Problem to deal with the rising sea levels Climate Change is making the world really one notable city more volatile but this is equal india and im some of that 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 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. First inhabitants but the. Traditional fisherman 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 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. Situated between the ocean and the land was which reduced the intensity of the crushing bit 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. And great. Danger. Room. Oxen 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 academical c. A. One sank and polluted the water so many fish have died and the ones that remain cant breed fast enough. This catch is steadily decreasing a clear sign that the mangroves are not doing well the fact. In many parts of number is mangroves have succumbed to indiscriminate pollution about 30 percent have been bribed out over the last few decades but thats not all. Illegal constructions which happen people with bad. Structures the reconstruction. Thing is that this is one of the biggest threats to mangoes because they have set up 3. Weeks 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. More than 100 cases of mangrove description reported in mumbai in 2018 both on government and private land the government has now hired additional security. Some grip the ballad guns. Forest against encroachers and greet hikers there is no doubt that without its mangroves mumbai stands littlejohns against the rising sea levels. Now nobody in my generation had seen anything like the 2005 floods and 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 sure you have a Small Community of indigenous fisherman is working towards avoiding exactly this. Number. Through the narrow alleyways of fishing village every day with a sense of gratitude after your young. Local hero. 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 surrounding his village. On the one in here we are. Working from adelaide wahi and. For the wanted to come in to help. With our action on our own weve got any kind of a good man to get it out mangoes give us you know over water use a super bowl you need all of the you dont believe you will you know youre going to be sued all those interested. Now a full time activist through the movement to form the sri at this time a Community Organization its aim is to restore the mangroves to their. Thank you thank you fisherman seaver out and clean the incessant flow of solid beast on a daily basis the organizer then is tries in the local community to help families understand the importance of mongols to their lives. Generations the coolies the indigenous fisherman have caught fish and the large bonds 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 really amount of fish they bring back after a whole day of fishing know that their livelihood is in geo paddy many fish species of whale of 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 marine species including crabs prawns mullet snappers and groupers cruz of course a forest where the leaves dry and fall into the soil the soil is basically silt and clay saw and there it starts decomposing the crabs they go with the leaves and other stations or the start me being a very good and created a. New brand of it. For us so that it becomes newton for the soil the mangroves are the kitchen of the oceans this is where the food is prepared and articulated 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 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. Then but they have been. Theyve been. What im thing i do believe in them dont do this dont do this but people are not going to listen to me. Or finally im 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. With the help of Party Department in 2009 and then. You know why the mangroves that none come out on his Community Project are part 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 cell dedicated to their conservation. The sale relies on participatory models like. To save the citys mongrel father. 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 of bundled 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 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 places of 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. For the boss 25 years is attribute to warmer oceans simply occupying more space on average the sea level rises 3400000 meters per year but oceans do not function like a top that keeps spinning up research has shown that seas actually priced 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 farm in amsterdam has built a neighborhood ship a clean ship floating entirely on water take a look. Living on water in the city center. One day more than a 100 people live on this side canal in down. Markets schmidt and his wife Yvonne Tunney are among the 1st residents. To the flames before 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 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 a misstep will be balanced precisely here at home that is one of the project architects because 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 its why we make a lot of calculations up 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 is very important to be inhabitants skin skate means clean ship they 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 very high levels of what we wanted to show to the island to the world actually. Sustainable and eco Friendly Materials were used for the housing the facade of had a right time his native 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 listing green list orange list and the red list wreckless was a no go orange was ok if you really have to because of course reasons or technical reasons but prefer try to use only materials from the greenest so corcos on the green list and we like this very much so that was our choice to do so the project is to stay noble in many other ways to toilet waste is converted into energy in a nearby by a refinery the residents produce their own. The city using solar power and very specialist that we got permission from the government to have us own small Electricity Company we all have a vetri in our house and were all connected with a small smart grid system so we share electricity if we generate too much for a what we need 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 islands now the trend is spreading to other european cities in london for example where british architects back a planning Floating Homes in the royal dutch. Copenhagen has responded to the lack of Affordable Student Housing with the socalled better than rick at 12 floating houses designed by stock tanks. 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 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 from all over the world from new yorkers looking to live on the water belt to more in the netherlands there are several areas where they are building houses and communities over 5202200 houses even. For yvonne fun saka Marcus Schmidt this vision has become reality. 115. 00 square metres 2 floors on a roof garden its almost like a house in the countryside but theres one difference their entire home sways going to be 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 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 to it. It makes. It every time he sees the building. Sinking of this city is increasing. In last few years but you me a lot because you can. Say their prayers here before they can have. Any more. 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 strength isnt obvious here in the heart of the city but its veer. In the norse home to many fishing communities theres no ignoring the rising sea water this brick wall was built in to sergeant and 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. Sinking. Theyll grow on what is being extra very much and we lost our. Sufferance and the soil its become thinking we have what extract here and then come along in this. Climate. Doubling. Of the c. P. Because its already below what that. 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 fisherman nowadays advises the governor of jakarta and part of a team working to stop the city from disappearing into the ground hes well aware that any sing he plants 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 ts began building a chain of artificial islands off the north and coast to slow down lin subsequence. It set a serious impact on dec h. S. 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 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 desperate. Short supply how if 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 cess pool and gun. Waste management. The 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 bettering 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 a striving Peaceful Community and residents who take pride in keeping the neighborhood trash rich. 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 would rather than plastic and sheet metal 7 families live here this is war house like the generals among them are going more 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. The hopes the are starting to understand that when it comes to ensuring the citys survival the urban poor. Are part of the solution not the problem. A precarious future does not mean. It means an opportunity for course correction i hope todays episode has helped. 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