Good morning, this is Nicolas. Today, we’re hearing about an innovative solution that seeks to tackle air pollution, proposed by a group of students selected as the winners of this year’s Geneva Challenge.

We also learn about what young activists expect from the UN at the 76-year-old organization’s Young Activists Summit, and that most climate migrants do not cross national borders, but are displaced within their own country.

18.11.2021

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An Indian farmer walks beside burning paddy crop stubble on the outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab state, India. (Keystone/AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

🌾 What if an app could tackle air pollution from crop burning? Crop stubble burning is practiced by farmers worldwide as a cheap and fast way to clear crops for new harvests. But it is also responsible for more than one-third of global emissions from biomass burning. An app created by students and selected as the winner of this year’s Geneva Challenge competition offers a new way to tackle the problem.

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