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This initiative aims to raise billions of Pounds to support climate finance, offering payments to countries that preserve their tropical forests.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Less than a day after Liam Payne’s collaborator Sam Pounds announced that their joint track ‘Do No Wrong’ would drop Friday, he backpedaled amid fan backlash.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

Payne’s producer Sam Pounds decided to withdraw a planned new single, “Do No Wrong,” after intense fan pushback.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

Last week, Pounds posted clips of the pair in the studio, filmed by Payne's sister Ruth, who co-wrote the track.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

April 3, 1740.—Rec'd of Mr. Sylvester Gardiner Sixteen Pounds Two Shills, in full for wine for the Chapple for the year past.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.