The most habitable planet in the solar system is becoming increasingly less so. Millions of people will need to – and are already – leaving their homes in search of safer ones. Join me in one of over 1000 'ghost villages' in the Himalayas that are being deserted, as I try to understand its impact, and what might be done to slow down the soon-to-be Greatest Migration on Earth.
Credits
Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera: Ishaan Chawla & Braj Kishore
Video Editor: Philipp Czegka
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
#PlanetA #ClimateMigration #GhostVillages
Read more:
Future of the Human Climate Niche: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1910114117
World bank report: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/09/13/millions-on-the-move-in-their-own-countries-the-human-face-of-climate-change
Vulnerability of Indian migrants: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01105-7
Climate migrants and refugees: https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-climate-crisis-migration-and-refugees/
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Why are people leaving?
02:12 The changing monsoon
02:58 Blurry definitions
04:59 Life on the move
06:00 Migrants once more?
06:24 The future of conflict
07:12 The mountains need mountain people
08:12 Potential solutions
09:38 Conclusion
Credits
Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera: Ishaan Chawla & Braj Kishore
Video Editor: Philipp Czegka
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
#PlanetA #ClimateMigration #GhostVillages
Read more:
Future of the Human Climate Niche: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1910114117
World bank report: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/09/13/millions-on-the-move-in-their-own-countries-the-human-face-of-climate-change
Vulnerability of Indian migrants: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01105-7
Climate migrants and refugees: https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-climate-crisis-migration-and-refugees/
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Why are people leaving?
02:12 The changing monsoon
02:58 Blurry definitions
04:59 Life on the move
06:00 Migrants once more?
06:24 The future of conflict
07:12 The mountains need mountain people
08:12 Potential solutions
09:38 Conclusion
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