Language shouldn't be a barrier to climate action | Sophia Kianni

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🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Most scientific literature is written only in English, creating an alarming knowledge gap for the 75 percent of the world who don't speak it. That's a big problem for climate change -- because it's hard to take action on something you don't understand. With Climate Cardinals, an international youth-led nonprofit that's working to make the climate movement more accessible, activist and social entrepreneur Sophia Kianni is furthering the global transfer of knowledge by translating and sourcing crucial climate resources into more than 100 languages. A barrier-breaking talk about the collective effort we'll need to protect the future of our planet.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:14.5	To protect the future of the planet everyone across the globe will need to know about climate
0:19.0	change, but some 80% of the writing and research on this issue is written in English.
0:25.3	A language most of the world doesn't speak.
0:28.1	In her 2021 archive talk from the countdown summit, activist Sophia Keone lays out how
0:33.7	young people are unlocking climate knowledge and the transformative work nations can do
0:39.8	too.
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1:16.4	At just 12 years old, I witnessed the devastating impact pollution was having on Iran, my
1:23.5	parents' home country.
1:26.2	On one of my summer visits, I witnessed smog so heavy it completely blanketed the air,
1:32.9	obscuring the stars I wanted to trace out of the night sky.
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