Bring new planets s. O. S. From palau in the western pacific a beacon in an ocean of change where despite the warming in the city think caisson coral reefs here are in pristine condition but the paddle to save them is intense. Allows coral reefs defying the odds theyre stunning and made the intact for now but around the world briefs are being decimated by bleaching events pit will see the pioneering science taking place in the battle against nation warming and the efforts to conserve coral and fish the spectacular sight of 2000000 golden jellyfish a unique subspecies threatened by Climate Change but here the plights of the 2000000 Pacific Island is facing the peril of the Climate Crisis. Sea level rise is a global problem in europe will speak to those trying to make life on top of the water a reality. Welcome to planet as in west from one of the front lines of the Climate Crisis 1500 kilometers in that direction lies the philippines Papua New Guinea is 1500 kilometers in that direction we are surrounded by ocean. Her lao is an archipelago of hundreds of islands a pristine environment with unique biodiversity but the very thing that is not to the people here is now what threatens them and their way of life. Across the globe oceans a warming marine life is dying the water is steadily rising and thats a problem for hundreds of millions of people who live on the worlds coastlines residents of cities like shanghai miami lagos Rio De Janeiro oh threatens down the line unless things improve were looking at climate refugees on a massive scale but as the Pacific Island nations that all the most threatened and the least here in plow it its not just the people but the extraordinary ecosystems that are in the firing line it is an extraordinary sight exposed structures of ancient coral reef framed in an expensive took ois the requirements of palau a unesco World Heritage site and beneath the surface the profusion and variety of life is stunning one of the highest rates of biodiversity on the planet but the challenge is a new worse in amongst a jumble of islands a series of marine lakes hold more one does this is. A lake it is connected to the sea but only through a series of small correction fishes in the rogue its effectively isolated sealed ecosystem and beneath the surface lies a unique subspecies. Golden jellyfish theyve evolved to Harvest Energy directly from sunlight there are more than 2000000 of them and indeed thats a significant reduction in the pos there have been as many as 30000000 in this lake but fluctuations in the weather have recently taken a toll. The biggest challenge that we face in terms of the jellyfish make is Climate Change very recently within the past. Year and a half to 2 year saw. The golden jellyfish the site is famous for around the world completely disappeared because of Climate Change the salinity of the lake. The temperature of the water the priest. As you might expect the range of biodiversity and plow is a big tourist draw theres an estimated 100000. 00 visitors a year here 5 times the local population above and below the water sites a carefully monitored everyone has to buy a permit. And regulation applies to to the fishing industry these ranges are on the lookout for Illegal Fishing in protected so called notes implemented to try and conserved when dealing for species along the coast which are targeted by unscrupulous foreign vessels for the commercial fisherman and illegal fish its usually that big ships mother ships so its everything from giant clams to churches to secure cumbers to fish and then from next year the marine protected area will be massively extended into the open ocean which will restrict some touches like this tuna bound for japan but come 2020 all the stuff sold will can only be fitting that 20 percent of the water and the reason for that is that we want to make sure that 80 percent of. The ensure the sustainable the field is more to me so were saying that when we dont. Give the area a refuge of Conservation Area you can see its 5 times as much space in an area with the hope that. There is another ultimately overriding concern not just on plough but for the 2000000 islanders across the pacific Sea Level Rise 100 has lived here for decades now and he says full moon tides are getting higher and higher and that can have a devastating effect if for like more than 40 years say insane and the this is a 1st time ive seen these kind of. Hi thanks come in its hard because you have to find another place to move to and if you dont have the money to build a new house then you wont be able to do that so pretty people are pretty much a stock. The wonders of this part of the pacific are many that say 2 of the precious allow is standing tough when it comes to environmental protections but its people are going to need all the resolve they can muster in the coming years now the plows president is a veteran campaigner in the world stage fighting to protect island nations while this still time lets hear now what president tommy remain a sound had to say when he addressed World Leaders at the u. N. General assembly in september allow his some of the most well preserved coral reef ecosystems in the world however we now face many challenges brought on by a globalized world do they local fishermen are not the only ones trolling our waters. And Climate Crisis threatens to render island lives and livelihoods untenable well i interviewed the president here in person author more about the pressures that palau is placing from Climate Change every food more now that means every month. We have households along the coastline that literally have to abandon their places and go in and stay the the weekend or a couple of days until the full moon tide resides thats how serious it is you cant park in your own backyard anymore so she level rise is a is a dramatic thing it salt water is seeping into our a critical chill farm so its affecting food security. And of course the biggest threats. The frequency of storms and natural disasters typhoons you can see it today this is supposed to be a dry month but here we are were going through storms after storms for People Living away from the pacific and away from the front line here its very hard for them to make the connection with how serious the Climate Crisis is what would you say to them were small but were the window through what can eventually happen to the rest of the world. Were small but. The options that were taking here again also have a scale of value to what the world needs to do in order to ensure humankind issue for the next generation believe me this is this is something thats going to catch like a wildfire and we are on the beginning of the wildfire but eventually it will for spread so dont trump has now started the process of pulling out of the Paris Agreement what do you make of that were not going to flinch about these you know its a lost opportunity for the United States a lot of these things could have been accomplished more faster and meaningful if the capability of the u. S. Would have been there along with china in the europa and all the you know in the even contests but its a sad thing because its again i think its a nomics over real matters so when you wrap up here at the office when you go home and you sit on your veranda and look out to see what goes through your mind do you have room for optimism. If i dont have some hope. You can be the worst feeling of any human being so i have to retain some sense of hope i have to think that. That there is there are solutions. And that everything will come together thats the hope that im. Heading out to the car reached now and later in the program well learn more about the extensive science going on here in the 1st what the world doing about rising sea levels in the prospect of millions of people displaced for more lets cross to mariana and go. Thanks nick our planet as around one degree celsius warmer than preindustrial times and Scientists Say where on track to go up by another half a degree by 2030 and so past that if Greenhouse Gas emissions keep going up now half a degree may not sound like much but the uns body dealing with the science on Climate Change the i. P. C. C. Says it will cause subtle but significant shifts and long term with the passions so drawing on the work of analysts brief has an insight into what huff a degree means theres a 10 percent chance of an arctic summer without ice at least once before we have one and a half degree rise and you can take that up to an 80 percent chance before 2 degree rise the number of people exposed to severe drought will go up on average by more than 130000000 with a 1. 5 degree rise and almost 200000000 at 2 degrees and the number of people flooded in coastal areas is projected to go up by at least 28000000 people every year by 2055 in a one and a half degree world and 30000000 each year with a 2 degree rise half a degree will kill between 70 and 90 percent of the worlds coral scientists predict and squeeze by half the habitats of 6 percent of insects creating a cascade of negative effects. For millions of people worldwide a one degree celsius rise in global temperature is already an emergency forced from their homes by crop failures floods fires extreme weather and rising ses aljazeera is heidi showcased for travel to the alaskan coastal village of new talk with 350 native ls kins a heaven to move. 2000 years ago the you pick people began sheltering in the embrace of the new england river to endure alaskas winters. For millennia the water brought food and life but now it brings destruction. Albertine a charles was born in the village of new talk like her ancestors before her but the land is slipping away beneath her feet it used to be for the. Next. 20 feet maybe you know its for the Sea Level Rise stronger storms and melting permafrost is putting an end to human civilization on this patch of the alaskan tundra about 25 meters of land crumbles away each year everything man builds collapses atop the melting ground the garbage landfill is now under water so to the boat dock and soon charles is home will also teeter over the edge or to sing. Thats what the elders say shone the religious going to sing so the whole village of 350. 00 people is moving to higher ground. New talk was among the 1st communities in the world to recognize the dangers of our warming planet even in the 1990 s. The Tribal Council knew it was in a race against time and after decades of planning finally the day to move has arrived were on our way now to new talks future. 15 kilometers from the old village atop solid volcanic rock a new village is under construction it will be called markovic meaning getting water from the spring in the you back language can be yours we were number on it thanks to an early start and persistence newtok believes it will complete the village relocation in 2 years theyll theirs and everything on the religious cultural wanted everybody to Stay Together because what youre what youre really talking about is this locating people the new village had to be close to you pick hunting grounds along with houses the people need roads a power plant clinic and school the entire project costs around 100000000. 00 money difficult to secure from the government because laws written to address sudden natural disasters never envision the slope catastrophe of Climate Change theres other communities that are right in line. You know our brothers and sisters are west and theres a lot more communities that are just looking for a way right to grants and everything like that you know for this type of disaster albertine a charles is among the 1st people to go and shes excited but the moment is also bitter im going to miss this place this is where i was for and this is where i grew up. Her life and the life of her village is now pioneering forward into a new era of the earths changing climate hi peter castro planted s. O. S. New talk alaska. So 100000000. 00 to shift 350. 00 people imagine then the cost both financially and emotionally of finding refuge for say 350000000. 00 climate refugees even more thats what Scientists Say could happen if we fail to way now limiting warming to a one and a half degree celsius rise or well below 2 is what nations signed up to in paris but those numbers werent chosen because theyre whats best for the planet they were chosen because thats what nations could agree on and the pledges well they were never going to be enough anyway a report by the universal Ecological Fund shows that even if countries delivered on every single pledge from paris the average global temperature would rise by around 3 and a half degrees the i. P. C. C. Says we need to have global Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2030 to stick to a 1. 00 degree rise but to do that nations must commit to new much more ambitious pledges and in the years since paris levels of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere have infect gone up back to you nic or well lets get more on whats going on down below in this stunning environments in a minute were going to communicate from the sea bed to the boat because theres a whole load of ocean signs taking place here in ploughing our reporter over vani has joined the team and while they sort themselves out on the reef lets just take a look at this report thats all over compiled earlier. Allow seas are teeming with life most of it concentrated here on the countrys barrier reef stretching over 500 kilometers its one of the planets few remaining pristine coral reefs but this beauty comes with a fragility if they help one of the worst of the worlds richest a hair of the right. Around the world coral reefs are disappearing at an alarming rate its estimated over a 3rd of all reefs will be destroyed all seriously damaged within the next 10 years Climate Change is warming season which has a devastating effect on corals forcing them to reject the colorful algae that normally lives within them and bleaching them whites much of the reef here in palau has been spared and thats in part because the geography of the region water trapped by the lushly forested limestone cliffs forms a sort of lagoon and warms in the sun but instead of getting bleached the coral here has adapted to these extreme conditions and remains healthy these are socalled super corals and the only exist here in the western pacific and that makes them fascinating for scientists who hope they can be used to repair damage reefs around the world even the lab and then we. Stress them increase the temperature of the water that theyre in and well see which of them are survive and those will be our it all and corals and the efforts that scientists are making here show the healthy reef supports millions of species and on the edge of the reef in the fast flowing currents sharks there are 130 different species of shark brain in the quarter here off the coast. Of those are endangered. In order to protect them well outbreak to shut factory. Their strict lot quite a wildcat pushed by sharks and rays places that offer you. However its a lucrative business shark fins fetch big money in the markets of asia where they used in shark fin soup. Weve only been in the water for a few minutes when we come across this a gray reef shark missing its dorsal fin. Is Illegal Fishing vessels catch sharks hack their fins off and then toss the rest of the fish still alive back into the sea the prospects for this shark a bleak without a fence keep it out right it will soon tire sink to the bottom of the ocean and die as Climate Change decimates coral reefs and fish bear the scars of humans greed ploughs turquoise waters and the secrets they contain are a small beacon of hope in a vanishing underwater world right now lets establish contact with the team if we toss this trends into the water we should make a connection with all over the road tell us more about what youre seeing dumber hiding yes im with a group of scientists who study the political world and its education occurs when the ocean absorbs more Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. And that corals and other creatures as it makes it harder to build the elephants and shells that 90 percent of are you by collecting samples of the sea the corals add breeding them in the Lab Scientists create a strain of coral listing credibly resilient either high temperatures or acidic sea. They get their traps a lot them and reached around the world which have more catch all strains of coral that card survive the oceans change. All right thanks a lot all of a not often you get to hold a conversation like that now theres all sorts of science going on in all corners of the world Critical Research in these Uncertain Times one of the data points you see there is the level of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere Scientists Say the safe level is anything below 350 but we are well past that above 400 parts per 1000000 the reason is excess Carbon Dioxide and other Greenhouse Gases are acting like a blanket around the not allowing excess heat to escape to the atmosphere and causing the global temperature to rise so we wouldnt have any direct evidence of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere if it wasnt that Charles Keeling back in 1958 he began monitoring c o 2 levels a measurement now known as the K