The earth’s temperature has increased more rapidly in the past 100 years than in all the previous 10,000 years. The forecast is even worse: according to scientists, the temperature increase in the 21st century will be far worse than in the 20th century.
Human activities are at the root of this problem. Our frenetic, reckless, and relentless bid to consume, more than we need to sustain our livelihood, has caused the release of an inordinate amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere with tragic consequences. Today, we grapple with floods, heat waves, droughts, and an unprecedented rise in sea level that is threatening the very survival of nations.
Inevitably, Bhutan too is caught in this quagmire. Located in the Himalayas - dubbed the Third Pole - we are already witnessing tale-tell signs of glacier melt and GLOF, erratic rainfall and water supply, disruptions in our agricultural practices, and the emergence of new pests and diseases, and change in vegetation of the crops, etc.
In collaboration with #ICIMOD, this video entails stories from the mountains of Bhutan and its communities living in Laya and Lingzhi.
This video was also telecasted at COP27 in Egypt.
27 мар 2023
