Earth Reporters
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- Episode
- My City and Your City
- Broadcast Info
- 2011 (22 mins)
- Description
- St Louis Senegal is the former colonial capital of West Africa. An Atlantic gem in the style of the great Creole cities. Now it is also the most threatened city in Africa from rising sea levels.
In this episode the Mayor of St Louis is our Earth Reporter telling the story of his people’s response to the flooding it faces every rainy season and every high tide. The rising water spreads disease and misery and yet plight of St Louis is barely known on the international stage. The city’s mayor travels to Mexico City to voice on a global level his fears for the future of the place he was born. He he hears how other cities have faced their own challenges brough about by their environment. - Genre
- International Development
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The Open University, "Earth Reporters". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/81991 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)