*[Enwl-eng] Climate problems are large. Identifying solutions

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                  Global Edition - Today's top story: Wildfire smoke and dirty air are also climate change problems: Solutions for a world on fire View in browser 
                   Global Edition | 15 June 2023 
                 
           
                   
                    
                 
           
           
                  News about climate problems comes barreling at us every day. Just last week, it was in the form of thick, hazy smoke from wildfires burning out of control in eastern Canada. Some friends of mine in New York City said it smelled like a campfire – indoors. What I heard from family and friends was fear, sadness and apathy. “What can one person do?” my friend Cynthia asked me. “The news is always the same on climate, and it is always bad.”

                  True, but there are solutions to the climate crisis. None are easy. But consider this: Last year, for the first time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted the power of behavioral change to force large-scale mitigation.

                  At The Conversation, we don’t shy away from documenting the effects of climate change, but we also look at it through the lens of solutions. Here’s a good example: Drew Shindell points out that air pollution is often not talked about in the same sentence as climate change. It should be. He sets out how we can improve air quality – steps that would also provide climate benefits.

                  In Senegal there have been violent protests following the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. One of the government’s reactions was to shut down the internet and social media networks. While the government cited threats of fake news, Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz warns that the shutdown will be costly – both financially and politically – and that the short-term benefits that come from limiting protests could be outweighed by hardened and expanded opposition among young people.
                 
                          Beth Daley

                        Executive Editor and General Manager, The Conversation U.S.
                       
                 
                   
                  Wildfire smoke and dirty air are also climate change problems: Solutions for a world on fire 
                  Drew Shindell, Duke University 

                  So much pollution goes into the air today that even without wildfire smoke, 99% of the global population breathes unhealthy air.
                 
                   
                  Senegal’s internet shutdowns are another sign of a democracy in peril 
                  Jeff Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University 

                  Restricting the internet in Senegal is costly. There will be financial costs and damage to livelihoods.
                 
                       
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                  Dan Wylie, Rhodes University 

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