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DW.com: KLAUS ESTERLUSS | IDEAS Climate change ist the greatest issue of all time

You can watch my interview here on Deutsche Welle:
http://blogs.dw.com/globalideas/tag/sushma-joshi/
There is a video on Youtube.
GLOBAL IDEAS talked to Sushma Joshi, a Nepali writer and filmmaker based in Kathmandu. In our interview, she says that the developing world suffers from the consequences of climate change – while industrialized countries are largely responsible. And if those countries don't change their policies, the world could look very bleak in 50 years.
Joshi's book End of the World was long-listed for the Frank O' Connor International Short Story Award in 2009. She's the author of a widely read Sunday column in Nepal's leading English-language daily "The Kathmandu Post". Her 2006 short-film "The Escape" about a teacher targeted by rebels was accepted to the Berlinale Talent Campus.
For more on Sushma Joshi have a look at her blog: The Global And The Local

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