Ready one notable city more vulnerable this is equal india and on some of that today we big 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 coast but none of them have the natural protective barrier against the rising sea like the city of mumbai its. 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 that the rising levels of the arabian sea will wipe out the city in just a few 100 usd. Members 1st inhabitants with the. Traditional fisherman who have lived of the bounty of the sea for generations. Today there on the front line 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 are coastal forests situated between the ocean and the land mass which are abused the intensity of the crushing big by acting as a buffer. They also act like sponges by soaking up excess water to prevent inland flooding and by releasing tiny droplets into the air to regulate the citys temperature mumbais monk however are in grave danger 2. Absent fisherman come look up over is what it about the future of the place he calls home. Second mangroves get cut down indiscriminately you see garbage everywhere even industrial plants release the argument goes here. One sank and. So many fish have died and the ones that remain cant breed fast enough. To scotch is steadily decreasing a clear sign that the mangroves are not doing well its. Many parts of numbers mangroves have succumbed to indiscriminate pollution about 40 person have been bribed out over the last few decades. But thats not all. Illegal constructions which happen people to be bad or demolish wall structures the reconstruction. Thing is that this is one of the biggest threats to mangle because they have set up 3 dumping grounds in the creeks of inside the mangoes inside dense mangoes and the legit from going into the mangoes and degrading this is. Used to be a place where you could come for fresh now you can barely stand there because of the nature which is coming out of these dumping grounds into the creek. Then 100 cases of mangrove destruction reported in mumbai in 2018 both on government and private land the government has now hired additional security personnel some grip with ballot guns to bankroll the forest against encroachers and. 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 were waiting to make deep muddy water in many places many were trapped in cars made doors couldnt be opened toilets were spewing soiled water back into homes the next part of our story was showing how a Small Community of indigenous fisherman is working towards avoiding exactly this. None come on through the narrow alleyways of fishing village every day even the sense of gratitude value of the young. Girl you know. In 2005 when floods ravaged the city of mumbai killing over the housing people his village was largely spared this was an eye opener detail. It was the mangroves that have protected them he started a Grassroots Movement with the neighborhood fisherman to save and protect more than a 1000 hectares of lush mangrove surrounding his village. We are. Working but. I dont need washy. For the water to come in to help. Our action on our own which god any kind of englishman. Will do so give us food all over the World Resources will be joining all of the you dont believe you will you know it will be the soup although the worst it will. Now a full time activist through the movement to form the sri ake weve got this time a Community Organization its aim is to restore the mangroves to their former going to win over you know you want your legs all. Thank. You fisherman seaver out and clean the incessant flow of solid based on a daily basis the organizer then is thrives in the local community to help families understand the importance of mangolds to their life. For generations the coolies the indigenous fisherman have caught fish and the large bonds of water filtered by the areas expanse of mangroves that line the eastern coastline the fisherman who try to eke out a living from the measly amount of fish they bring back after a whole day of fishing know that their livelihood isnt geo paddy many fish species available in abundance in the past are never seen in these waters today the mangroves in mumbais North Eastern corner have traditionally afterward as no cities providing food and shelter for several marine species including crabs prawns mullet snappers and groupers. Bright and paul. In the soil the soil is going to sit and kill a story there it starts decomposing the crabs they carry the leaves and other stations start me being a very good and create good to make it better. For us so that it becomes new ground for the soil to mangroves are the kitchen of the oceans this is where the food is prepared and sort of related across the continent across the globe across the oceans. 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 notice illegal entry. Often members of the Village Community have been part of the problem so i can win them but they have been being religious theyve been a bother about what im saying i do believe in them dont do this dont do this but people are not going to listen to me. Who are going to the court i will go on the high court and file affidavit again the illegality that is happening you need to stop it immediately and all the structures. Demolished with the help of what a department in 2009 and that. Is. The mongrels that nuns come out on his Community Protect up out of the ecosystem that occupies only 0 point one percent of the earths surface thats. The state of maharashtra which mumbai is a part off is the only state in india to have a mongrel senate dedicated to their conservation. The sale relies on participatory models like she. To save the cities mongrel. The contribution of bondo fishing village missy minuscule today especially to many of us who may have been of bolivias 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 men 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 glacis 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 steadily and water expands as it warms about half of the Sea Level Rise over the boss 25 years is attribute that to warmer oceans simply occupy more space on average the Sea Level Rises 3400000 meters for you but oceans do not function like a top that keeps filling up the research has shown that sees actually dries unevenly putting 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. At living on water in the city center. One day more than 100 people live on this side canal in amsterdam. Marcus schmidt and his wife Yvonne Tunney are among the 1st residents. To slim 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. And somehow youre closer to nature when the wind blows and you open the door the 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. Each building has its own design. But they all have one thing in common they float on special concrete rafts fastened on 2 pillars the Swimming Foundation needs to be able to carry several 100 tons im a spare 4 be balanced precisely here at harvard is one of the project architects because you have to go 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 the water starts to come in so thats why we make a lot of calculations 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. We 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 3. Levels of what we wanted to show. To the world actually. Sustainable and east. Friendly materials were used for the housing the facade of peda reichs time is made of cool we had some discussions with a whole group and we had to help from different. Pfizers materials so we ended up with green orange less than 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 to use only materials from the greenest. On the green list and we very much showed it was our choice to do so the project is sustainable in many other ways to toilet waste is converted into energy in a nearby by a refinery the residents produce their own electricity using solar power and very specialist that we got permission from the government to have us our 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 over 3 needs and our neighbors can use it and so thats thats very only have one connection to the main system. Living on water has a long tradition and. House boats can be seen on almost every canal one of the 1st floating districts was built a couple of years ago in the district of. 50 houses on Artificial Island now the trend is spreading to other european cities in london for example where british. Planning Floating Homes in the royal. Copenhagen has responded to the lack of Affordable Student Housing the socalled. 12 floating houses designed by star architect. 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. More housing on the water. For several reasons because this the city is very 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 requests all over the world from new yorkers looking to live on the water to more in the netherlands there are several areas where they are building houses in communities over 5202200 houses even. For yvonne van sarka Marcus Schmidt this vision has become a reality 115 square meters 2 floors and a rich garden its almost like a house in the countryside but this one different their entire home sways in the beginning it was a bit weird. 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 fastest street compared to other cities in the world the problem is much more creative parts of the indonesian capital have already dropped 4 metres but a rise in sea levels is not the only culprit you can precedents are steadily depleting the ground water supply below the city which basically creates an air pocket into which the above it sinks attempts to curtail this development have proven difficult because almost half of the jakarta nz rely on groundwater for their day to day 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 city is increasing. In last few years. Because you can. Say their prayers here before they cannot. Anymore. The indonesian capital of jakarta is home to over 30000000 people its one of the most densely populated cities in the world and it has a problem. The strength isnt obvious here in the heart of the city but its. In the norths home to many fishing communities theres no ignoring the rising sea water this brick wall was built into cells and then 2 in the more borrowed district as 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 jakarta sinking. On what is being. Very much and we lost our. Sufferance and the soil is. Thinking we have what experts and then came along. The. Doubling. Of the. Already. Rising sea levels and sinking soil the city needs more long term solutions. Put on gun use to be environmental activists to campaign for the rights of fishermen nowadays sea advises the governor of jakarta part of a team working to stop the city from disappearing into the ground hes well aware that any sing 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 solitudes began building a chain of Artificial Islands off the north and caused to slow down lin subsequence. It set a serious impact on deck h. S. How many kilos do you catch a day about 50 kilos. And what about before the islands were built. Back then weve got about 200 kilos. Now in newport display and along with a brick wall thats actually in the sea 50 metres offshore the fishermen are worried they soon wont be able to catch anything at all. Theyve learnt 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 wall will disturb our access to the sea i say that even if it has benefits for the community the Development Plan has to be discussed with the affected community as a. Pool of gun once the fisherman 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. Buildings in some parts of jakarta are sinking into the ground at the rate of up to 25. 00 centimeters a here. This major fountain in the heart of jakarta belies the fact that clean water isnt desperately short supply how if the capitals population draws its water from illegal wells and vast amounts of ground water are used by the new high rises springing up across town that needs more regulation cesspool and gun. Waste management. 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 betting 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 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 its made of stone and ward rather than plastic and sheet metal 7 families live here this is war house like the generals among them are going more have met his wife and their 2 children. Then before and i have window 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 even pull on gun hopes the or sororities are starting to understand that when it comes to ensuring the citys survival the urban poor in north and jakarta are part of the solution not the problem. A precarious future does not mean a good words to state it means an opportunity for course correction i hope to be as episode has helped to convict julys the issue of Climate Change and its impact on the many vulnerable communities who will be at the frontline when sea levels continue to rise more and more will see next week with yet another car provoking episode until then good bye. We spent his whole working life joining him on a tsunamis 45 year old and penniless. Artist our old hermit just give the order in order to marry. Here in kentucky one. An arrest or another contract black lung disease. Or say more cases they only ever have been in out of states. Leaving the victims to food for them so. Global 3000. And 30 minutes on d w. This state of emergency is the normal people around the world are documenting these dramatic times. Theyre keeping the coronas diary and welcoming us into the lives they let us get as up close and personal as the pandemic will allow. 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