In Vietnam, local fruit farmers in the Mekong Delta are already gathering outside the government's water distribution center. Their most basic need is under ration due to prolonged drought lasting over 3 months. The water is free but it's strictly allocated on how how much land each farmer owns. Known as the kingdom of fruits, over 1.2 million people in Tiên Giang Province rely on the fertile land for their main source of income. Every season the farmers deal with saline contamination, a natural process in the Delta where salty sea water mixes with freshwater rivers. But this year, rising sea levels and prolonged drought has caused the contamination to last for 3 months longer than normal at an intensity never seen before.
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These are the stories of people living on the front lines of climate change. Communities across Asia are constantly fighting a daily battle where intense heat waves are killing thousands and prolonged droughts are destroying livelihoods. Mega cities have run out of water, while people's homes sink into the sea. This is 24 hours in the lives of those worst affected, and their resilience in the face of crisis.
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