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Why is the Pantanal in Brazil burning? - Global Us

July 19, 2024

A group of artists beautifies Iraq's capital Baghdad with murals. Why is the world's largest tropical wetland on fire again? Old clothes usually end up in the dump, but there are many ways to recycle the raw material.

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There are eight billion people on Earth and we are better connected than ever before. How can we make use of that? Global 3000 is now Global Us - because now, more than ever, we need to act together.

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