Problem to deal with rising sea levels Climate Change is making the world ready one notable city more volatile but this is equal india and im someone today we dig deeper into how coastal cities around the world are getting ready to battle the rising sea. 8 of the 10 worlds biggest cities are located on the coursed but none of them have the natural protective barrier against the rising sea like the city of mumbai its an. Occupying less than 0 point one percent of the planets surface mangroves are one of the most valuable ecosystems but theyre threatened. The clock seems to be ticking for indias most populous city mumbai. Climate scientists predict the rising levels of the arabian sea will wipe out the city in just a few 100 usd. First inhabitants but the. Traditional fisherman who have lived of the bounty of the sea for generations. Today they are on the frontline facing the threat of the under lending arabian sea which surrounds the city on 3 sides. In just dont use some fishing villages in mumbai have lost a monumental 18 meters of land through coastal erosion. But luckily the region is gifted with a robust protective barrier along many parts of this coastline the mangroves. Mangroves forests and situated between the ocean and the land mines richard used the intensity of the crushing big by acting as a buffer. They also like sponges by soaking up excess water that to prevent inland flooding and by releasing tiny droplets into the air to regulate the citys temperature mumbais monks. Are in grave danger. Absent fisherman come look up over is what it about the future of the place he calls home. So good mangroves get cut down indiscriminately you see garbage everywhere even industrial plants release the chemicals here. One sank and polluted the waka so many fish have died and the ones that remain cant breed fast enough i know for. This is steadily decreasing a clear sign that the mangroves are not doing well the fold. In many parts of number is mangroves have succumbed to indiscriminate pollution about 30 percent have been bribed out who were the last few decades but thats not all. Illegal constructions which happen people with bad. Walls structures the reconstruction. And the thing is that the. Biggest threat still mangled because they have set up 3. Weeks of inside the mangoes inside dense mangoes and the legit from going into the mangoes and and degrading this is. Used to be a place. For fresh now you can barely stand there because of the nature which is coming out of these dumping grounds into the creek. More than 100 cases of mangrove description but reported in mumbai in 2018 both on government and private land the government has now hired additional security personnel. Some grip the ballad guns. Forest against encroachers and greet hikers there is no doubt that without its mangroves mumbai stands little chance against the rising sea levels. Now nobody in my generation had seen anything like the 2005 floods in mumbai people will be going through neck deep muddy water in many places many were trapped in cars where doors couldnt be opened toilets were spewing soiled water back into homes the next part of our story was show you how a Small Community of indigenous fisherman is working towards avoiding exactly this. Number of our walk through the narrow alleyways of fishing village every day with a sense of gratitude after your young. W. R. In 2005 when floods ravaged the city of mumbai killing over the tauzin people his village was largely spared this was an eye opener to realise it was the mangroves that had protected them he started a Grassroots Movement with the neighborhood fisherman to save and protect more than a 1000 hectares of lush mangrove sounding his village. In the one in here we are. Working from adelaide washy and. For the wanted to come in to help. With our action on our own weve got any kind of englishman to get it out of mangled bodies so give us you know over worries a simple general of the you dont believe you will you know youre going to be the signal that it was there. Was none come on now a full time activist through the movement to form the shri a cleaved at this time a Community Organization its aim is to restore the mangroves to their farm on the. Thank you thank you fisherman seaver out and clean the incessant flow of Solid Research on a daily basis the organizer of n. Is tribes in the local community to help families understand the importance of mangroves to their life. For generations the coolies the indigenous fisherman have caught fish and the large bonds of water filtered by the areas expansive mangroves that line the eastern coastline the fisherman who try to eke out a living from the means really amount of fish they bring back after the hold your fishing know that their livelihood is in geo paddy many fish species are valuable in abundance in the past and never seen in these waters today the mangroves in mumbais North Eastern corner have traditionally acted as no cities providing food and shelter for several marine species including crabs prawns mullet snappers and group was. Bright and poured into the soil the soil is basically. There it starts decomposing the crabs begin with the leaves and the other person asians or the start may bring a very good and create good to make it better. For us so that it becomes neutering for the soil are the kitchen of the oceans this is where the food is prepared and articulated across the continent across the globe across your shins. These waters used to be fertile but the process of degeneration is now well underway because of unchecked pollution and illegal land grabbing local fishermen keep constant vigil and allow the organization if they noticed illegal encroachment or poaching often members of the Village Community have been part of the problem. Then what. Theyve been. I rebuilt only. Dont do this dont do this but people are not going to listen to me. Finally im going to the court i went to the on the court and file affidavit again the illegality that is happening you need to stop it immediately and all this stuff just. Demolished with the help of the department in 2009 and in that area is now. The mongrels that noncom out on his Community Protect our part of the ecosystem that occupies only 0 point one percent of the earths surface thats how fast. The state of maharashtra which mumbai is a part of is the only state in india to have a mongrel cell dedicated to their conservation. This elderlies on participate remodelled like she a clean fresh chance to save the citys mongrel cover. The contribution of bondo fishing village missy minuscule today especially to many of us who may have been of livias to the role mongrels have played in protecting a vulnerable city like mumbai but its time to the initiative of fishing communities like this one at the front line of the ocean swell that the rest of the city may now stand a chance of braving rising sea levels in the years to come. Now my is not the only city in the world that has to cope with the impact of rising sea levels sea levels are rising more and more across the planet but why is this happening lets take a look at some facts the primary cause of rising sea levels is Climate Change as our planet heats up as a huge masses of ice melt faster this means that even more water flows into our oceans massive ice sheets in greenland and antarctica are weakening breaking off and melting steady and water expands as it warms about half of the Sea Level Rise over the boss 25 years is attribute it to warmer oceans simply occupy more space on average the Sea Level Rises 3400000 liters per year but oceans do not function like a top that keeps filling up research has shown that seas actually dries unevenly but in some communities even more trees than others. And this means we have to act to limit to Global Warming and we must adapt to changing Living Conditions and develop new ideas for example is it possible to build homes on water the dutch seem to have a solution and architect a formula amsterdam has built a neighborhood ship a clean ship floating entirely on water take a look. Living on water in the city centre. One day more than 100 people live on this side canal and under saddam. Marcus schmidt and his wife Yvonne Tunney south are among the 1st residents. For the slims confusion of its a different way of life all this light here the water sparkles and reflects everywhere. And now yes you experience it much much more. You somehow youre closer to nature when the wind blows and you open the door a gust of wind will come rushing into your face so you feel everything very directly. Their house is one of 30 buildings that are part of the project and. Each building has its own design. But they all have one thing in common they float on special concrete rafts fastened on to pillar is the Swimming Foundation needs to be able to carry several 100 tons a misstep will be balanced precisely here at home if it is one of the project architects because up front you have to calculate every thing that you put on the boat how heavy it will be because if you put in too much. Weight it will be too low and then the water starts to come in so thats why we make a lot of calculations but front how heavy the boat will be. 20 different architects were involved in the project the houses were built on land and then brought to the dock by boat sustainability its very important to be inhabitants means clean ship. Wanted to achieve is to show that you can live on water with very sustainable houses and in a Sustainable Way in the sense that we as a community so we had 30 high levels of what we wanted to show to the island to the world actually. Sustainable and eco Friendly Materials were used to the house this the facade of pedal reichs time his native cool we had lots of discussions with a whole group and we had help from from different. Pfizers on materials so we ended up with a list of green orange list and a red list wreckless was a no go orange was ok if you really have to because of cost reasons or technical reasons but prefer try to use only materials from the greenest so corcos on the green list and we liked it very much over that was our choice to do so the project to sustainable in many other ways to toilet waste is converted into energy in a nearby by a refinery the residents produce the. Electricity using solar power and very specialist that were we got permission from the government to have us own small Electricity Company we all have a vetri in our house and theyre all connected with a small smart grid system so we share electricity if we generate too much for what we need and our neighbors can use it and so thats thats very only of one connection to the main system. Living on water has a long tradition and. Houseboats can be seen on almost every canal one of the 1st floating districts was built a couple of years ago in a district of. 50 houses on artificial islands now the trend is spreading to other european cities in london for example british and if you take stock and are planning Floating Homes in the royal dull. Copenhagen has responded to the lack of Affordable Student Housing with the socalled. 12 lodging houses designed by star. He doesnt shy away from even greater visions of Floating City for 10000 people in regions threatened by Climate Change regions like the netherlands we think we in the future we will need more housing on the water. For several reasons because this the city is very full but also because of sea level rising for instance so we will need this kind of projects and we want to be a showcase in that sense we have some request for all over the world from new yorkers looking to live on the water bill 2 more in the netherlands there are several areas where they are building houses and communities over 5202200 houses even. For yvonne van saka Marcus Schmidt this vision has become reality. 115. 00 square metres 2 floors and a roof garden its almost like a house in the countryside but theres one difference their entire home sways going to be going it was a bit weird. This year which i havent felt sick yet but i did have a day where i thought i need to set foot on solid ground. But its a small price to pay for their dream of living on water. Not unlike amsterdam in the city of jakarta indonesia which is sinking at the foster st compared to other cities in the world the problem is much more creative parts of the indonesian capital have already dropped 4 meters but a rise in sea levels is not the only culprit local residents are steadily depleting the ground water supply below the city which basically creates an air pocket into which the above it seems attempts to curtail this development have proven difficult because almost half of the jakarta nz rely on groundwater for their day to be needs. Its been a while since anyone prayed in this mosque in north. The sea has long since claimed to it. It makes. It every time he sees the building. Thinking of this increasing. Last few years. Before. We have. Anymore. The indonesian capital of jakarta is home to over 30000000 people its one of the most densely populated cities in the world and to test a problem. The stretch isnt obvious here in the heart of the city but its severe. In the norths home to many fishing communities theres no ignoring the rising sea water this brick wall was built in 2002 in the more district protection against flooding the seawall is continuously being reinforced and braced but that doesnt help after a spell of heavy rainfall the water begins pouring over again carter is sinking. Where theyll go on what is being set up very much and we lost our. Stuff and the soil is. Thinking we have here and then came along. The. Doubling. Of the 50. Already. Rising sea levels and sinking soil the city needs more long term solutions. Put on gun use to be environmental activists to come pain for the rights of fishermen now or d. C. Advises the governor of chuck carter interest part of a team working to stop the city from disappearing into the ground hes well aware that any scene he plans would have an impact on fishing. There are some 22000 fisherman in jakarta. These people harvest green mussels from the bait a local speciality theyre cooked right on the beach. 4 years ago the city or so routines began building a chain of artificial islands off the north and coast to slow down lin subsequence. Its had a serious impact on their catches. How many kilos do you catch a day about 50 kilos. And what about before the islands were built. Back then we got about 200. 00 kilos. Now in newport display and along with the break wall thats actually in the sea 50 metres off shore the fishermen are worried they soon wont be able to catch anything at all. Theyve learned to live with regular flooding but the new coastal wall would mean the end of their livelihoods. As they want to know whether the coastal walls will disturb our access to the sea and i say that even if it has benefits for the community the Development Plan has to be discussed with the affected community was. Put on gun once the fishermen to be part of the decision making. The covered market where they sell their catch is nearby. Here too its impossible to overlook the citys plight the market was only built 5 years ago but huge cracks are already showing. You the buildings in some parts of jakarta are sinking into the ground at the rate of up to 25. 00 centimeters a year. This major fountain in the heart of jakarta belies the fact that clean water isnt desperately short supply half the capitals population draws its water from illegal wells and vast amounts of groundwater are used by the new high rises springing up across town that needs more regulation cesspool and gun. Waste management. Where. The licensing. This city is searching for ways to conserve the precious resource. Preventing groundwater levels from further declining is essential otherwise jakarta will sink even faster and. Flooding will pose an even bigger threat. Waste as another problem in the monsoon season especially trash clocks up rivers and canals so waterways cant drain into the sea these days an army of about 12000 trash collectors work around the clock to better the garbage emergency. A number of components or settlements have already been evacuated and torn down in the name or flood protection the company of tom cole was slated for demolition in 2015 the hearts were directly on the river and the inhabitants were supposed to be evicted and then they took matters into their own hands theyve torn down parts of their homes themselves removing sections on the water satch the result is a striving Peaceful Community and to residents who take pride in keeping the neighborhood trash free. And theres now a riverside walkway thats a comfortable distance from the water. The Community Also has the support of a team of architects who developed a sustainable model home for tom cole its made of stone and toward rather than plastic and sheet metal 7 families live here. This is war house like its an old among them are going more or met his wife and their 2 children. Then before and i have window this is important well no because in the past i dont have. Social responsibility Sustainable Water management the people often call have shown whats possible the community has become a model of clean and green living now the neighborhood enjoys state support. Gun hopes the or sororities are starting to understand that when it comes to ensuring the citys survival the urban poor in north carter are part of the solution not the problem. A precarious future does not mean. It means an opportunity for course correction i hope to this episode has helped. 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