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offered the region a glimpse of what's to come down to prepare for the future of such intense heat. that's what we'll dive into today. hello, welcome to eco india. i'm sunny thought i'm india is no stranger to hot temperatures. but this struck earlier last longer. and he to wreck on highs in wide parts of the country and neighboring buck his time. increasing resilience to heat stress is key to saving lives. we visited one hot heat city to see why the mitigation measures can help protect the well known about a damper, just stopping 40 degrees celsius in the shade for weeks on end. a major challenge, even for residents of hemoglobin. accustomed to heat the city in good, you're out,

the state is home to over 5000000 people. and as elsewhere it stows into cities buddhist eddie as us of a most like here in the embrace of all the neighbor. extreme by the conditions of verse and or the last decade and this year the heat has been good homes and slums are often built so close to get the fresh air consequence to 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 or visit i go outside to had can like, and i had that. well, i don't go michael. i only came back here just before you came name. cities, with a lot of road traffic on airports, are particularly prone to heat waves with the warm exhaust fumes, pushing temperatures on the ground even higher. the prolonged a spring heat wave is already claimed. dozens of lives in, in this past march was the country's hottest and over 120 years,

it was followed by a series of heat. 3rd is affecting around half of the federal the states. scientists blamed global warming for the excessive temperature the a. this and then the increasing period of the last the contribution we ended by somebody into more than one so common don't know the global warming act as inputting and that would be better after a spell of record breaking temperatures in 2010 that killed more than 1300 people at about pioneered a set of measures to reduce heat stress and prevent debts. the just shall works as a health officer for the local authorities and is the chief coordinate of the cities heat action plan. so the heat action plan was developing initially

to make sure that there are people gras rude people were people working in consequence, diaz, be by working people living in slums with dean groups. if they're aware that a particular kind of an ard is going to be there, then what needs to be then christine use newspapers and social media to keep the city's residents updated on news about heat please. 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 then set of temporary water stations across the city, while also ordering parks to be kept open so that people can find some welcome shade. the system also involves medical care services, the cities, ambulances and emergency rooms,

the store sizeable quantities of water in ice, and also have a special kit for people suffering from dehydration heat. we've always see a deep rise in the number of emergency case. so normally viaz her when around 30023500 emergencies. but in these time, a $150.00 emergencies is increase around $150.00 emergencies, increase the heat plan organizes also focus on prevention. we are assisted here by a number of partners including the ma healer, housing, civil crust, rena dillard, viper mod is among the residents of the embroidery over 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 a model named offers model a system that enables it to be easily taken apart and be installed elsewhere. at the same time, the individual panels are recyclable, made from god, good waste and coconut fiber. they also helped to keep the heat out and have

a waterproof coating. come out of thorny, we had seen more delay roofs at our older brothers residents, 3 years back. and we heard good things, ma'am. now then we talked about installing it in our home. what we have a big open space in our house. so we installed it damaged. we joined my la bank and they gave us a loan of 1445 year to save. renal de la by berman says the roof has reduced the temperature inside by around 6 degrees. residents also turn to other methods to be the heat, such as white washing the roofs to reflect the sun's rays. these solutions are affordable and eco friendly. for any havoc hula, but we don't use it like us, the house of thunder. decoy 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 never end of odd is the 1st city to introduce

a cold roof initiative with the help of the miller housing trust me on right now, it's in the pilot phase on easy 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 big goal from the heat wave. mother bothers and local authorities are not following the lead of the 50 pilot project. over a 100 cities have long similar action planned to come back. the heat projection show the climate change is alone going to make heat spelled more frequent and more than 10. luckily, it's become easier to fuck off extreme weather events. but as i next report shows, warnings alone onto enough to keep people sick. in october 2013 cycling fell in mainland for in india. this extremely severe i. chronic storm had wind 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. $999.00 pike loan cars, millions of dollars in damages, and some $10000.00 lions. but the dep tolten carolyn has been estimated to be as low as $22.00. despite the similarities between these 2 events, what had changed in 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 system to capture the planets current weather conditions meteorologists use whether to patients on location combined with

a fleet of facile lights that observe 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 stimulating 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. so why then do some weather does often still catch us out. a 3rd of the world's population have no access to warning systems. these gaps are often in the world's most vulnerable countries in nations like these that already often hit the hardest by extreme weather. to make matters worse, global warming trip, and primarily by emissions in wealthier countries, is ramping up both the intensity and frequency of these disaster. some global weather services provide forecasts 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 save 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? whether needed can be expensive, but it's 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 aren't much used, if no one is there to make sense of them. and yet again, that is often a big divide between higher and lower income and nations. so some that services may have, you know, 100 employees. but some that services may only have 2 to 3 employees, but what uses the 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 cycling fell in ok. example b, 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 the other channels? you know? and just because the country has more money, doesn't mean that better bangladesh outperform germany in taking people in floods. for example, by training, thousands of local volunteers go door to door with warning. we can stop disaster striking. in fact, events from heat waves to routes will continue to get worse, as long as we keep heating the planet. but we can take action to protect ourselves and morning systems of incredibly powerful protection. one estimate to jeff, but every one don't know we spend on the morning systems saves $10.00 in damages.

the countries that the most from extreme weather up in the one that's missing the system. if we don't protect the planet with any warning systems that's going to take the transfer of both climate 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 too soon. india is just one of a string of countries that have happened grappling with life threatening heat before summer even started as affected, the agents try to remain livable. so do not. assigning specifically designated officials to the task of heat we response. we met africa, was heat officer in sierra leone. my role is to walk wheat, m c, to 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

who are most vulnerable have the opportunity to adapt do heaton rise in temperatures. temperatures of 40 degrees celsius are not unusual in freetown for years now, cyril yearns capital has been getting hotter. it's eugena tar both job to find solutions. she is free towns, chief heat officer, one of just for world wide, and the 1st in africa. women traders at the markets exposed to the sun all day and suffer badly. so that everyone who lives in the poor quarters the most vulnerable people, people live in, 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 grew up in migration is been driven by climate change in

climate effect. eugenia carbo wants to provide market shape coverage for women, selling agriculture produce that 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 space. is that a clean, safe and cool? this used to be one out of towns many legal downsides and what have done as a tv to walk with the community members to clean this area and plan. she said it's one of several garbage sites, not being converted into a public garden. the bushes and trees. good, beautiful. and have a cooling effect. the bomb a dumping site on the for what now you can see now we are very nice. you didn't see my god in night view just

like a box. yeah. very nice of you guys. he got we got a lot. you can draw us regina carbo certainly has her work cut down so high. but the man fried sounds as 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 radar. 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 freetown, the tree town. it aim to reverse deforestation and reduce the threat of flooding a landslide. the aims to plant a 1000000 a plant and grow 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 in temperatures. the project has created over 500 short term jobs focusing, especially on exploring young people. these are the community workers. they are the growth and all of their work is been tracked on the app, the 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 it's. he took a hub, you can snap a sieve the photo and upload it. and you can see incentive for the t

planting preview to every registered tree generates a digital impact token. glances can sell or treat them to get micro payment of the people of businesses can buy up tokens to offset their carbon emissions. it's hope this digital marketplace will generate revenue to form the planting. but it's not just the tree covered stuff and focus. $60000.00 more man grooves now protect the cruise lines, helping to support visual relation. eugenia compos committed to finding ways to make life in the city pleasant. despite the heat, extreme heat can heightened the risk of other types of catastrophes. creating dry conditions that lead to white fires. for example, india, sca smith is the pricing for flash floods after the spring heat, we've hastened glad you're melting in the himalayas. walters are rolling up their

sleeves. steve, off danger. lake who shall side is one of the many bought 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 selina. they're located in the himalayas. it's known as the city of lakes, missouri. my van will used to be a prominent business man. now de 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 completely 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 a mission. i sauce people, hulu here. i mean the stakeholders, the loft, are honest,

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 were just my so the plan to be cousins when we started off took just hardly 10 days. the stakeholders start coming toward us and start helping us. $960.00 of muck were lifted from dest meltwater from the glaciers, which lay at around 5000 meters above sea level, reaches the valleys and lakes by the mountain rivers. it causes water levers to rise, particularly in summer. average temperatures in the region have risen by it 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 vision of them one kashmir. they tossed song 12000 pleasures and most of these glaciers except for those ingram region, automatic singer to loudon beast, nor as computer the glaciers in the hinder wishing on invasion. while high, which is the largest glacier of crush mead has been retreating north. bob at a very fast pace and it is one of the fost estimate melting glaciers in the hindu kush. my lim, crockett. i'm region. this means a lot of water will continue to flow into the valley. it's a problem for sienna, the cities 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 m at home. it's built in the wetlands since then. he's been involved in the restoration of the floodplains. he located old flood, gentles, and wetlands that capture water from overflowing rivers. 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. 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 spirit 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 jail him as well as it's spilled channels. durham adi were extending the width of the spillage channel and carrying out some dredging that will increase the area and capacity of the channel for basic a certain 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 all fit in. somebody said because of his regular cleaning work, montalvan was inspiring local residents 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. well, boiler hamilton wonderful borgia center we're trying to meet cute

as it was, or i don't put your spec. you would claim all bolden patience induce, you would have received a student, simon, boys swooning in this. and, and the thought is to scanning from all over the world, they would see the board functionaries, and they would go to on child lock. oh, why she caught up on do from dis india reestablishing the who shall side of that lens will take assistant effort on the part of locals 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,

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