{"id":3427,"date":"2021-05-18T17:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:27:31","slug":"nan-futu-climate-solutions-in-more-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/translatorswithoutborders.org\/blog\/nan-futu-climate-solutions-in-more-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Nan and Futu: sharing climate solutions in more languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In May 2021, the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development<\/a> gathered the world\u2019s education and sustainable development communities to grow awareness on sustainable development challenges. \u2018Education for Sustainable Development for 2030\u2019<\/a> is the global framework for \u201cthe development of the knowledge, skills, understanding, values, and actions required to create a sustainable world, which ensures environmental protection and conservation, promotes social equity and encourages economic sustainability.\u201d To be effective, the conversation about sustainable development must include people from all over the globe, whatever language they speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres recently remarked<\/a> that \u201cWe must act decisively to protect our planet from both the coronavirus and the existential threat of climate disruption.\u201d So we are celebrating the efforts of translators who are informing their communities about the effects of climate change, and bringing more voices into the conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People by a train in the countryside, Myanmar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We interviewed two translators whose work is raising awareness of climate change. Nan and Futu are improving lives in their communities in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and beyond.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Over one million Rohingya people have fled violence in Myanmar in recent decades, arriving in refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world and its coastline is one of the most disaster-prone regions. Myanmar also is at severe threat of natural disasters and suffers from protracted humanitarian emergencies. The unmistakable threat of climate change pervades everyday life. These countries are some of the world\u2019s most hard hit by the effects of the climate disaster. They are especially vulnerable to increased temperatures, cyclones, flooding, and landslides which further risk lives. When there\u2019s little information available in your language, it becomes even harder to protect yourself from climate change and act to prevent it. These translators have worked on projects to help inform the Myanmar- and Bangla-speaking communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nan, Myanmar translator:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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