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To tackle a problem as large as climate change, we need both science and Indigenous wisdom, says environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. In this engaging talk, she shares how her nomadic community in Chad is working closely with scientists to restore endangered ecosystems — and offers lessons on how to create more resilient communities.
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Saucy Wench
April 26, 2020 at 5:17 pm
That’s a hard no with the patterns on the dress. Anyone can Geoff Lawton their way out of this mess.
Soniya Hemanath
April 26, 2020 at 5:17 pm
Wow
Lili London
April 26, 2020 at 6:11 pm
Excellent talk !!
ghanditw
April 26, 2020 at 7:24 pm
i just caught sight of her dress in the thumbnail i thought it was a dalek
Kirk Clements
April 26, 2020 at 10:10 pm
climate will never be solved – it is cyclical and cycles like solar loading, volcanoes and shifting of oceans heating and cooling are kinda out of climate cultists control – like solving the economy – the more you try – the worse the results
Brian Diehl
April 28, 2020 at 7:43 pm
But it we are in one of those cooling cycles right now, so the past cycles are irrelevant
iphoneusdsd
April 26, 2020 at 11:09 pm
Lol we dont even care for each other how the f we are going to save the planet..what if a meteor hits and kills us all? Just embrace the chaos and enjoy life as much as u can
Engr. Waleed Khan
April 27, 2020 at 12:56 am
Beautiful woman with beautiful thoughts. Thank you for such a great TED talk. Global warming and climate change is a big problem and our governments should really take care of it. We in Pakistan have grown more than 10 billion trees in past few years and the number are still increasing. This initiative was taken by our Prime minster Imran khan and we really appreciate him for this act. ✌
Soli A
April 27, 2020 at 1:44 am
so interesting!!
Matthew Chow
April 27, 2020 at 2:30 am
This video deserves more views
Arti Thakur
April 27, 2020 at 2:55 am
Exactly
Viewers Delight XRP !!
April 27, 2020 at 4:15 am
Beautiful insights!👍😎
purnomo aji
April 27, 2020 at 4:59 am
nice
Mita Karuna
April 27, 2020 at 5:44 am
Thanks for sharing. Btw her speech sounds like Indonesian accent. 🙂
Bella Kidman
April 27, 2020 at 5:55 am
so beautiful and intelligent
love learning from her so amazing
Kent Horvath
April 27, 2020 at 7:38 am
climate change. LOL
Gabriel Francis
April 27, 2020 at 8:25 am
Amen Amen Mommy
Z Z
April 27, 2020 at 9:16 am
What an amazing speech! I really liked it!
Albert The Writer
April 27, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Climate Change Scam
Kajal Bhatt
April 27, 2020 at 4:10 pm
She has taken a very great initiative but the big corps would take the knowledge make ten fold profits not give credit !!! We need the indigenous people to sustain survive and prosper where they are. Unfortunately the common man is too engulfed in his day to day to research and see where is the source and how it’s getting to them. Perfect example pls listen to Vandana shiva DR from India who goes at length to show how Monsanto has robbed all the Indian farmers of their daily wages and livelihood! She goes to explain the the women in Himalayan region have saved the planet little but it’s not going to last because at the end it’s the corrupt corporations ruling the world !!!
A Resident
April 27, 2020 at 6:56 pm
is she speaking pidgeon english cause i need a translation
Diaspora Afrikan Renaissance Channel
April 29, 2020 at 11:45 am
she’s speaking perfect english
私はわんちゃんをみや
April 27, 2020 at 8:49 pm
Sounds kind of stupid ngl
littleseller28
April 28, 2020 at 2:09 am
yes ma’am tell me what I need to do to save this planet.
Ultramarine Waters
April 28, 2020 at 2:39 pm
Great talk!
R.J.M. de Jonge
April 28, 2020 at 6:25 pm
very impressing speech
Calvin K
April 28, 2020 at 8:26 pm
Or we just get super computers and simulate everything so we can destroy our planet more!
Cao jidan
April 29, 2020 at 2:27 am
Is it too late to tell you that Covid-19 is solving climate change now?—LOL
Chika
April 29, 2020 at 3:12 am
We should notice that as technology evolves, traditional knowledge is forgotten.
Nathan Sison
April 29, 2020 at 7:13 am
Amazing
Diaspora Afrikan Renaissance Channel
April 29, 2020 at 11:44 am
Due to colonisation African knowledge systems were stigmatised and practitioners called “pseudo”. It still happens today when an African scientist discovers something or challenges long-standing western science from only a few hundred years ago. An example is Dr Bennett Omalu (Will Smith played him in the movie Concussion), a Nigerian doctor who discovered a disease affecting NFL players. He faced such discredit because he was African only to be proved right. This is a battle to restore African intelligence and the west have been doing all they can to suppress it, destroying our history and even claiming much of it as theirs. We even have advanced solutions in things such as mental health and many more. Africa has to remember herself and look to educate the young people on her discoveries for which they is a massive plethora of. As it stands we are still teaching our children that the world began from when they arrived and that the western man even discovered our land which is insane. The western man views science in disciplines and disparately whereas Afrikan science knows about the interrelatedness between and within everything. This is why the western man destroys the environment and nature for profit while we lived in harmony with it. We have to decolonise the education system, how, one way could be to teach about gravity but not about Isaac Newton himself. We also need to teach about our ancient systems and standardise some of them. This will empower the next generation to start to re-imagine the old discoveries and create new ones.
Jamsheed Begum
April 29, 2020 at 5:41 pm
VOW! VERY GREAT AND BEAUTIFULLY EXPLAINED 👏👏👏👏👏👏👌😊👍
matthew moskowitz
April 29, 2020 at 7:11 pm
Water is also fuel. Oxygen and hydrogen,,, both fam gases
matthew moskowitz
April 29, 2020 at 7:11 pm
😂