Good morning, this is Bruno, bringing you the latest climate news for Geneva Solutions.
This week we delve into India’s frontline battle to address climate threats while lifting a fifth of humanity out of poverty. The country could have the keys to our future. We tell you the tale of two activists: climate justice fighter Vanessa Nakate from Uganda and innovator Bertrand Piccard from Switzerland. Also, how can trade curb plastic pollution instead of expanding it? |
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Students take part in a demonstration against climate change in Aachen, Germany, 2019. (Keystone/EPA/Friedemann Vogel)
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Students from all over the world are holding a mock COP26.
What would happen if young people took over climate negotiations? While the World Climate Conference has been postponed to next year, 350 students are gathering for a two-week online summit in which they will pretend to be political leaders and try to rise up to the climate challenge. This will be a chance for the youth climate movement to regain momentum after almost a year of protests winding down due to the pandemic.
Le Monde (FR)
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Why frontliner India holds many keys on climate.
The world’s third largest emitter is reducing its carbon intensity but fossil fuels are still driving the country’s development. With climate impacts hitting harder than elsewhere and a population to lift out of poverty, the way it steers itself out of this catch 22 will largely determine everyone’s future.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
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Here's what els is happening
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A shepherd in front of the biggest thermal power station in North Macedonia near the city of Bitola. (Keystone/EPA/Georgi Licovski)
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Pollution levels rise in North Macedonia as hydropower plants close.
Water levels have dropped in the past months in a drought-hit North Macedonia, forcing hydropower plants to close and thermal power plants to scale up production. Aside from driving up pollution levels, this could cause electricity prices to increase this winter, in a country already reeling from the pandemic.
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