For the Sámi indigenous people, the year begins in spring when the reindeer calves are born. Nature guides how they live their lives, but they can't read nature like they used to. A warming planet is threatening their way of life in northern Sweden, and efforts to save their land and the reindeer are reigniting old tensions with the Swedish government.

In this episode:

Paul Rhys (@pallerhys), Al Jazeera journalist based in Sweden.

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Sweden’s indigenous Sami people threatened by climate change

Climate change: The state of our atmosphere

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For the Sámi indigenous people, the year begins in spring when the reindeer calves are born. Nature guides how they live their lives, but they can't read nature like they used to. A warming planet is threatening their way of life in northern Sweden, and efforts to save their land and the reindeer are reigniting old tensions with the Swedish government.In this episode:Paul Rhys (<a href="https://twitter.com/pallerhys " target="_blank">@pallerhys</a>), <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/paul-rhys.html " target="_blank">Al Jazeera</a> journalist based in Sweden.For more:<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/swedens-indigenous-sami-people-threatened-climate-change-191016104501593.html " target="_blank">Sweden’s indigenous Sami people threatened by climate change</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/climate-change-state-atmosphere-200311123221535.html " target="_blank">Climate change: The state of our atmosphere</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/climate-change-coronavirus-pick-evil-protesters-200306195937709.html " target="_blank">Climate change or coronavirus? 'Pick your evil', protesters say</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@AJTheTake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.