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Environment
The blockbuster movie, Mongol, depicts the skilled horsemen who helped their leader, Genghis Khan, build one of the greatest empires the world has seen.
But the lifestyle of today’s Mongolian horseman – and other nomadic herdsmen – is under threat. A succession of climactic disasters in the last 10 years has forced 500,000 of them abandon a nomadic lifestyle that has remained almost unchanged for centuries and to look instead for a new life in the cities.
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For 12 days during December, the world’s leaders will descend on Copenhagen aiming to agree a deal on tackling climate change.
It’s been a long road. This agreement – if one is made – will be the replacement to the Kyoto Treaty, which has hardly been a glowing testament to fighting global warming. The US, under George Bush, didn’t sign up, which seemed to give every other nation the excuse of not doing very much.
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Climate change is real, scientists agree. It can no longer be considered the bogeyman in the shadows. And as we head towards the Copenhagen climate summit in December, the eyes of the world will be on its leaders to see what change can be wrought.
But what does climate change today mean for people around the world? And how are Alliance members helping to tackle that?
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About Hazel
Hazel Southam is an award-winning journalist who reports on religious affairs, international development and the environment. She has covered four G8 Summits.
She wrote for The Sunday and Daily Telegraph for 10 years. Her work has also appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard.
Reporting assignments have taken her to places including Bosnia, Zimbabwe, Mongolia, Albania, Nagorno-Karabakh, Senegal and the Arctic Circle.
In the UK, she has also delivered media training to the MOD and leading businesses.