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Klaus Esterluß | Ideas

Education, the key to save the climate?

Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards scholarships to young people from emerging and developing nations. They spend time in Germany working with organizations or studying at universities, gaining expertise on how to improve climate protection in their home countries. GLOBAL IDEAS met up with one of these scholarship holders: Kristy Pena Munoz, an environmental engineer from Mexico. She's an expert on biogas extracted from sewage sludge.

Date

December 29, 2010

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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, biomass, climate treaty, education, Germany, humboldt, Mexico

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