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日本語 · N1

気候変動と地方の再生

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As extreme heat and torrential rain become routine, rural farming and mountain villages stand on the front line of climate change.
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The once-predictable turn of the seasons is now transforming into an unreadable gamble.
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For hamlets already gasping under aging and labor shortages, extreme weather is a blow that shakes their very survival.
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Even so, young newcomers taking on terraced-rice preservation and woodland restoration can be seen across the country.
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What they bring is not mere labor, but values fundamentally different from the city's.
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Local production and consumption of renewable energy, and vacant-house conversion into exchange hubs, are also advancing.
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Public support programs are indispensable, yet no sustainable system can be built without on-the-ground wisdom.
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Adapting to the climate crisis is a technical challenge and, at the same time, a challenge of retying community bonds.
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Instead of lamenting depopulation, the time has come to envision a new prosperity premised on a shrinking population.
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Rural revitalization is nothing less than a shift toward a society that tolerates diverse ways of life — not a rivalry with Tokyo.

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