Strong suits: climate litigation
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🗓️ 27 April 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Activists are tired of waiting for governments and companies to act on climate change. So increasingly they’re taking the matter to court—with success. Egypt’s leaders claim the country is open for business, but the army has a growing stranglehold on the private sector. And even the trails up Mount Everest are being affected by the war in Ukraine.
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| 1:10.0 | In London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:12.0 | And in New York, I'm John Fastman. |
| 1:14.9 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:21.0 | One big part of Egypt's economic malaise is just how much the military is involved with business. |
| 1:27.4 | They make everything from cement to pasta to a copycat of the most popular world. economic malaise is just how much the military is involved with business. |
| 1:27.5 | They make everything from cement to pasta to a copycat of the most popular dairy brand. |
| 1:33.3 | We ask why so many generals are general managers. |
| 1:39.0 | And in just seven decades, ascending to the summit of Mount Everest has gone from something |
| 1:43.8 | never done by anyone |
| 1:45.1 | to something done by hundreds of people each year. |
| 1:48.0 | But Russia's invasion of Ukraine has thinned out crowds at the top of the world. |
| 1:58.8 | First up, though. |
| 2:18.7 | Music First up, though. War in Ukraine and spiking energy prices had already driven many countries to reconsider their dependence on Russian oil and gas, even before gas supplies were cut off to Poland and Bulgaria. |
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