Tag: coastal
Indian women plant thousands of mangrove trees to defend coastal villages against cyclones
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube More than 4.5 million people living in India’s Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, rely on a protected embankment. Fuelled by climate change, more powerful cyclones have battered the coastal area recently. With the help of a local non-profit organisation and the West Bengal government, a project has been set up focusing on women with the…
US coastal cities trying to hold back rising sea levels
As the UN climate summit enters its final days in Scotland, there has been disappointment from activists who say commitments have not gone far enough. And as climate change accelerates rising sea levels, threatening lives and livelihoods, the US city of Miami is stepping up efforts to withstand rising sea levels. Al Jazeera’s Andy Gallacher reports from Miami in the US state of Florida. –…