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The young people fighting to save their culture from the climate

2025/6/19
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Hannah Gelbart
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Muntadhar Abdul Ali
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Hannah Gelbart: 我认为气候变化正在使我们失去重要的文化传统和与祖先的联系，世界各地的文化和身份认同正受到气候变化的侵蚀。我们需要关注气候变化对文化遗产的影响，并采取措施保护这些珍贵的遗产。 Maya Natuk: 我认为土地对于理解我的文化以及它如何与我作为格陵兰人的身份联系起来至关重要。我们的文化和道德是围绕自然及其原则建立的。如果冰川继续加速融化，我无法再接触到它，这将对我和我的身份认同产生重大影响。失去冰川就像失去我们自己的一部分，失去与祖先的联系，失去我们曾经的生活原则，我们将无法像过去那样亲近自然，自然社区会失去我们自己的一部分，也会失去彼此的一部分。我一直鼓励格陵兰人保持坚强，为自己是谁而自豪，因为我们的人数如此之少，在当今时代成为格陵兰人几乎是罕见的。 Muntadhar Abdul Ali: 我小时候经常乘父亲的船在沼泽地的小岛上探险，为自己是沼泽阿拉伯人而感到自豪。沼泽阿拉伯人的房屋完全由自然材料建成，只需一两天就能在家人帮助下完成。我们只在沼泽地里养水牛，水牛依赖沼泽的水和植物，水牛产奶可以出售，但现在缺水。现在我们需要购买过滤水给水牛饮用，因为沼泽里的水盐度太高，水牛饮用会导致死亡。我永远不会离开沼泽地，即使沼泽地完全干涸，我也不会离开，因为我出生在沼泽地，我的父母也来自沼泽地。我会继续讲述沼泽地的干旱问题，气候变化以及最近发生在沼泽地的事情，因为如果我离开沼泽地，谁来为沼泽地发声呢？ Abiona Boja: 我认为气候变化不仅影响海平面和野生动物，也威胁着文化遗产。全球化也是对传统文化的一大威胁，人们接触到其他文化和身份，对自己的文化不再感兴趣，尤其是美国文化、Netflix和TikTok的兴起对人们产生了影响。我们需要强调教育的重要性，让年轻人了解自己的文化遗产和身份，即使他们被迫搬迁，至少也能坚守这些。

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Climate change is impacting cultural heritage worldwide. Rising temperatures, melting ice, and rising sea levels threaten traditions like yak herding in the Himalayas and fishing in Iraq's marshes. UNESCO recognizes cultural heritage loss as a significant concern, with 733 examples of intangible heritage at risk.
  • Rising temperatures are impacting the Himalayas, making it difficult to herd yaks.
  • The drying up of marshes in Iraq is impacting the traditional way of life of the Marsh Arabs.
  • UNESCO has identified 733 examples of cultural heritage at risk due to climate change.

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Climate change is one of the biggest issues of our time. Warmer weather and melting ice is forcing people and animals to migrate but it’s also threatening traditions.

Myths, dances and national dishes - we’ve all got distinctive, defining customs that we would never want to lose. So what are people across the world doing to keep hold of their identities?

BBC journalist Abiona Boja explains how cultural heritage loss is affecting young people across the globe. We hear from Muntadhar Abdul Ali about the droughts in Iraq’s marshes. And Maya Natuk tells us how rising temperatures in Greenland are affecting people’s sense of identity there. They explain the actions they’re taking to save their cultural traditions from extinction.

Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: Abiona Boja, Benita Barden and Julia Ross-Roy Video Journalist: Baldeep Chahal Editor: Verity Wilde