Running to save the world: the campaigners pushing their bodies to the limit for the environment

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What drives campaigners to go to extraordinary lengths to bring attention to their cause? We hear from an endurance swimmer and a woman running hundreds of marathons as they campaign on climate change and freshwater.

Watch Mina Guli in action:

Watch Lewis Pugh swim the Red Sea:

Lewis featured on this episode of Radio Davos, talking about swimming in the Arctic:

Matt Damon is also a campaigner on freshwater. He spoke to Radio Davos:

The World Economic Forum's UpLink platform is looking for innovative solutions on freshwater:

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