Life in the shadow of climate change

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Nguyen Duc Quang has lived in Hoa Binh village in Vietnam his whole life. Along with fellow villagers, he mainly lives off fishing and rice cultivation. The sense of community in Hao Binh is strong and they help each other out, he says. But, like people all over Vietnam, the villagers are facing increasing hardship as a result of extreme weather: typhoons, droughts and floods have become the norm.The German development agency GIZ is working with local authorities to help Vietnamese people adapt to the new reality by reducing dependence on rice cultivation, which is water-intensive, and fishing — and promoting other ways to earn a living. They're also working with villagers on planting trees to protect against strong winds, for instance. Two model villages are leading the way.

A film by Kerstin Schweizer

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Length
05:22 Minutes

Date of publication
2018

Project

Mainstreaming of ecosystem based adaptation into the national climate change adaptation strategy and into land use and development of Viet Nam

Global Ideas

The television reports and documentaries of Deutsche Welle's 'Global Ideas' media project provide people all over the world with information on model projects which implement biodiversity and climate protection. The media project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through the International Climate Initiative.