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

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.

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Watch Lewis Pugh swim the Red Sea:

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

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

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

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Hosted by:

Mina Guli

Founder and Chief Water Advocate, Thirst

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