Thematic Report – Environmental issues in Films – ‘The Real Environmental Disaster’- Thomas Aders

I saw this capturing documentary on You Tube. 

It states that there shall be mass exodus of people from developing countries due to environmental catastrophes, like Draught, Floods, and Hurricanes. The mankind is living at the brink. The developed industrialised nations pollute the poor nations. 

Its’ ironical that some people are fleeing rising waters others draughts. The population of earth will touch 10 Billion, Greenhouse gases are rising & the temperature of Earth is rising.

Many villages are sinking & are under water throughout the year in Indonesia. The reporter takes us to a school in Indonesia where over half the students do not attend classes due to water in the classrooms. Children sits with their legs in water. The school teacher believes that in next 5-6 years the school will submerge & village will be abandoned. 

Jakarta situated at the island of Java, is the capital is also suffering. Dadap, a slum near the airport gets sub-merged regularly, sometimes for over a week. Districts closest to the coast face the most problems. Ocean level continue to rise, land is collapsing and heavy rains are becoming more frequent. Around one-thirds of Jakarta in below sea level. The government plans to build a sea wall of around 50 Kilometres in order to protect it but only 6 Kilometres are built.

100 Kilometres away from Jakarta, there used to be coffee plantations and very profitable too. But now it is dropping. The plantations have fallen by 60%. The reason is climate change. It is dry in the rainy season & it rains in dry season.

Such climate change events may force over 40 million to flee Indonesia.

Subsequently the documentary moves to Russia & Nigeria.

The climate change is real & its’ happening. Many people do not believe this but now it’s’ high time that we learn lessons & I think it is the duty of developed nations to support the developing nations so that they may fight this menace.

The link of the video on You Tube is given below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4Uv9_7KJE 

Fleeing climate change - the real environmental disaster | DW documentary