The Gathering Storm - the human cost of climate change

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IRIN Films, in association with the UN Environment Programme, have announced the launch of three more short films as part of their ongoing series on the human cost of climate change Focusing on Asia, these films highlight the threat to Vietnam’s coastal mangrove forests, the dwindling fish stocks of Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, and the innovative introduction of floating schools to flood-prone Bangladesh.

From a Sherpa village high up in the Nepal Himalayas where villagers are struggling to find fresh supplies of water now that glaciers have melted and farmers in the south of Nepal who have been forced to turn their back on rice production in favour of bananas, to an army of Buddhist monks replanting forests in Cambodia, these short videos tell some of the stories of how climate change is affecting communities throughout Asia.

To watch the videos, go here.

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