Notable city more vulnerable this is equal india and im some of that to really 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 course but none of them have the natural protective barrier against the rising sea like the city of mumbai its vast coverage of mangroves 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. Members 1st inhabitants but the. Traditional fishermen who have lived of the bounty of the sea for generations. Today they are on the front line facing the threat of the under lending arabian sea which surrounds the city on 3 sides. In just 10 use some fishing villages in mumbai have lost a monumental 18 meters of land to coastal erosion. But luckily the region is gifted with a robust protective barrier along many parts of this coastline the mangroves. Mangroves are. Situated between the ocean and the land was which reduced the intensity of the crushing big by acting as a buffer. They also 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 monks. Are in green. Danger. Absent fisherman come look up of our is what it about the future of the place he calls home. So yes 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. This catches the steadily decreasing a clear sign that the mangroves are not doing well the fact. That many parts of numbers mangroves have succumbed to indiscriminate pollution about 30 percent have been bribed out over the last few decades. And. Biggest threat still mangled because they have set up. Weeks of. Dense mangoes and. Going into them and degrading this is. Used to be a place where you could come for fresh air now you can barely stand there because were just coming out of these dumping grounds into the creek. Then 100 cases of mangrove destruction but reported in mumbai in 2018 both on government and private land the government has now hired additional security personnel some equipped with ballot guns to bankroll these coastal forest against encroachers and create hackers 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 and mumbai people were waiting 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 walk through the narrow alleyways of fishing village every day with a sense of gratitude are you ok ill. Go look you know. In 2005 when floods ravaged the city of mumbai killing over the house and 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. On the wall and here we are. Working from adelaide washy and. For the water to come in to help we help our. Our action on our own weve got any kind of encouragement to get it out of mangled bodies so give us one of the worries of the cyclone with your neighbor up we you go with you were going to probably be sued all those n. G. O. S that will. Now a full time activist through the movement to form the sri brattish time a Community Organization its aim is to restore the mangroves to their former glory so you know you want to the example. Volunteer fishermen. Seaver out and clean the incessant flow of solid based on a daily basis the organizer of in his drives in the local community to help families understand the importance of mangled student life. For generations the coolies the indigenous fisherman have caught fish and the large bones of water filtered by the areas expansive mangroves that lined the eastern coastline the fisherman who try to eke out a living from the means lee amount of fish they bring back after the holding of fishing know that their livelihood is in geo paddy many fish species of 11 an abundance in the past are 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 marines species intuiting crabs prawns mullet snappers and group was. Dry and poured into the soil. There it starts become posing the crabs take over the leaves and other stations or start nibbling away at it and create a. New brand or. So that it becomes neutering for the soil the mangroves are the kitchen of the oceans this is where the food is prepared and sort of collated across the continent across the globe across the oceans. These waters used to be fertile but the process of the generation is now well underway because of unchecked pollution and illegal land grabbing local fisherman keep constant vigil and allow the organization if they notice illegal encroachment or poaching often members of the Village Community have been part of the problem. Theyve been thing. But people are not going to listen to me. Either. On the high court and file affidavit again the illegality that have me you need to stop it immediately and all the structures. Demolished with the help of Party Department in 2009 and the area you know. The mongrels that none come out on his Community Protect up out of the ecosystem that occupies only 0 point one percent of the earths surface thats how. 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. To save the citys 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 are 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 greece is 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 steadily 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 occupying 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 sees actually dries unevenly conditions and develop new ideas for example is it possible to build homes on water the dutch seem to have a solution and architecture 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 john sound are among the 1st residents. To this linchpin for the. 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. Somehow youre closer to nature when the wind blows and you open the door but 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 rofft fastened on 2 pillars 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 both to the dock by boat sustainability is very important to be inhabitants skin skate means clean ship. They want 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 very high levels of what we wanted to show to trends that went to the world actually. Sustainable and eco Friendly Materials were used for the house this the facade of pad a right time has made it cool we had lots of discussions with a whole group and we had to help from from different. Pfizers on materials so we ended up with a list a green orange list 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 try to use only materials from the greenest so corcos on the green list and we very much over that was our choice to do so the project is to stay neutral in many other ways to toilet waste is converted into energy in a nearby by a refinery the residents produce their. Electricity using solar power and very specialist that we have 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 a what we need then 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. 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 where british and if you take stock and are planning Floating Homes in the royal docks. Copenhagen has responded to the lack of Affordable Student Housing with the socalled. 12 floating houses designed by starting tax. 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 requests for all over the world from new yorkers looking to live on the water bill to more in the netherlands there are several areas where they are building houses and communities over 5202200 houses even. For yvonne van sock and 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. 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 thinking of the Foster 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 local residents are steadily depleting the ground water supply below the city which basically clear its 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 it. It makes gun sat 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 sounds 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 want to begin sparring over again carter sinking. Theyll go on what is being extra very much and we lost our. Sufferance and the soil is. Thinking we have what the extract here and then come along in this. Doubling. Of the city because its already below our what our own. Rising sea levels and sinking soil the city needs more long term solutions. Put on gun use to be environmental activists to come paint for the rights of fisherman nowadays see advises the governor of chuck carter and this 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 sora to begin building a chain of artificial islands off the north and coast to slow down lend subsequence. Its had a serious impact on deck access. 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 and splint 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 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 war 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. 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 the. That needs more regulation cesspool and gun. Waste management. 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 betting the garbage emergency. A number of components or settlements have already been evacuated and torn down in the name of 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 interested in who take pride in keeping the neighborhood trash really. And theres now a riverside walkway thats a comfortable distance from the water. The Community Also has the support of a team of architect who developed a sustainable model home for its made of stone and toward rather than plastic and sheet metal 7 families live here. This is a small house like beach and house among them Google Mohammed his wife and their 2 children. Then before and i have window this is important for me because in the past i dont have even though. 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. Hopes the or sora ts are starting to understand that when it comes to ensuring the citys survival the urban poor in North Central carter are part of the solution not the problem. A precarious future does not mean down towards doomsday it means an opportunity for course correction i hope to be as episode has helped to julys the issue of Climate Change and its impact on the many vulnerable communities who will be at the front line when sea levels continue to rise more and more will see next week with yet another part provoking episode until then good bye. The manuals do some things a bit differently and other things very differently. The Younger Generation on the labor markets. Their focus not confident and optimistic and they want nothing less than to choose to. Reject the poles of generation. Made in germany. And 30 minutes on d w. Its a deadly sin. And the whim of nature. It motivates us. And threatens to move us to. Greet. The social design. Movement tribes. Putting danger has been one big enough ive come to oppose capitalism because i see the harm is done to the world whats out there based on that if that. 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