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Anna Kusmer

Reporter/ProducerThe World
Anna Kusmer is a reporter and producer at The World focusing on the environment. She creates The Big Fix, The World's weekly look at climate change solutions around the globe. Anna is fascinated by people's complex relationships with nature and is inspired by the diverse solutions for a more just and sustainable world.Before working at The World, Anna 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. Outside of work, Anna enjoys reading, cooking, traveling and meeting her neighbors. Anna believes stories can change the world.Do you have a question about a climate change solution you want to hear answered on air? Email Anna: climate@theworld.org
Ireland’s Mary Robinson says being ‘an elder’ is about teaching the next generation, but also listening to them
European birds are building nests using anti-bird spikes
Climate-fueled weather creates unprecedented challenges for humanitarian groups
Scientists call lake in Canada the Anthropocene ‘poster child’
For the first time, Guantanamo detainees are visited by UN human rights investigator
Historian uncovers the Jamaican metal workers behind Industrial Revolution
July 4, 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded
What does it mean that Quebec is still very much on fire?
Dengue spikes in Peru, threatening to spread to new areas
Rare palm plant’s flowers and fruit growing underground excites botanists
The ‘Olympics of sheep shearing’ kicks off in Scotland
‘King of Clones’ film traces the rise and fall of an infamous Korean scientist
Could shouting into the wind be a good thing?
African leaders visit Ukraine and Russia to promote peace
Emergency preparedness has vastly improved globally — but there’s a ways to go
Kakhovka dam collapse is an environmental catastrophe
Scientists get a thrilling new look at the Earth’s mantle
Group wants to clean up the carbon offset market
How is ‘climate finance’ money being spent?
Far-right threatens this year’s pride march in Jerusalem
Volcanoes are spewing ash across three continents
Iconic ‘Cotton Tree’ in Sierra Leone has fallen
Police target climate activists across Germany
Not funny: Chinese comedy troupe is fined $2.1 million over a joke
Can new leadership help resolve two years of tensions within the Arctic Council?
Internal displacement hits record number in 2022 due to war and disasters
Jewish synagogue in Tunisia attacked amid annual pilgrimage
What ‘The Diplomat’ gets right and wrong about embassy life
Ocean census project aims to describe 100K new species
Panda diplomacy reveals rocky US-China relationship
Climate change makes drought in the Horn of Africa 100 times more likely, study says
Japanese company tries — and fails — to send a spacecraft to the moon
Re-creating the incredible resilience of Roman concrete
Pentagon leaks are ‘unfortunate but not catastrophic’
Drought drives food shortage and conflict in Central America, study says
Last stop of 9,000-mile migration journey for painted butterflies finally identified
Recycling rubble can speed up rebuilding in Syria, study says
Vanuatu wins historic vote for climate justice at the UN
Extinct mammoth meatball unveiled in the Netherlands
Climate change is messing with nature’s biological clocks
To save the birds, conservationists must kill all the mice on Marion Island
Russia to launch rescue mission to the international space station
The ‘Paddy Irishman Project’ is aimed directly at Irish stereotypes
The Dutch farmer’s party was formed in protest. It just won big.
Heat waves on the ocean floor have far-reaching impacts
Cyclone Freddy is the longest-lived tropical storm and it’s still going
Chaim Topol dies, actor famous for Tevye portrayal in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
The new ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ film is not beloved in Germany
European impressionist paintings closely track air pollution in the industrial revolution
New novel, ‘A Spell of Good Things,’ explores the inner lives and struggles of young Nigerians
Nigeria elects a new president, election results are questioned
Ottawa’s famous skateway may be closed all winter
Balloons are a neglected area of military tech
What birds can — and can’t — teach us about love
Canada’s Great Bear Sea conservation project will be one of the largest protected marine areas in the world
It’s true. Carnivore attacks on humans are becoming more common, new study says.
Campaign in France targets macho driving
British Columbia starts pilot program decriminalizing possession of opioids and other drugs
Stunning 2,000-year-old gems were found down the drain of a Roman bathhouse in modern-day UK
Contaminated cough syrup has killed more than 300 children