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The Big Fix

The Big Fix is a weekly climate change solutions segment on The World, where we explore how individuals and organizations around the planet are tackling the climate crisis.

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The Big Fix: Lessons from Uruguay
11:07
A man stand next to a machine with large slabs of wood.
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A potential market for tree planting emerges as developers eye wood instead of concrete
4:07
Wind turbines turn behind a solar farm in Rapshagen, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. 
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In global electricity mix, renewables overtake coal for the first time
7:14
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When in drought, plant fonio
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To stop Arctic ice from disappearing, one company tries making it thicker
7:29
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‘Floating Farm’ in the Netherlands wants to keep food above rising seas
5:24
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In Nova Scotia, a town protects its history from the sea with living shorelines
4:32
Climate science and solutions
Hot nights are worsening India’s heat crisis. But low-tech solutions show some promise.
6:17
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Ontario approves $15 billion plan to build small modular nuclear reactors
6:36
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Norwegian city turns pipes into rivers to adapt to climate change
6:28
Environment
Ocean-based experiments for carbon removal are on the rise, but remain controversial
5:49
Transportation
Paris votes to make 500 more streets car free 
4:17
Climate science and solutions
Rare cyclone batters Brisbane and Australia’s Gold Coast
4:27
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Earth homes make a comeback in a Colombian town
4:25
Climate science and solutions
How climate change is strengthening hurricanes, and what communities can do
6:39
Climate science and solutions
Is Europe ill-prepared for flood disasters?
5:32
Climate science and solutions
Residents in Spain’s Valencia region reeling from record-breaking floods
5:13
Climate science and solutions
In Bangladesh, warning systems help prevent storm casualties
6:48
Climate science and solutions
Morocco reckons with drought to stave off disaster
7:00
Climate science and solutions
Worsened by climate change, Morocco’s 7-year drought threatens food stability
6:49
Environment
Why a megacity in India is reviving the humble water well
5:56
Climate science and solutions
Firefighters test out new tool as Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands burn
6:08
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New project seeks to solve housing crisis using mushroom byproduct and troublesome weed
4:39
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In Uzbekistan, the race is on to sustain the world’s growing aquaculture industry
6:31
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How do you save a vanishing lake? Kazakhstan has a plan.
6:15
People marching in street with a Panamanian flag
Development
Copper mine protests roil in Panama
Aerial view of the village of Mutucal, Mãe Grande Curuçá Extractive Reserve.
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Rural communities in the Amazon face a complex world of carbon credits
man at podium
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Coalition of small island states makes a case that greenhouse gas emissions are covered by UN Law of the Sea
Akureyri is one of the few places in Iceland with forest.
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This small Icelandic city thinks big about going green
two white wind turbines outside
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War in Ukraine speeding up Germany’s transition to renewables
a man standing in front of a colorful bottle cap mural
Arts
Venezuelan artist uses recycled bottle caps to create large eco-murals
A man standing in a dimly lit room showing large renewable batteries
Ukraine
Renewable energy seen as an answer to Ukraine’s wartime energy woes
A woman in the middle of a crop field holding crops
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An engineer in Bolivia is reviving an ancestral, nutritious grain for the 21st century
Ayyad Mohmmed Ali works on his farm where he grows date palm trees and vegetables, Iraq.
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This startup is fighting to keep Iraq’s palm trees alive
Barnacle geese have developed new migration routes and breeding grounds amid warming global temperatures. 
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Animal species are evolving to adjust to climate change, but scientists say time is running out
portrait of Zafer Kizilkaya in front of a waterfront
Environment
‘Nobody believed us:’ Turkish conservationist wins Goldman Prize for expanding marine-protected areas
Left to right: Smoke from a wildfire over the Athens sky; a woman walks in a village during a period of drought; students hold up a banners; the Atlantic forest in Brazil.
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VIDEO: ‘The Big Fix’ explores climate change solutions around the globe
Syed Sajjad Ali inspects tomatoes planted inside a Kheyti greenhouse.
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This greenhouse innovation helps farmers in India cope with climate change
scientists on lake
Environment
Geologists edge closer to defining the Anthropocene
UK environmental activist Ella Daish, who crafted a giant tampon out of used tampons, is on a mission to get rid of single-use, plastic tampons.
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This UK activist is pushing to end single-use plastics in menstrual products
The Ducourt family vineyard in France. 
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Winegrowers in France experiment with hybrid grape varieties to combat climate change
Students hold up a banners during a rally in front of the parliament in Athens, Greece
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Hundreds of people, some holding documents, gather near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 27, 2021.
Top of The World
Afghanistan airlift continues after deadly suicide attacks
Kpinchilla, a small village in northern Ghana, reels under the impact of the climate crisis.
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Glasgow climate talks: Africa negotiators mobilize for climate finance 
A view of Athens from above showning the city and in the distance large dark smoke clouds filling the sky.
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Athens’ first-ever chief heat officer says historic heat wave feels ominous, like a ‘prequel’ of the city’s future
The region of southern Spain is facing desertification.
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Southern Spain’s green-belt project aims to stave off impending desertification
Woman in orange outfit walks in dry climate with girl in pink dress and boy in beige outfit
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NATO agrees to study how climate change impacts global security threats
A setting sun near a smokestack.
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Luxembourg takes the lead on climate finance 
A man victoriously holds up a piece of paper and smiles as other people around him also smile
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Climate activists get more strategic with their use of the courts
The Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is a beacon for global forest restoration.
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The Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is a bright spot for restoration
A scene from an Amsterdam metro subway with a huge TV ad of a white man's face
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Amsterdam bans fossil fuel ads from its metro
Huge green pipes on sandy ground against a dark blue sky
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Latin American and Caribbean countries use volcanic landscapes to tap geothermal energy
Reunion Island artist Dilo surrounded by pink and magenta flowers around her head.
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Reunion Island artist Dilo uses the sounds of nature to celebrate it 
A man stand next to a machine with large slabs of wood.
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Building high-rises, hotels and stadiums out of wood — for climate’s sake
Women perform on stage in a pop band. One throws her hand in the air.
Climate Change
Can K-pop stars wield their celebrity to influence climate action?
Student activists carry posters and shout slogans as they participate in a protest march against climate change in Delhi, India, March 19, 2021.
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Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of ‘radical climate acceptance’
A group of people hold up a large white sign with black letters and a yellow X through it.
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Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle
A man wearing glasses looks at a globe.
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Climate change scientist trades in the halls of Oxford for YouTube
U Saw Mhue Dee, U Saw Benjamin and Daw Naw Lay Lay explain the process of growing elephant foot yam, sheltered from the afternoon heat under a stilt house in Paungdawgyi Village. 
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Danish window company confronts its historic carbon emissions through forest conservation
The aspern Seestadt district is designed with high urban density and extremely high energy efficiency standards as a priority. 
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Vienna’s green mini-city offers a model for sustainable, urban living