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Climate Mixtape: 2025 vision board
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What’s on your 2025 climate vision board? To get you started, we asked some of our favourite climate peeps what’s on theirs. From protecting indigenous rights, to furthering the global adoption of renewable energy, and strengthening democracy, take a beat to think about what different parts of the movement are doing and what climate progress looks like.
Featuring:
Anand Gopal
Daze Aghaji
Galina Angarova
Jonathan Foley
Maya Mailer
Neil Vora
Kumi Naidoo
Kalpana Arias
Created by TEDxLondon
Executive produced by Josie Colter
Produced by Ben Beheshty
Curated by Deesha Chandra
Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst
Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston
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