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<p class="MsoNormal">Grappling with poverty and his family's inability to provide for him and his siblings, 32-year-old Chrispen Mwene was just 13 when he started cutting down and burning trees to make charcoal in Zambia's Katoba district, about 120 kilometers outside the capital, Lusaka. <o:p></o:p></p> <p>Now he is a member of the Youth Climate Champions, teaching community members about the hazards of the charcoal industry and advocating for alternative economic and energy options.<o:p></o:p></p> ....

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