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These indigenous women in Africa are paying the price of climate change

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT), Chad speaking during the Session "Nature to the Rescue" at the Annual Meeting 2019 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2019.

“Climate change is real and it's not about our future, it's about our present.” - Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Image: World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek

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