Climate change is clearly not a good thing. But some of these groups are adapting to it, and really say they're doing better now. They also point out that in some ways it's better in the city because there's more work, other kinds of work. Urban wages are less dependent on the weather. In fact, it's very much the case that throughout the developing world poverty is less common in cities and wages are higher. And even kids, there are benefits there too. Many more of them are likely to go to the school in the city simply because there are more schools and they're easier to get to.
Mass movements of people expected as climate change progresses are often depicted as catastrophes-in-waiting. We visit Niger, where that shift has begun, finding there is good news amid the bad. We examine the spate of video games depicting Ukraine’s live theatre of war (11:32). And the end of Indiana Jones’s run prompts a reflection on what made his adventures so compelling (17:12).
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Runtime: 24 min