Global warming is threatening Bangladesh’s coast. But..

the area’s tens of millions of residents don’t want to move.

There are no movie theaters in this remote village in southwestern Bangladesh, not far from the Indian border, and few families own a television. So theater, popular across South Asia, is a favorite entertainment. But the catchy tunes and high drama of this particular show, called “Environmental Thinking: Where Will We Go?” announce a grave warning. In the play, a community struggles to withstand floods, storms and saltwater intrusion caused by global warming — a scenario that is unfolding, slowly, in this very village.

“If the flood comes, what will happen to us? There will be a shortage of drinking water. We’ll suffer from ailment and disease,” the opening song goes. “In starvation and malnutrition, all people will die. Ducks, chickens, cows and goats, none will exist anymore.”

Salon through Climate Ark