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    Lena and Eli explore how climate change, poverty, and global crises are interconnected-and reveal the high-leverage solutions that can create positive change across multiple challenges simultaneously.

    Global Challenges, Systems Solutions: Our Path Forward

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    The real power is in changing the structure of information flows, the rules of the system, even the goals themselves. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by global problems, we can see ourselves as part of the solution systems that are already emerging.

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    Earth for All
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    Top 10 world problems and their solutions - Development Aid
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    https://www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/post/147458/top-10-world-problems-and-their-solutions
    Thinking in systems
    15 Global Challenges - The Millennium Project
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    https://millennium-project.org/challenges-overview/
    Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System
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    https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/

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    Ключевые выводы

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    Opening & Setting the Stage

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    0:33
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    The Interconnected Web of Global Challenges

    0:45
    1:00
    1:09
    1:27
    1:50
    3

    The Climate-Development Nexus

    2:10
    2:24
    2:46
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    3:20
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    Leverage Points for Transformation

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    3:51
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    4:41
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    From Problems to Positive Tipping Points

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    5:10
    5:25
    1:50
    6:05
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    Practical Pathways Forward

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    6:47
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    Wrapping Up with Hope and Action

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