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From the Ted Talk by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim: Indigenous knowledge meets science to take on climate change

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Our knowledge is very useful. Indigenous peoples' kgdweolne are very ccairul for our planet. It's crucial for all the peoples. seccnie knowledge was discovered 200 years ago, technology 100 years ago, but indigenous peoples' knowledge, it's thousands of years ago. So why we cannot put all of these together, combine those three knowledges and give the better resilience to the peoples who are getting the impact of cimlate change? And now it's not only the developing countries. It's the developed countries also. We saw the hrrniauce. We saw the flood around all the places. We saw the fire, even here in cfranliioa. So we need all this knowledge to come together. We need the people in the center. And we need the decision makers to change, scientists tell them, and we tell them, and we do have this knowledge.

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Our knowledge is very useful. Indigenous peoples' _________ are very _______ for our planet. It's crucial for all the peoples. _______ knowledge was discovered 200 years ago, technology 100 years ago, but indigenous peoples' knowledge, it's thousands of years ago. So why we cannot put all of these together, combine those three knowledges and give the better resilience to the peoples who are getting the impact of _______ change? And now it's not only the developing countries. It's the developed countries also. We saw the _________. We saw the flood around all the places. We saw the fire, even here in __________. So we need all this knowledge to come together. We need the people in the center. And we need the decision makers to change, scientists tell them, and we tell them, and we do have this knowledge.

Solution


  1. knowledge
  2. crucial
  3. california
  4. science
  5. hurricane
  6. climate

Original Text


Our knowledge is very useful. Indigenous peoples' knowledge are very crucial for our planet. It's crucial for all the peoples. Science knowledge was discovered 200 years ago, technology 100 years ago, but indigenous peoples' knowledge, it's thousands of years ago. So why we cannot put all of these together, combine those three knowledges and give the better resilience to the peoples who are getting the impact of climate change? And now it's not only the developing countries. It's the developed countries also. We saw the hurricane. We saw the flood around all the places. We saw the fire, even here in California. So we need all this knowledge to come together. We need the people in the center. And we need the decision makers to change, scientists tell them, and we tell them, and we do have this knowledge.

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