Rising sea levels, rising sea levels, sea level is rising. Take home by, for example, these 2 red area shows the parts of the city that could be underwater by 2050. And that applies to coastal cities all over the world. Sea levels could rise by several meters, but there are still ways to prevent this scenario. Indigenous fishermen in mumbai are trying to save the natural bastions talkie to protecting the city. Autism fisherman is keeping up the tradition of the mumbais 1st inhabitants. They have lived off the seas, bounty for generations. Schools to spot me covered by mongrel forest, which used to protect the citys inhabitants today to begin to shoot of these mangroves was a threat to the coolies likelihood coastal erosion would both leading to cvo flooding come locker per hour is what it about the future of the place he calls home his status steadily decreasing, a clear sign that the mangroves are not doing well. The resident of mongrels get down indiscriminately, you see garbage everywhere. Even industrial plants really using chemicals here. A boat getting oil on one side and polluted the water. So many fish have died and the ones that remain gone breed fast enough to bring oil the way situated between the ocean and the landmass. Mangroves reduce the intensity of crashing waves by acting as a buffer. They also act as ponchos by soaking up excess water to prevent inland flooding and by releasing tiny droplets into the air to regulate the citys temperature. To prevent further digger dition, some fishermen have taken action. Mark of our started a Grassroots Movement with neighborhood fisherman. They want to save and protect more than 1000. 00, hectares of lush mangrove cover surrounding his village pond up in mumbais northeastern corner. We gave our action on our own. We stop any kind of in goodman, thank you. From the Community Organization save out and clean the incessant flow of solid bees on a daily basis, they know that their livelihood is in jeopardy. Many fish species available in abundance in the past, have disappeared from these waters. Local fisherman, constant vigil, and alone the organization. If they noticed illegal encroachments or forging often members of the Village Community are part of the problem. So give us the also organize of their list reasoning initiatives in the local community to help families understand the importance of mangroves to realize many are not aware that pollution is destroying mumbais, mangroves about 40 percent have invited out over the last few decades. And thats not all say, and by mentalists, in legal constructions which have been people repaired, their houses, demolished wall structures. The reconstruction has come in and done. The mangroves being is that this garment themselves are one of the biggest threats to mangle because they have set up. The human was dumping grounds in the greeks of inside the mangroves inside dens, mangroves and the leisured from there is going into the mangoes and, and degrading the system. If you refuse to be a please, or where you could come for fresh. Now you can barely stand there because of the limited which is coming out of these. Dumping grounds into the creek. More than 100 cases of mangrove destruction were reported in mumbai in 2018, both on government and private land. The mangroves none to come are and his Community Projects are part of the ecosystem that occupies only 0 point, one percent of the earths surface. And thats how scouse they are the state of my russia, which my is a part of is the only state in india to have whats called a man group dedicated to their conservation. This says relies on participating projects like the n. C. O. She read. I put this town to save the citys mangrove, the contribution of the fishing village, missy minuscule today. But its thanks to the initiative. Our Fishing Community is like this one that the rest of the city may now stand a chance against rising sea levels in years to come. Water is not only a threat, it is also an essential element in our lives. For centuries, cities have been built close to water sources. Citizens have access to enough, but vast growth in urbanization is having an unforeseen effect on the foundations of the cities themselves. Where will you be when your city sinks . And what does that have to do with drinking a glass of water, jakarta, mexico city, calcutta, miami, hundreds of millions of people have been drowning 50, some of which could be wiped off the map in a lifetime. People are fighting harder than ever to stay afloat. Right there. How those of the people the Carbon Dioxide were getting is coming up in the last 25 years. All the thermal Energy Heating the oceans and up to as much as 3600000000, atom bombs, thats melted ice raids. He levels and made it 3 mother. Even more extreme in just a few decades storm the flood but used one for a century, many coastal cities everything. But climate change. If any story. d d d in sperling megacities from jakarta to lagos, the bigger problem is that the land itself is literally sinking from a belt and landed from fighting 10 times faster than sea level. The right binding of Sea Level Rise, me was in trouble. And you see these, if we are looking for a will be wiped out. This is because were very directed rivers and built cities on soft soil. The ground isnt just solid. Theres also water and happiness your feet. But people across the world have dug deep wells and pumped up the groundwater. Less water means less pressure pushing up on the land above it. So the soils get squashed and the cities think this is how much 4 major asian cities are falling by each year. It may not look like a lot. It quickly adds up. Over the last century, bangkok has sunk by more than one metre, shanghai by more than 2 meters, at least delta by more than 3 meters and eastern tokyo by more than 4 meters. Parts of california have dropped by the height of a house. The indonesian capital jakarta has at the west imagine a baby born today. By the time a child whom we think higher cosplay are in the city will be under water. Why is dakota thinking so . Well indonesias groundwater problems are worse than most like the car in bangladesh. Jakartas river, the full of plastic and whites. Well, government can only produce 60 percent of what that is, what we got by king. So 52 percent of people still relate undergird. Want to add to that. The fact that carter sent some swampland is home to 13 rivers and is among the most densely populated cities in the world. But you cant reason to look calcutta is also sinking. Even if its just a few millimeters each year, the cause massive extraction of groundwater in parts of the city. Almost a quarter of the water used by calcutta residents comes from the ground. And the way the larger groundwater act. I think, you know, i do it. I met nick thought, oh, yeah, he is john. Yeah, he get off that i thought he did it. We cannot stop it. Why do you want that . The consequences are already visible in some parts of the city. Theres still tiny fishes. But scientists believe that if allowed to develop, the results could be devastating. The process is in full swing, just a few months ago, the ground gave way via during construction work on a metro. You cannot go that day and its a day. We cannot being badly. Yes, that is for the lever that was in going to us that will be given by somebody. How much worse can it really get . Honestly, along the major study last year found that scientists have wildly underestimate the number of people exposed to flooding. Climate central find to estimate 3 times as many people at risk of coastal flooding than we thought many live on the same river deltas that are rapidly subsiding. Now, the study didnt account for coastal defenses like sea walls or levees. So its not like the city to do, but it shows theres less room for them to for all this catastrophe, particularly for citizens who cant afford to move as the water presses in some cities that dropped meat of last century have pretty much stopped sinking. Tokyo and shanghai restricted how much groundwater citizens could extract and recharge water supply that would run dry. With a simple fact, they would be some one. In fact, we kind of monitor. But in cities like to cotter residents dont have easy access to other sources of drinking water. The government would 1st have to spend years cleaning up rivets before it could pipe water across the country. Instead, the cost of building a giant but experts say this just delays the problem and isnt even the best way to spend the money. If we do look at management, its only 10000000000. If we do this, well, he said the tricky thing because its all part of the future. Its still very much in how Scientists Say we can limit Sea Level Rise to less than half the meat of this century by rapidly cutting our emissions even half a meter for some cities could already be too much. Estimates put the Sea Level Rise around venice in italy at more than 20 centimeters higher than a century ago to that high tides. And you have shops and the cathedral in italys lagoon city facing a deluge more often than before. Now floodgates are being tested to protect the city, but many inhabitants remain skeptical. Monica amber seanie doesnt have an easy job. She has to persuade the public that venice is on the brink of salvation. She says spokeswoman for the huge most say flood protection project. Its pasties, significant tests, but its take more than a decade to complete. People have lost faith after so many years. They cant see an end to it all. And nov. 29th teen, much of the city was flooded and damaged in october, the most a flood gates with tested. They prevented high waters from reaching the city, but the system is still in its test fades. Monica amber seanie took us to the lido, where the venetian lagoon connects with the adriatic sea. Our jenny ended at the new key wall. The Security Guard told us we were not allowed to come any closer for safety reasons. Its still in the test phase after all. So we had to make do observing this mammoth construction from a distance. This project poses a real engineering challenge to begin with 40 foundation payloads, 60 metres long will lowered into the water and connected by an underwater lock system. Then 78. 00 to movable chambers, each weighing over 300. 00 tons were placed above them with the seat. These enormous floating gates had to be positioned right alongside each other that there was a 5 millimeter margins and we beat it with an extremely precise remote controlled underwater operation. That complacently was in makati to this area between the lagoon in the sea has been a construction site for 17 years. There have been various interruptions and a series of corruption scandals leading to arrests. This is also why most say still has a poor reputation among many venetian laws. And geria bury me as one of the most vocal critics of the project, which he says lacks transparency. Which wastes of public money like weve never seen before. He thinks that there are other ways of protecting the city together with a fellow campaigner from his association. He showed us the damage caused by the storms and floods. Last november. Many walls were destroyed, but the jew deca island served as a bowl walk and prevented similar damage in other parts of the city. And in on one to the how much of the most a funds could have used for effective flood Protection Systems in the whole city. Because of climate change, there are going to be more and more storms and floods in the future. And theyll be more intense. And skeptics believe in the long run these mobile locks in the aging attic scene wont protect venice and jerry a very nice among them. Hes also angry that the most they money wasnt used to maintain the citys historic buildings. If the floods are a problem. But the ships and the cruisers are worse because theyre causing the foundations of the city to road and theyre in danger in the structures that future well, it would make sense to drain the canals on a regular basis and renovate the foundations. But this Maintenance Work hasnt been done for decades following the successful tests in october, monika amber seanie is more optimistic about most say, and that it will be able to go into full operation in the coming year then and how the 17 year construction period and all the stress surrounding it made all finally be worth it. What if we didnt need protection from rising water in the future . Because we lived on the water with islands and cities threatened with drowning architects are looking at how to rebuild them on the ocean surface. d some countries are already taking their 1st battle in the netherlands, for example, living on water in the city center. One day more than 100 people live on this side canal and down market schmidt and his wife, yvonne find south or among the 1st residents. Its a different way of life here. The water sparkles and reflects everywhere. Yes, you experience it much, much more. 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 to pellets. The Swimming Foundation needs to be able to carry several 100 tons. A misstep will be balanced precisely. Here at harvard 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 the water starts to come. In 20 different architects were involved in the project. The houses were built on land and then brought to the dock by boat, sustainable and eco Friendly Materials were used for the homes. This. The facade of peda reichs home, his native cork. We had some discussions with a whole group, and we had to help from different pfizers on materials. So we ended up with a list of 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. So corcos on the green list and we like this very much. So that was our choice to do so. Living on water has a long tradition announced that house boats 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 architects 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 stark. He doesnt shy away from even greater visions of Floating City for 10000, people in regions threatened by climate change. We think we in the future, we will need more housing on the water for several reasons because the city is very food. 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 for yvonne van sarka marcus schmidt. This vision has become a reality 115 square meters. 2 flaws on a roof garden. Its almost like a house in the countryside, but this one different. Their entire home sways ship managed to squeak. Having 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. Around 31000000, people want to fix it by floods across the world. Lost lives were lost, possessions in a single year. Flooding caused almost 70000000000. 00 euros in economic losses. For weavers in catalonia, it meant losing their livelihoods, but with a dollar, they found hope for the future. They were the heat. This miniature dog has become a symbol of hope and resilience for the people of gaza, who survived a devastating bellews that hit the state in 2018. And each one is made by hand from hand that were drenched beyond repair in the flood waters. When they looked the fabric, you just go to nature and cleaned it still had stains and so on. And i could see that it does a lot of those days because they had a way you going could see stains. I mean, they really had this in august 2018, dystrophic flooding that cost more than 400. 00 people, their lives and 5000000. 00 their homes and livelihoods the wii version of the traditional honeymoon, capital of gender among them suffered damages that were a cemented to be around 150000000. 00 rupees. A close to 1700000. 00 euros. It left me all the equipment was destroyed. They were broken to the point to be felt there was no way we could salvage them. I was the one who would i have fostered. I saw the die a condition. I did member thinking i weaving days are over we would have to start from scratch and that was unlike the movie with them that i love just as they used 500 authors who for generations have been reading with a fine art of courting the young. That is hardly found in india today. Soon after the floods, best designers, Shalini James cotton touch with the veevers, supported by her network of designer friends. She dry cleaned some of the fabric and also managed to raise funds for the community. Who would say, why didnt they did for the society was that most of their confidence gave the rebirth. You know, some hope that you know, there are people out there people theyve never seen or heard of before. Who are interested in keeping to normal life. The problem there was that a large quantity of their fabric had been damaged beyond repair and had become but less luxury menin is one of 2 designers who came up with the project to make dolls from the fabric that could be saved in cottage. People not only to buy the dog, but also to participate in making them a different guy that does actually made in 9 countries by at around 50000 what it is, the expression, the decoration, everything is different in its actually that makes it all the more, you know, Beautiful People are very keen to be part of it because they feel that if theyve make one chick with a dog, they also have one fat. One brick in rebuilding, one of 500. 00 societies that contribute to that had lost fabric was over 2000000 rupees or around going 220000 euros in the flood. But the sale of dogs brought in almost 3400000 rupees or almost 39000 euros for the view. In just 4 months. Theyre not big bright in their new identity by the people who knew if i walk as the weavers and join them on the im but now because of she could be more people are interested in finding out more about us and what we do that were better than i did, let me ask out of luck repair the School Climate change induced floods again next year. 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