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Anna Kusmer

Producer

Anna Kusmer is a producer at the World focusing on the environment. Before that, she worked as a local news reporter at WGBH in Boston and KQED in San Francisco.

Anna has an MSc in environmental science from McGill University. She is fascinated by people's complex relationships with nature and is inspired by the diverse solutions for a more just and sustainable world.

Outside of work, Anna enjoys cooking, traveling and meeting her neighbors. Anna believes stories can change the world.

Recent Stories

The Big Fix

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.

Identity

A global push for racial justice in the climate movement

The World

June 30, 2020

For years, mainstream environmental movements around the globe have excluded people of color, who are disproportionately impacted by climate change. Today’s global Black Lives Matter protests have amplified calls for institutions of all kinds — including environmental groups — to challenge and dismantle chronic systemic racism.

Environment

COVID-19 lockdowns are a unique chance to study human-wildlife interactions, researchers say

The World

June 30, 2020

Wild animals emerged in unusual places after cities worldwide imposed lockdowns to slow the coronavirus. Researchers are calling the change in human activity an "anthropause" — and they're proposing a global effort to study how humans and animals may better share our crowded planet.

The Big Fix

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.

The Big Fix

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.

The Big Fix

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.

The Big Fix

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.

Food

Coronavirus — and locusts — threaten Kenya’s food security

The World

May 13, 2020

In East Africa, it's not just a pandemic making life difficult. Heavy rains, an ongoing locust outbreak and the closure of open-air food markets due to COVID-19 all lead to major concerns over food security.

The Big Fix

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.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

How do you stop the spread of misinformation?

The World

April 22, 2020

Stephan Lewandowsky, a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol, speaks with The World's Marco Werman about how societies can combat misinformation — particularly around the coronavirus and climate change.

Anna Kusmer

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