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July 09, 2020

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In the last 10 years, there’s been a surge of literature about climate change, including poetry. The World’s climate solutions segment The Big Fix is featuring some young poets and their words on the topic in a series starting this week.

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In Karachi, planting dense urban forests could save the city from extreme heat

The World

July 20, 2020

Extreme heat often hovers over Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. But each time Shahzad Qureshi transforms a barren patch of land into a dense, urban forest, he helps his city adapt to extreme urban heat.

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Global network of young people writes poems to cope with climate crisis

The World

July 09, 2020

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Can direct air capture make a real impact on climate change?

The World

July 03, 2020

Swiss direct air capture company Climeworks is counting on it.

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Anti-poverty program in Indonesia also helps save forests, study shows

The World

June 18, 2020

Where people received cash payments from the government, there was 30% less deforestation.

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After lockdown, Milan rolls out plan to open more streets to cyclists and pedestrians

The World

June 09, 2020

The Strade Aperte plan, translated as “Open Roads,” is one of the world’s most dramatic examples of how city planners around the world, after COVID-19 lockdowns, are redesigning city streets to be friendlier to pedestrians and cyclists.

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Can the pandemic encourage airlines to be greener?

The World

May 22, 2020

Climate advocates and economists say this moment of disruption in the airline industry is an opportunity to become greener.

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What history tells us about building climate coalitions

The World

May 15, 2020

Author Matto Mildenberger examined how politics have shaped decades of climate policy in his new book, "Carbon Captured." He spoke to The World's host Marco Werman for this week's climate solutions segment.

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Amsterdam’s coronavirus recovery plan embraces ‘doughnut economics’ for people and the planet

The World

May 11, 2020

A key part of "doughnut" economic thinking is no longer using the gross domestic product as a proxy for society’s success.

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This researcher finds hope in ‘bright spots’ among coral reefs

The World

April 16, 2020

Australian social scientist and reef researcher Joshua Cinner looks for “bright spots,” or reefs that are doing better than expected, to glean lessons for building resilience in the world's reefs, which are suffering from bleaching events.

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Mutual aid groups respond to double threat of coronavirus and climate change

The World

April 13, 2020

CareMongering is one of many mutual aid organizations around the world that have either been created or expanded to help people struggling during the pandemic — either because of age, health status or financial vulnerability, among other things.

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