shrank by 4.9 feet in 2006. Norway's Breidalblikkbrea glacier shrank 10.2 feet in 2006. Glaciers lost an average of about a foot of ice a year between 1980 and 1999, but since the turn of the ...

  4. Earthshot Prize - Wikipedia

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    First awarded. 2021. Website. earthshotprize.org. The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental award that is rewarded to five winners each year for their contributions towards environmentalism. It was first awarded in 2021 and is planned to run annually until 2030. Each winner receives a grant of £1 million to continue their environmental work.

  5. Monetary Authority of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    In the twenty years since the exchange rate framework was in place, domestic inflation was relatively low, averaging 1.9% per annum from 1981 to 2010. As a result of the long record of low inflation, expectations of price stability in Singapore have become more entrenched over the years. The exchange rate system has also functioned to mitigate ...

  6. Retreat of glaciers since 1850 - Wikipedia

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    The glacier retreated 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in 33 years. The retreat of glaciers since 1850 a well-documented effect of climate change. The retreat of mountain glaciers provide evidence for the rise in global temperatures since the late 19th century. Examples include mountain glaciers in western North America, Asia, the Alps in central Europe ...

  7. Last Glacial Period - Wikipedia

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    A chronology of climatic events of importance for the Last Glacial Period, about the last 120,000 years The Last Glacial Period caused a much lower global sea level.. The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, c. 115,000 – c. 11,700 years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the ...

  8. Global Peace Index - Wikipedia

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    Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...

  9. Toto (lottery) - Wikipedia

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    The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 54. 54% of the total Toto sales for each draw goes to the Toto prize pool. The Group 1 prize has a minimum guaranteed amount of $1 million. If there are no winners in one of the groups (excluding Group 5, 6 & 7), the respective group's prize will be snowballed to the next draw.