this week, t the iact ofof cmate change on pacific islanders' lives. storms and rising sea levels are destroying people's livelihoods. and, a couple in india tell use disability is a ststigma. bubut first, we visit young entrepreneurs in kenya who are creating jobs and bringing hope to communiti on lake vtoria. africa's largest inland body of water is roughly the size of ireland. more than 30 million people live

on its shores, which has drastic effects s on the envnvironment. for decades, the lake was ruthlessly overfished. that has greatly reduced biodiversity. the iucn says more than three quarters of fish species unique totoake victoria are threatene. ththat is destroroying livelihs amonong the local l populationt new kinds of fish farms could help turn the situation around. reporter: this fish tuktuk is arrivingng in nairobi i with ah delicacy that was never so freshly available here. it's brougught a load of tilape ctoria. a new type of coolinbobox in t cargrgo hold makes it possibl. gaudena: beforor we had difficulties becausehehen wead to use the baskets.. noin the baskets we puicice,

and thenen the ice wouould get fininished. and then we haha to look for another place mae e to refl oror just come,e, and that waway yoe really rushihing because y yout to get the fistoto the lads whenhehe fish stitill fsh becacause they're e also vey selective.e. reporter: the fresh tilapia comes from these fish cages in lake v victoria. five y years ago, jujust off e island of f mfangano, brbrothed ster team gilbert und michellem. ththey were the e first to impmt cacage aquultuture he. nonow they're harvrvesting som0 tonsns of fish annnnually, whis put directly on ice. gilbert:e e want tmakeke sur ththat less fishsh is wasted a s harvested. right nonow, almost 6060%, 40o 60% of fisish that is cacaughs lost because of no cold chn.n. so what t we are doioing is wee creating t the cold chaiain fr fifish.

portereran unbroken coldhainin retching all theay f froboat to csusumer.gilblbt: t thatthis way it's'suite heavy. reporter: lake view fisherie uses t latatestechnology, like chelle: it has a coolilingoler e mechanism which isis patented. we'r're using our r technologygy partners.. that keepshe box cool for up to sevenayays. soand d when it's clclosed and d meagages to to o let knowwnd the temperature of the box the whole time. so a at any time, , we are very aware ofof the freshness of te fmfanangano island d before beg transfererred to theirir floag cacas. the mbeos, now based in thu.u.s.

-- michelle is a data analystand the fifish farm in p part fr altruistic r reasons. michchelle: lake v view fisheris not t just my famimily's fish . lake view fisheries is our community's fish farm. this i is where we'r're fro. we want to s see our people, or community that is marginalized, we want to s see our commumuny grow. we want to see thehem be empopowered. we want to see them be able to have food d for their tableses. reportrter: most of f the peopn mfangagano rely on f fishing r ththr livelihood. they've beenoioing it e sasame way y for generatitions, castg their nenets out from m the oe and hauling them in by han vict: nonothin yes, , ev this one. maybybe we can catch nothi i n thisis one, becaususe it is nott there. sometimes wewe can catch e even, two, like ththat. so we susuf.

reporterer: it takes t two houf strenuouous work to rereel ine nets. victor: you see what w was yingng? nonoish. there is no fish. so you see all these people?t. ananthey can't't get money becee nonoish.there e is no fish.. rererter: the days when fishern n here lded d tons of percare long g gone. during the 1980's, lake victoria perch exports were booming. sustainability wasn't a widely known coept backckhen, and t the lake was f fished clean.n. the processing plants lining the shore were forced to shut down. many of mfangano's inhabitants have fallen into poverty.

there isn't t even enough h fisw to eat, let t alone sell f for money. michelle und gilbert mbeo turn a profit with their farms and want to expand their operation. with support from germany's giz development agency, they're buililding a new, , sustainablyy operating g refrigerateded waree to freeze their fish in. this is a compressor.r. gilbert: thehe sun is veryry abundantnt over here.. so what rereally makes s sense o be ablble to power t the colrom using g the sun, and so we stat to not be affected by the e por outatages. soso'm quite excited that we'll bebe able to powower it with sor and we're not too dependent on grid electricity. reporter: the mbeoeos want to tn their fish farm into africa's biggest. and they hoping to win the pepeople of mfanangano over toh farmrming. lbert: what we are hoping to sesee is tt ouour fiing mmunity, this fishing community y that we are frfrom,l now start to see this as a new waway of ung t the le. thth will start to see thehe ast thatat lake victororia is.

porter: ththey're not the e ony beneneficiaries. w these diners in the capitalnh frfrom lake victctoria. host: tropical storms are among the most desestructive weaeatr eventsts. expertrts warn that t as global mperatures rise, storms will bebecome me frfreque and m mor tense. the avere e tempature has been rising forany y dedes. last year s s one ofhe w warst sincnce the start t of recordrd-keeping in n the 19th century. in 2016, cyclone wstston, onof the strongest stormsms ever memeasured, devastated the fii archipelago, with wind speeds of 285 kilometers an hour. living on the coast there is becoming increasingly hazardous.

reporter: vanua a levu, fiji's second-larargest island, i s blessed wiwith fertile v volcc soil. reporter: vanua a levu, fiji's sbut paradise it's not., i s people here are being moved from their homes. one of the evacuees takes us for a nostalgic ride. coming here gives village chief sailosi ramatu a melancholy feeling. we've driven three kilometers down the road and have yet to see a soul. sailosi: when we go ahead to the old site, it brings me all the memories of living there. reporter: nice memories? sailosi: nice memories. it brought me the memories of my parents, all my ancestors of my families, whom we left behind before we relocated to the new site. reporter: ramatu says they will soon be moving the graves of those ancestors, as well.

the ocean has left them no choice. in 2014, the village of vunidogoloa was forced to relocate. once you could see the stilt houses on the other side of the water from here, but not now. the sea spread, water levels rose. an exodus became inevitable. sailosi: when i come and visit my old home, the home that many of us thought in ourselves that we will bebe here, forever. but just because of the sea level rising, flooding, climate change forced us to relocate. reporter: but every crisis also harbors a new beginning. this is the new vunidogoloa. moving inland was the strategy for surviviv.

now the e village sitsts ona hillside two kililometerfromom e moving inland was the strategy ococn as the c crow flies. 32 prefab homes now house the 132 villagers. they've adapted to the new circumstances. chief ramatu thinks it's unfair that the villagers have had to shoulder a third of the relocation costs. but still, he's happy with the outcome. sailosi: we really love this new site because we are away from that very dangerous area, especially the risk for our new generation, for our children. if we go down to the old site, we cannot see e any food crop, any vegetables growing around,

because all the areas have been covered by salt water. reporter: a secure livelihood also provides people with more opportunities. titilia somica was able to travel abroad. there, she found a new calling, installing solar electricity. she received training through a social network. the housewife became a community leader, a woman empowered by solar power. titilia: i went to india and came b back and didid the wirin every house, and all the house lights. and all the people in the village, they were very happy. reporter: the new electric lighting is one example of how people faced with the challenges of climate change can take the initiative to improve their situation. fufurther up the hilill, theye started planting pineaeapple. it's a cash crop, just like the fish they now farm as well.

but still, the new settlement is very different from the old village on the coast. the fish farm is just a murky pond, after all. many of the villagers miss the old life, the smells and the sounds. >> it's a good taste in the sea, but this one, is not tasty. d now herere, we don't have fun times like that. we just come and just get fish and go home. there, we spent time in the sea, then came back home. until the nighttime, then we came back. reporter: dodozens of villllagn fiji's islanands are facininge same fate asas the residenentf vuvunidogoloa. sometimes, like chief ramatu, they go o back to swim in the a and to look at the ruins of their homes.

sailosi: i was born here, we were brought up here, education, all our identity is here. reporter: that identity is also tied to the graves of their ancestors. soon they need to be moved, before the sea claims them as well. host: nearly a billion people worldwide have a disability, around 15% of the population. 80% of disabled peoplele live n developing countries. and there, they often lack the means to lead an independent life. people with disabilities are often socially marginalized. they are less s likely to finih school, more likely to be without work and impoverished. and finding a partner also presents challenges.

reporter: a life filled with moments of pure joy, frustrating challenges, and true love. everything in this kitchen is wheelchair accessible. 30-year-old achla maggo has been a paraplegic since childhood. lilife in india isn't easy for r and her husband, deepak. but at least they've made their ground-floor apartment in delhi disabled-friendly. they can get by without assistance. achla: there's nothing like that. there's no provision, , anythig provided by government for domestic help. so, we havaven't tried yet b bee we know there's noointnt. reporter: achla has been disabled since she was eight, when a surgeon severed a nerve in her back during a botched operation.

achla: it was unbelievably hard. i wondered why i had to suffer while everyone else was leading a normal life. i wanted the ground to swallow me up and often contemplated suicide. i continually asked myself, why me? why did this happen to me? reporter: achla and deepak have overcome many obstacles. deepak was born disabled. in india, families with disabled children don't receive government support. but achlhla and deepak made it through school and university, working their way into the middle class. deepakak: it was a huge strugg. i'm from a poor family and have four siblings.s. money was always tight. it's especially tough for people in india witith that kind of backckground. rereporter: the e couple met onn facebook and married a year ago. indian parents usually arrange

their children's marriages, that isis, unless they are disable. in these cases, family and friends are reluctant to help due to the stigma surrounding handicaps. achla wants to show us what that means for her life. the bus-stop in front of her house is supposed to be disabled-friendly. but it's in a bad state, and wheelchair access is not possible. so achla waits on the street. street hawkers and passers-by starare at the disabled womam. no one offers her help. and even though she's in plain view, the bus drivers don't bother to stop and pick her up. achla: it's always like this. we leave the house in a good mood and head out on our own. but that's where the problems start. there are no wheelchair ramps, and if there are, they're not usable. we can't get onto the buses. the metro is a lot betteter, bt it's really hard just getting into the station.

reporter: achla has a car, which she can drive using only her hands. but last year she had an accident. she didn't drive for a long while after that. but now she's back behind the wheel and driving to work. all being said, achla has a relatively good life. she has a car and a job, unlike most disabled people in india. achla: it's really hard to find a job. i work for the government. that's not bad. but my husband works for a company. it's almost impossible to get a job in the private sector. he had so many interviews. and many bosses say quite openly they won't hire disabled people. reporter: after work, achla maggo is going to a party. it's a kind of a speed-dating night for the disabled. achla is one of the few who is

married here. nevertheless, she wants to meet up with other people who are in a similar situation to her. and of course, have a bit of fun. there aren't a lot of parties like this in india. traditionally, the disabled are too ashamed to go out in public, or are kept out of sight by their families. that's why few have a partner. achla: everybody just expects a normal partner for him or her. mostly the boys and their family expect to have a normal-abled bride. reporter: as the party wraps up, most of the guests head home to relative solitude. but achla's husband is waiting for her. she has luck and love in her life. host: this week in our global ideas series, we head to the

caribbean island of saint lucia. our reporter michael altenhenne put on protective gear before he wento meet s some potentiaialy aggressive creatures. beekeeping is a major ururce of put incocome in villagages on te wento meet island.potentiaialy means s of recoupingng their lo. michael:l: bees are wawalter eds life. he's's been keepining them one isisnd of saint lucia for r ovr 30 yearsrs. whwh the honey harvest is good, it p provides an a adequate ine for hihim and his wiwife. but when a hurricane hits ee isnd, , not ly hisis le, but alalso his livelelihood are inin daer.. they took out a livelihood ototecti insururanceolicy y wi the munichlilimatensuranan initiative. walter: : after thstororm hit, otwithin 24 hours i got t a call

frfrom the insururance companyny telling me i'm entitleled to gea payout. and ththat payouhehelped me e e a lot, because i was able to take care e of my bees and evn myself a at that time.e. michael:l: walter edwiwin's anl premium is the minimum of arou 30 eur. that allllows him to c claim ash as 300 e euros. the cash enabledhehe beeeper to buy syrup, toeinvnvigate his bee cololonies after t the disastrorous storm. bubut tropical storms aren't te only problem he e has to conted with. itit's become haharder for thes to find nectctar, because e the weatather has alsoso become me capricicious. riright now is s supposed to b e saint lucia's s dry season.. but erere are constatant showe.

and thatat means less s honey. wawaer: climate change is affeining us vy mumuch isaint lucia, becauseherere a certain yearwhwhen y get t t much rain.ththent affe. and there e are certain n timeh michael:he t tincaribbeanebeyon. island iseen as tourist paparadf the e population lives belelowe poverty line. bananas s are the islaland's n export, bubut the plantatatione being devastated by storms wit incrsingng freency.. ncent norbert fears the dopopours, wch h have readyy

ooded his fieldseveveral timeme crcropn the process. that'shy h he took out a a livelihood protectioion polic, covering him for the maxim 3000 eos.. his annual p premium is 30300 e. vivincent: whatetever we are g g from i it is really y helpfulr startingng to really r rehab e whwhole field. because if n not, we wouldld hao go to ththbank and g a big loan, whh h the nks nonoally d. agricuure e isery hazardous for , , so t bank k esn't reallyike e toinance them. miael: the german vevernme isisupporting the pilot prprojt with money from its internationanal climate ininitie fund. a team of exexperts is visisig from munich to g gather experire and feedback. the unique aspect of this

insurancnce model is thahat satellllite weather r data ale decides whether or not and how much is paid to claimants. jennifer: : nobody is coming o lolook at your p property to s w much damamage was donene. if thehere was lotot of rainfal or a high wiwind speed, thte probabability that y you had at of damagage is pretttty hig. and d this is why wewe develod this produduct, so that t peopln get an insnstant payout t to p themem start recovering rightt after the e storm strikekes. michael: b but so far there hae been few custotomers. one reason i is the ingraiained mistrurust of insurarance schemn michael: b but so far there hae beene region.otomers. the e projecect team is workinih local insurance companies to reach more people in the caribbean. the e st recent hurricane season pararticular showowed the catastrophic effectsts of clime chan i in the regigion.

roger: maria developed, movedd from a category onhuhurricane eo a category five within less than 12 hours. especially dominica, it really devavastated the island. there's no section of dominica that was spared. michchael: the fishing villagef ansese-la-raye. roger: a anybody can b buy this product. a fisherm, a a farm. michael: thehe insurance r res trtrying to win n over new customers. hehe stresses ththat anyone cace a popolicy, regardrdless of tr profesession. and d that it onlyly takes stg wind or r rain to justify a cla. a lot of people here are skeptical. money for a bit of bad weather? it sounds just too good to be true.. after the informational enent, e fifishern go b bacto theirir work..

they also feel the effects o clime chchangen a dadailbasis as theirir catches grorow smal. that's a r result of incncreag hurricice mashed up my btehaffee ready, the net, shing po, everhihing. but t ght t doesn'hehelp y any m me, so if you have a a little money y one siside, you invevest it bac. sometimemes you have n nothing. michael:l: life has toto go onh or withohout insurancece. these people live with risk dd unrtaiainty. michael:l: life has toto go onh but there is one thing they can count on -- the next tropical tell us what you thought of th show by wrwriting to global3000@dw.com. and check out our facebook page,

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