Små videofilm kan være et effektivt middel til at hjælpe tørke- eller oversvømmelsesramte bønder til at forstå deres situation og tilpasse eksempelvis valg af afgrøder til de nye vejrforhold. Røde Kors og Røde Halvmåne har gode erfaringer med metoden.
JOHANNESBURG, 12. april 2010 (IRIN): More intense and more frequent floods, droughts and storms generated by the unfolding impact of climate change are hitting millions of people, especially in rural areas in developing countries, yet many are unaware of the growing danger because climate change is hard to understand, and even fewer are prepared to deal with it.
On the other hand, humanitarian organizations and governments have piloted several successful projects to help vulnerable rural farmers adapt to a future characterised by bad-tempered weather.
Pablo Suarez, associate director of the Hague-based International Red Cross and Red Crescent Climate Centre, commented in an article that it was not ‘feasible to dispatch technical experts to every location with poor people threatened by climate risks’.
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