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recently torrential rain has been devastating. vast areas of central europe and africa. tropical storms caused death and destruction in asia. the caribbean fee is more and strong. the hurricanes this year have a will not ocean temperatures, changing weather patterns, wells winds, and raising sea levels inexorably good. a maria tomato is in her kitchen, up to her knees in water. her house now floods not only in the rainy season, but all the time. at high tide, the water flows into her house in the morning, but no, no longer recedes, at low tide, like it used to dislodge is everywhere, soiling the furniture closed, even food supplies did the avoid. we hardly have anything left to eat,

our livelihood is destroyed and we are not going to be. it is so difficult to cope associated because the flooding brings mud with it, lays out in the pool, then the water comes up to here. i wish i knew it. we can't sleep here to begin. yeah, i think they come in and talk a little bit too. she lives on the island of poor god, around 50 kilometers from the philippine capital manila seen from the air. it's a veritable water world. the streets and buildings are permanently flooded. the inhabitants are soaked. day in day out, most cannot afford to flee the island of late a little little kids, devastating lea item. if you are before, that's that done it, then you don't stand a chance. and then suddenly we want to find out why certain areas of the

philippines are increasingly underwater. we meet up with ruez santos. he's 40 years old and remembers well what it was like to play in the streets here. back then, heavy flooding like this didn't exist. he tells us, but these days the inhabitants are busy, round the clock trying to keep their homes dry. i'm gonna pick this, i'm going to be that the of the water levels are higher every year and about 5 said to me there is a little big lot a lot to in just a b as in good. when people build houses here, they have to raise the foundation every year. so it doesn't mean it but, but the floods don't reach the height, they alone. i'm them of my other say so that i, i fear that who god will gradually simply disappear from the map. so i've, i've got an all because of climate change that satellite me to the philippines is one of the country's most affected by climate change and rising sea levels. there

are no school buses and poor guard pruitt's, son to us, takes the children to school every day. with his water taxi climate change making for changing realities. if you ask politicians in the region like this may or the reason for the flooding is clear, the flooding we are experiencing definitely comes from climate change. every year we build our house is higher on house to, but the water also continues to get gradually higher and higher. gradually. a climate researcher angelo deluxe, whose criticizes that many politicians are taking the situation seriously. they don't question their own decisions and are not doing enough. what type of crisis are happening at the same time affecting the most vulnerable people. and yet at the same time we, i mean, our leaders, for example, would have those plastic,

the $22.00 point, everything towards climate change. because if you say it's climate change it's, it's, and it's naturally to metro saying there's nothing we can do about it. a few kilometers away on the coast of how good noise rickshaw drivers also have to adapt to the changing conditions. their bikes are bigger, the seats higher up. so customers are staying dry for now. so i'm like, i know i make a living driving this. rick shaw it has to be higher because the area is constantly underwater. we simply need high risk shots, but the seats are lower. no one will book you. we've had high tide for a week now. sometimes it's even longer for a few days, it's dry and then there's flooding again. it goes on for weeks. how go? nobody has a lot of problems. climate change botched urban development. the exploitation of nature, the community borders on manila,

and the capital is expanding. more and more people are moving here out of the city . the consequences are mangrove deforestation, restricted rivers, more ground water extraction. the problem the ground has been sinking for years, and sea levels here are rising even faster than the global average. land is even being reclaimed from the sea. known as new airport is being built on an area where many fishermen had their fishing grounds. the go but i and it just had been, you know, many people say that the region around the new airport will profit go out that the people living there will be a more prosperous lot because i know i'm, but i'm guy and, and that's, that's a little bundle or not, but i also see the airport is one of the reasons for the water level being higher then it's been in the past and maybe lent it will be guy must be getting uh must them about the land gains mean that the sea has less space to expand the

consequences. people living around manila are subjected to ever higher tides. everyone here feels abandoned by the authorities. they are already experiencing how their livelihoods are slowly sinking into the sea and seeing the dangers that awaits not only them in the coming years. the gun just thought we'd kind of base has many different names. the un estimates that more than 200000000 people worldwide to consume the illegal drug in recent years, kind of as has been legalized in some countries, mainly for medicinal purposes. we're on our way to western malawi, nevada to zambia is close by ever since the production of medicinal cannabis was

legalized in 2020 law. we has been in a frenzy, the government and many companies were promising small scale farmers. they could make a fortune and sold expensive licenses to thousands of them. in the meantime, vast expanses of fields are now full of cannabis plants. these 8 heck chairs belong to simon sent. his plants grew magnificently, but his hopes were bitterly disappointed. or the company bosses who had pocketed his money and that of other farmers disappeared. they were meant to buy back the crop, but they didn't. and the money was gone. this has been the situation for over 3 years now. warehouse is bursting with cannabis. many farmers have lost all their savings in the way and when it became clear that the company wasn't going to buy the harvest, it was a disaster. we've all lost

a lot of money to that wouldn't be some sold their cars to be a part of it. others, their land and some even their houses. but the money was gone with him up with a the thousands of farmers was swindled. it constitutes a crime, possibly corruption to the company in the growth wants to do better and establish a new distribution channel for the expensive we'd we want to find out more. but the state cannabis regulatory authority, henders us and our investigations wherever we go. the authority has already called and warned the farmers off the count of his company, inver grove, then withdrew our film and permit. it seems they don't want us to stir up anything . but many politicians are still singing. the praises of the magical plant tobacco, as will always main export there. now hoping cannabis will prove as popular. i think it's a game changer because from the market research we check, i'd say good with the date. it was found out that

a level kind of the state could get us as high as $700.00 a exports. so i told you that that bug was b. now i topic athletics and but right now it's ending us out on. so i need immediate use it so it's kind of these level kind of abuse. would like you to get us 2 times 3 times as high as what the above is getting us now. so there is hope a meeting of the lease is that the cooperative north of the capital loan way. it's also a victim of the fraudulent cannabis companies. each of the 50 members of the cooperative had to pay the equivalent of $150.00 euros for the license. that's a huge amount of money. and one of the poorest countries in africa with a majority living on less than one euro, a day, whatever. but the women who in made the cooperative remain optimistic. oh, she says, oh, let me see what i can meet with them and you can do so many different things with

the cannabis plans are gonna be see, for example, you can make medicine frontage. and i'm, i pulled for animal feet which you can make clothes even. shoot the simple look at a sub level. you can use it for all sorts of things. like i'm always the cannabis as an alternative to tobacco, to make money, and to bring foreign currency into the country. i mean, because of what it's a ford exempted, one of the members of the cooperative come together around 4 times a week to nurture and care for the delicate female have plants in the communal field. the rid, it is a problem for the farmers. so they've created small cavities around the cannabis plants. if it does rain, the precious water can be kept longer. its hard work, but the prospects are tempting. the lake malawi is a vacation destination with a lot of potential. but without its own airport, the tourists likely won't come. and there's

a lack of money for any kind of investment. without solvents, companies from abroad, the prospects for growth will probably not amount to much local is here though, enjoy a holiday feeling. and it's not just due to the caribbean, reggae music, the cannabis plants grown here can hold their own when it comes to getting high. one of the strongest local canada strains in terms of t h. c is called black widow, the back to simon's farm on the border to them via the kind of his plants need water daily, as well as regular fertilizer and waiting. and even when they've been harvested, the sensitive plants still require a lot of care. they have to be turned over every hour,

so that every bit of moisture can evaporate. when you're doing one mistake and you can lose your entire harvest, say one, especially if the plants are still in the field and growing would have what you're telling me that though, for example, if you don't pull out the mail plans, the female plans will be fertilized and the entire crop will be ruined. you'll see that you, somebody, marijuana is very sensitive, but we're getting better and better, and acquiring more experience each year. at savannah, we will send you over to the the problem here is not the farmers who make every effort with their plans. it's the corrupt companies that have disappeared with all the money. although hundreds of families have been driven to ruin, some have not given up. they know there was a huge global demand for top quality grass. hopefully, simon and the other farmers will ultimately succeed. as the cannabis from a lively is among the best in the world. the

se, lima, and the day is getting off to a slow start. 6 am and light amount of guess is feeling sluggish. as she came home late from ballet light or worked on her homework until the early hours with her father, her head is often filled with that leg. he's always on my mind to training be like tonight. how will the performance be? what was the choreography again, that kind of thing, that the shoes donated. worn out, loved both though i keep them, the memorabilia of something perform and it says up, this is the simplicity total. one s, valet is rather exotic here. light is parents work long hours,

but don't are and much like most in the body. ok. there is no welfare state to speak of, and criminal gangs have moved into the area. it's not a safe place. you need to know your way around. they hand them out and some people are nice, offers the boy trouble, otherwise bump things could happen and for money, carmen. this theater is a place steeped in history, memories of performances, staged by the dedicated valet teacher. and that is the stage has a kind of magic piece of finish when you feel the floor and you fall in love with your gripped by a sense of happiness, that insurance, you know, making difficult things look easy. that's valet and muddy government. her life

story, a series of challenges for family left germany before world war 2 and had to start from scratch. a stroke of fate plunged her from prosperity into poverty. the theatre where it all began for the 60 year old, burned to the ground, but valet remained to give her the strength to cope with the rigors of life. with the flow that you can't explode on the stage and say, listen, i can't do this anymore. you can't wait, they don't know, but what happens here is also so beautiful that mean, so you forget the pain loaded on the window, fly. no money. government is usually running late or students are waiting light or travels from the run down east to the smart west of lima. she would never have been able to afford ballet lessons if it

wasn't for money, government. and in any case, no one wanted her dentist because essentially she was told she was a closing model because of her back because of her legs. i mean, i can't even tell you, i said it's down to you. you'll have to push yourself and then you'll make progress . and today, it's light as a different person. feeling. it wasn't the plan. many common fell into it somehow. first, she couldn't turn anyone away. then she didn't want to. ballet should be for everyone as it also gives everyone something, physicality, team, spirit, discipline, and passion. see a burns with willpower and a lust for life. and if her mother, you the once one thing, it's for her daughter to be able to experience everything, to belong. and she does what do you feel when you're here together?

joy, they train every day of the week and most can't pay without donations. tuition wouldn't be possible only 3 days until the performance of the national theater with an orchestra, the drumming up funds and organizing competitions and shows money. carmen has worked tirelessly for her dancers, for 14 years. i, since i don't have that much time left, my body is spent i won't be able to do as much. i have to give them all the time i have left. as best i can feel. the cold chavez is one of her 1st students. her family is extremely poor and lives up here in the hills of santa

san auto. after school after training and to run every errand she and her sister kate have to climb hundreds of steps. the look at it quickly so that my body is already exhausted. and then there are all these steps to hit them, but we've been doing it forever. and it's certainly given a strong muscle of a sealed yellow and there's rarely any running water here. 4 rooms made of wood plywood and corrugated iron for the family of 5. that's all they can afford. mother lcd, luis, is a seamstress. money common brings her donated clothing, which she sells to neighbors. but although money is tight for children have performed in valet shows in miami, barcelona orlando, its life changing. my name is i've learned not to give up, sam as yeah,

if you don't succeed at something, we'll do send it, you keep going until it works or whatever the, the, the comment is on the way to sanction auto pay. if the children can't get to her, she takes the ballet lessons to them. but if there's no other way, no one wants to come here. every weekend, the children attend classes at a youth center, kate and you call help with the teaching the foster and a firm gaze. the seeds for the next generation are being sewn deliberately here. a place where ballet is usually a distant dream. she's always on the go by the common is very

nervous after all the performances in 2 days time. basically you'll see me, i'm you. i told the conductor that i'm afraid his expectations, if the girls are too high and that it's not what he wants, the video. 2 2 the phone call came from him. how he had cut a bony has peruvian roots and plays with frederick winters and in a chamber orchestra in faraway, germany in mines. their aim is to promote talent. they all so want to perform a top class concert in lima. and held, and audition for it is not that i am, we will need it's such a great profession. there's so much now because they would be a shame if they had to give up on their dreams. i think we can help you. yes. okay, that's what the for them is how you love it. the classical music culture is still cutting its teeth and peru says how the rehearsals take place in what looks like a store room. he bought to dot

at honey air. in frederick teach music students for a week, the many of the students juggled the lessons between university lectures and jobs with a 2 hour commute as part of the deal. some of you had made a point of inviting money government to devise a valet accompaniment to the music, a chance for her dancers to perform on a big stage. you have to have a fact on she's working with very, very few resources. she's not just teaching her students ballet, but also a set of very important values and said that i noticed when you put on thing with the quote, the, it's the day before the big concert at the national theatre with 500 guests. but not all, the choreography is on point, and some of the timings are still off. hopefully it all goes well tomorrow,

and i won't have to go on stage because i'm not really allowed. it's making me so nervous. the light is on her way home. she travels between one and 2 hours every day. the street skip, emptier and empty, or the neighborhood rougher as she approaches home. she feels her pulse racing faster today too. there are gang members standing on the street corner. oh yes, i'm scared. you don't know how they're going to look at you, what they'll say to you, how they'll react, then not good people can say must be a, a safe yes. but not a reason to give up on their dreams. and then the big day comes around. but as the musicians head for the theatre,

nicole kates and like to have something else to do, they're selling donated clothing as a weekly market. each item sells for about one euro. the money goes towards travel and performance costs. at the last minute and right during rush hour they had for the national theater. it's crucial that we avoid any chaos. now. they made it the 1st glimpse of the magnificent auditorium. the almost all the shoes have been donated. if they're still usable, they're painted to ensure they all have the same color. the guests have arrived. the instruments are tuned towards the racing and the show begins the

they were given a stage to showcase their talents. and they do just that the opportunity to present themselves. and they, caesar the, they are heard they are seeing the they may not have material wealth, but they have joy, passion, and skill in abundance. a treasure that they give right back to their cash. the looking for more insights and solutions from around the world. if you want to meet the people fighting climate change visits, house on facebook, instagram,

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