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The new face of climate change activism

The new activism on climate change; Jhumpa Lahiri on Italian fiction and language

A new generation of activist firmly takes charge in the fight against climate change.

Also in the programme: The Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Jhumpa Lahiri, on her love of the Italian language, literature and fiction.

Plus, Hong Kong braces for new protests.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Mary Dejevsky, a British columnist for the Independent newspaper and former foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris and Washington, and Peter Tatchell, a human rights campaigner and director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.

(Image: Schoolchildren marching through Cambridge, England, during a climate change protest. Credit: PA Wire)

53 minutes

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Sun 22 Sep 201906:06GMT

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  • Sun 22 Sep 201906:06GMT