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offered the region a glimpse of what's to come. can we prepare for the future of such intense heat? that's what we'll dive into today. hello and welcome to eco india. i'm sunny douglas. india is no stranger to hot temperatures, but this struck earlier last longer. and he to wreck on highs in white parts of the country and neighboring buck, his son, increasing resilience to heath stress is key to saving lives. me visited one hot heat city to see where the mitigation measures can help protect the well known about a damper. just stopping 40 degrees celsius in the shape for weeks on end. a major challenge even for residence of i'm at the bud accustomed to heat. the city in good hirata state is home to over 5000000 people. and as elsewhere,

it stows into cities buddhist areas of a most like here in the bribe or the neighbor extreme by the conditions of verse and or the last decade and this year the heat has been broken, homes and slums are often built so close to get the fresh air can circulate, making stifling conditions even worse, and it took it normally. my little girl is always outside that she can't bear the heat indoors. look, we can't stay in the house during the day when i go outside to act. unlike my at bella, don't go, michael. i only came back here just before you came name cities, with a lot of real draft. an air force are particularly prone to heat waves with the warm exhaust fumes, pushing temperatures on the ground even higher. the prolonged spring heat, weird was already claimed. dozens of lives in, in this past march was the country's hottest in over 120 years. it was followed by

a cities of heat. 3rd is affecting around half of the federal state. scientists blame global warming for the excessive temperature the governor of and this and then the, the other one said it increasing on backorder very short period of time. last year's b contribution is over a 1000000 to more than more and then so carbon dioxide, another global warming gases act as a funny eating damage and then or they'd be set up by the banker after a spell of record breaking temperatures in 2010 that killed more than $1300.00 people at about pioneered a set of missions to reduce heat stress and prevent bits to josh shall worked as a health officer for the local authorities. and is the chief coordinate of the cities he action plan. so the he'd action plan was there that been easily

to make sure that there are people grass rude people where people working in can segment areas be by working people living in slums with dean robes. if they're aware that a particular kind of an ard is going to be there, then what needs to be done, christine use newspapers and social media to keep the cities residents updated on news about he lives. at the same time, the local government tells the power and water companies to ensure supplies are not interrupted during the hottest periods of the day. the authorities didn't set of temporary water stations across the city, while also ordering parks to be kept open so that people can find some bolcom shape . the system also involves medical care services, the city's ambulances and emergency rooms,

the store sizeable quantities of water in ice and also have a sufficient gets for people suffering from dehydration heat. we always see a deep rise in the number of emergency case. so normally vieza linger around 30023500 emergencies, but in these time, a $150.00 emergencies is increase around $150.00 emergencies. increase the he plan organizes also focus on prevention. we are assisted here by a number of buttons including the marilla housing, civil crust, renal de la viper maud is among the residents of the emb rival, the neighborhood, but can now go somewhat better with deed. 3 years ago she acquired a new roof with the help of the house and trust it's ahmad roof named offered model, a system that enables it to be easily taken apart and reinstalled elsewhere. at the same time, the individual panels are recyclable, made from godbold waste and coconut fiber. they also helped to keep the heat out

and have a waterproof coating. i might have thrown it. we had seen more delays roofs at our older battery residents, 3 years back. and we heard good things, ma'am. now then we thought about installing it in our home. we have a big, open space in our house. so we installed it there and we got, we joined my la bank and they gave us a loan of 1445 years of saving renal de la by berman says the roof has reduced the temperature inside by around 6 degrees. residents also turn to other markets to be the heat, such as white washing the roofs to reflect the sun's rays. these solutions are affordable, an eco friendly family have a cooler, but we don't use it because the house has already good. our ventilators at enough in the house interest has been operating in the slums here for many years now. focusing in particular on assistance for local them. it launched a mod roof project in 2030. i'm now and about is the 1st city to introduce

a cold roof initiative with the help of the mahala housing trustworthy on right now, it's in the pilot phase. uneasy data in the city and its partners have set up this policy. and after a short period of time, it will be implemented fully. perfect. so far, this is the goal from the heat wave mother bothers and local authorities are now following the lead to 50 pilot projects. over a 100 cities have long similar action planned to come back. the heat projection show the climate change is a lot going to make he spelled more frequent and more than 10. luckily, it's become easier to fuck off extreme better events, but doesn't make support. sure. warnings alone aren't enough to keep people safe. in october 2013 and felon made land for in india that extremely severe i. chronic

storm had wins over 200 kilometers per hour and was following a path striking the similar to a $191990.00 fake loan in the bay of been goal. $9909.00 psych loan cars, millions of dollars in damages. and some, 10000 lions, but the dep tolten ellen has been estimated to be as low as 22. despite the similarities between these 2 events. what had changed the 14 years between the dorm by 2013, where the prediction in india had hugely improved. and more importantly, these improvements were being put into action. warnings were issued far and wide, and over a 1000000 people were evacuated. this is the power of early warning systems to capture the planet current weather conditions meteorologists use weather observations on location, combined with a fleet of faster lights than observed the weather space. the data from these

observations can be fed into computer models that simulate the physics of the atmosphere and ocean. these models what, by dividing the world into a grid in each grid, bulk be model, simulate the physical processes that are crucial for understanding the weather from the flow of gases to the variation and condensation of water vapor. and by simulating these processes, the models can estimate what the weather will look like, hours and days in advance. early warning systems don't just protect people and storms. they save lives from everything from wild fires to heat wave india's heat wave action plan saves lives by providing water and rescheduling work hours. warnings can even reduce the damages from longer lasting events, like droughts, by giving farmers the chance to prepare, as well as protecting people. the systems hugely reduce losses to property. even

24 hours warning can reduce damages by a bird, by giving people a chance to move themselves and that possessions out of homes way. why then do some weather does after still catch us out? a 3rd of the world's population have no access to the warning systems. these gaps are often in the world's most vulnerable countries. is nations like these that are already often hit the hardest by extreme weather. to make matters worse, global warming drip, and primarily by emissions in wealthier countries, is ramping up both the intensity and frequency of these disaster. some global weather services provide full costs of large scale weather systems without any warning systems within the country. these predictions often don't filter to where they're needed. this may be about to change. on the 23rd of march this year,

united nations secretary general antonio gutierrez, made an ounce meant early warnings and action saved lives. united nations will spare had new action to ensure that every person on earth is protected by early warning systems within 5 years. which begs the question, how, how can we get early warnings to be billions that don't already have them in just a few years. meet your logical offices, count worn about what's going to happen if they don't know what's happening now. and there are big gaps between what higher and lower income countries have at that disposal. getting more weather stations, measuring things like rainfall and wind speed, right? where they're needed can be expensive. but there are ways of bringing down the course. providing 3 d printers to countries allows local communities to build their

own weather stations, which also brings down costs, where a conventional weather station could cost upwards of $10000.00. these devices cost just a few $100.00. filling in the gaps in observations is just one part of the story. after all these data on much use, if no one is there to make sense of them. and yet again, that is often a big divide between higher and lower income nation. so some that services may have, you know, 100 employees, but some that services may only have 2 to 3 employees, but what you said with knowledge, if you can't get this message out, there's no one size fits all here. getting the word out means using any and own means of communication. for psych loan, phelan. ok example be india meteorological department. shad detailed updates using f. m. s. tax email, telephone television,

radio websites and other social networks. word was spread from national doherty's right the way down to individual districts. getting clear information out to everybody is a challenge the world over. and you have to do what's right for people on the ground. is it, you know, facebook or is it a notice on their committee board? or is it through the radio? is it through the tv or other channels? you know, just because the country has more money, doesn't mean they're better. bangladesh outperformed germany in protecting people from floods. for example, by training, thousands of local volunteers to go door to door with warning. we can stop disaster striking. in fact, events from heat waves to droughts will continue to get worse. as long as we keep heating the planet, but we can take action to protect ourselves and the morning systems offer

incredibly powerful protection. one, estimate adjust, but every $1.00 we spend on the warning systems saves $10.00 in damages. the countries that the most extreme weather, often the one that is missing the system. if we're going to protect the planet with any warning systems that's going to take the transfer of both funding and skills. but if the united nations is going to achieve its goal in just the next 5 years, that won't be a moment to soon. india is just one of a string of countries that have happened grappling with life threatening heat before summer even started. as affected agents try to remain livable city that assigning specifically designated official to the task of heat we response. we met africa was heat officer in seattle. the on my role is to luckily to unseat the

leaders and local leaders, both at the local and see to level to build and drag response plan to heat for free town. and to ensure that people are most vulnerable, have the opportunity to adapt to heat and rise in temperatures. the temperature, the 40 degrees celsius are not unusual in freetown for years now, sir williams capital has been getting hold to it. eugene, a combo jump to find solutions. he's freed sounds, chief heat officer, one of just for worldwide. and the 1st in africa. women traders at the markets exposed to the sun all day and suffer badly. so does everyone who lives in the poor quarters the most vulnerable people are people living in an informal settlement, people who and below a dollar a day and cannot afford the resources to buy coolant systems such as

a seas and find the population of the town is more than double over the past 5 years and that migration grow open. migration has been driven by climate change in climate effect. eugenia cargo wants to provide market shape coverage for women, selling agriculture produce it, reflect the sun, and doesn't heat up like a greenhouse. 2 thirds of the people in sierra leone depend on farming for their livelihood, with women making up to 70 percent of the agriculture will work for. another goal is to provide public faces that a clean, safe, and cool. this used to be one out of town, many legal, dumb side, and what have done as a team to walk with the community. members to clean the area and plan. she said it's one of several garbage sides, not being converted into a public garden. the bushes and trees that beautiful and have a cooling effect. the bomb i don't inside off before,

but now you know, you can see now we are very nice. you see my god in night view. just like a box. yeah. very nice. you guys got a lot you can draw us regina combo certainly has her work cut down for her, but the mer freetown says a job is vital. yeah, yeah. one of the most important things about keith is that nobody talks about it. at the moment it's a silent killer. there's just under the reader. the idea is to ensure that there's a focus, a very deliberate focus on the issue of heat, extreme heat and its consequences. eugena carbo was a former banker as an entire department working under her one initiative as a tree planting campaign. hold free town the tree town. it aim to reverse deforestation and reduce the threat of flooding. a landslide. the aiming to plant

a 1000000, a plant and girl, a 1000000 trees by 2022. we've already planted about 600000 trees. the want to get the whole city involved. if successful, the project will increase the city's green coverage by 50 percent and help stabilize local water sources. welcome to the good madame in freetown. this is one of the areas where we're planting trees. and it's very important that we plant trees because trees help to call the atmosphere and help us to adapt to rise and temperatures. the project has created over 500 short term jobs focusing especially on installing young people. these are the community workers. they are the growth and all of their work is been tracked on the app that we just a click of a button. you can know where the trees are, how many trees are live and who is walking, and growing those trees. i am as uncommon. i oversee the tree planting here. let me

show you how to use the teeth like a hop. you can snap. i save the photo on your plate and you can you see incentive for the t planting for you? because every registered tree generates a digital impact token. glances can sell or trade them to get micro payments. and the people or businesses can buy up tokens to of said their carbon emissions. it's hope this digital marketplace will generate revenue to form the planting. but it's not just the tree coverage that's in focus. $60000.00 more man grooves, markley, technical slides, helping to support visual lation. genia compos committed to finding ways to make life in the city pleasant. despite the heat, extreme heat can heighten the risk of other types of catastrophes creating dry

conditions that lead wildfires. for example, india, squash me is producing for flash floods. after the spring heat, we've hastened glitzy, melting in the himalayas. wall interiors are rolling up their sleeves to steve off danger. lake cushion. cider is one of the many bodies in the mountainous territory of genuine cashmere. it's channels have repeatedly buzz their banks in recent years, spilling over into the city of city, another. located in the himalayas, it's known as the city of lakes, missouri. my van will used to be a prominent businessman. now the 70 year old is better known as an environmentalist and social activist. he founded the organization as us to clean up the cities. what about youth? just one year back. dis, leak was come. literally in shambles. you would see dead animals for the tim burks. people were walking on this. so when we're talk this issue here

under mission sr us people who are lou here. i mean, the stakeholders they lofted on us, but he didn't let that laughter stop him. he knew clearing the waterways would help relief flooding, and he was certain he could convince locals to help him. in the beginning, we would just myself and to be cousins. when we started off took just hardly 10 days. the stakeholder to start coming toward us us and start helping us. $960.00 of muck were lifted from dis meltwater from the glaciers, which lay at around 5000 meters above sea level, reaches the valleys and lakes via the mountain rivers. it causes water levels to rise, particularly in summer. average temperatures in the region have risen by on

1.5 degrees celsius. over the last 40 years, the heat is causing the glacier ice to melt even faster and the rivers can no longer hold the large amounts of water. scientists astounding. the alum is the largest regional jan warren kashmir, the toasts around $12000.00 pleasures, and most of these leisure except for those and got i got, i'm region automating, or talon bass. no. as compared to other the glaciers in the in the ocean, montana region. while i, which is the largest glacier of kashmiri, has been retreating north. ha, i'd a very fast pace, and it is one of the fast estimate melting leisure in the, in local shemelle ymca accommodation. this means a lot of water will continue to flow into the valley. it's a problem for sienna. the city is expanding into the wetlands, which need to stay free to allow for flooding. and what's more, garbage and mud deposits fill the waterways,

making them less able to absorb the water it's had devastating consequences. like during the floods of 2014, in the gush mill valley, they caused damages estimated at around one trillion rupees, or 12000000000 euros. around 300 people in the region lost their lives. more than 1200 homes were damaged like mustang am at home. it's built in the wetlands since then. he's been involved in the restoration of the floodplains. he located all flood channels and wetlands that capture water from overflowing givers he also called on the government to halt construction of residential structures and shopping malls in and around floodplains to curb the threat of flooding your fully solid redman. each of this was all wetlands warehouses had been constructed by this

is a spillage channel. i requested that the authorities clear this will know we frequently experienced flooding. we wouldn't get flooded if the spillage channel were clear. dollar or ted, this causes the allowed the government says it is working to improve flood control measures. a jazz emma is an executive engineer employed by the city. he says his department is trying to boost the water, cutting capacity of kashmir, main river, the g l m, as well as its spell at channels durham, audi. we're extending the width of the spillage channel and carrying out some dredging that will increase the area and capacity of the channel for basic as her pose on goose eggs holder, we've identified flood prone areas that will be declared, no construction zones was medically kind of sucks and they would often boma this would be phenomenal, but his regular cleaning work, montalvan knew as inspiring local precedence to look after the water bodies themselves. he believes it's the only way to combat the valley's flood problem

and more than that, but local support, he aim store to store the regions ecosystem and it's relevant. want blow driven wonderful burgess. it we're trying to me cute as it was or i don't put to your to spec. you would claim, oh, golden, precious inducing. you would have received a student, so i'm in boys swimming in this. and, and the thought is to scare me from all over the world, they will, to the board, some charities, and they will go to onshore to live. oh, why she caught up on do from dis india? reestablishing the who shall side a better lens will take persistent effort on the part of lucas and the government. to be off could be huge, diminishing the impact of the flood as well as revitalizing the regions breathtaking. what escape here in india temperature thought close to

50 degrees celsius. this spring, a warming planted like we just saw, would have a domino effect. our sustainable actions to be, however small, could change the course for the better of future generations with panko, if he chose to commit to them. i'll leave you with that and see you again next week from all of us in india and germany, goodbye. and thanks for watching. ah ah, ah, with

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