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26 Aug 2008
Video: Students impacted by Hurricane Katrina take action on global warming
The WWF-US Allianz Southeast Climate Witness Program selected 24 high school students from to engage in vulnerability research on the Southeast Rivers and Streams Ecoregion. A great project and very nice video.

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Climate change is already affecting the lives of real people everywhere. Climate Witnesses have stories to tell about events they have experienced that demonstrate how vulnerable they are to climate change. Their stories capture how people around the world are experiencing climate change here and now.

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Latest Climate Witness stories

28 Aug 2008
Climate Witness: Olaf Gradin, USA
In 1997, Georgia's Lake Lanier almost went dry following a severe drought. For Olaf Gradin, who has lived in the state for 17 years, this disaster has both economic and lifestyle impacts. » Read more

25 Aug 2008
Climate Witness: Jamila Bibi, India
Jamila Bibi and her family lost almost everything they owned when an embankment that kept the sea water out burst and rushed into their home. In recent years the sea level has been gradually rising around their island in the Sundarbans Delta of West Bengal, India. » Read more

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18 Aug 2008
Roberto Gardella, Italy
My story is very simple and regards the glacier melt down on Italian Alps. I can easily remember when I was a little child and went in the Alps with my parents and the glaciers were huge and fantastic! They used to tell me they were perpetual but now, after 25 years I know it's not real. I saw glaciers are melting down, retiring for hundreds of meters. What are we doing to our mother earth? » Read more