to do 4 things especially to 1st of all create more transparency on how climate risks are infringing you as a country and every country is exposed for you as a basis in terms of your surprise chain in terms of your locations or whatever it turns parents and also investors that is very important secondly you need to protect your own operations taking care of your own supply chain if you talk about food and agricultural products or flooding of your sites or drought state your workers cannot come to your sites certainly you need to focus on innovation trying to do new products new solutions and as a company you can make money and as a society you are served by those innovations we for example make the oceans more resilient for fishing we make culture and africa more resilient to doubt and to force an amount is that for the sea to advocate for climate mitigation as well as

adaptation and i think there is no country in the world who can escape from that you mentioned investors in your examples that you just gave there for too long businesses have been run for shareholders and to make bosses rich. so how are you going to make this transformation now to say you know the environment is very important as well. well there is no company who can be successful in a world that fails at the end of the day that will hurt you as as a company and the economy was never invented to make money money is a tool tool to all live happily here it all together and the world to stratton's inequality hunger or climate change ravages at cetera so therefore it's in the interests of this is itself therefore it's an interest of the in economic system the resilience of our economic system to go for more value creation than only

shareholder value creation but also for society. and i think more and more companies see that you see the decision table in the united states 10800 companies on the day the c.e.o.'s few weeks ago said hey there are more stakeholders than only to shareholders and of course as companies we are not free on topic organizations we need to make money but there are more interest than only making money and there's more interest than only do short term and addressing climate change fire mitigation and addressing adaptation is in the interest of all countries is in the interest of all companies just to future proof your business and investors investors should be interested in how companies are exposed and what companies are doing to keep the business of also in the long run just looking at the world around you right this very moment in time the kind of the global economy

slowing. and there's a trade war going on between the united states and china which is have an impact on a lot of other countries how is the affecting you how is it affecting the world what's your opinion as to what's going on. well let's have a look to what's happening in the worlds of ways all the trade issues political tension i think if we look back a little bit globalization is an essential part of our economic system it basically our economic system is based on specialization you are better in this i'm better in saying and let's exchange said the end of the day that is the essence of our economic system traits specialisation and globalization brought for asperity for many countries in the world for billions of people but not for all countries and not for all people in all countries and we need to do now is not put a fence around countries or businesses but making globalization more inclusive for

all that this to way to go because globalization is i think the absence of our economy because it is based on the specialization model and you see a little bit at this moment that people try to build fences around saying i see that as a temporarily movement we as a company because we especially in food are not so much hurt by that at this very moment but is not a good sing and it is not the right for reaction from a correct observation that globalization did not bring prosperity for all make it more inclusive. that was fake talking to our economics editor well as we mentioned one industry that is facing the challenge of adapting to climate change is the auto industry germany's b.m.w. has been one of the earlier movers in producing electric cars it currently stands number 4 behind tesla and 2 chinese companies in terms of sales i just finished

dominic cain spoke with the b.m.w. board member peter not or at the frankfurt motor show mr norton looking at this motor share and indeed looking at the motor vehicles we can see here does your company see a generational shift in the way that young people to see the motor industry and motor vehicles and what they used for a one of the biggest changes is that younger consumers really value new and different elements of vehicle like connectivity in and around the car the way they can integrate seamlessly that they still live into the car and it's good to be in w groove we are really leading the pack there with our connected drive so that is something we also see a lot of awards that we win as a brand for that at the same time young consumers are also more open for for example sharing concepts and with our drive now concept for example we have set the

tone there as well and now in our cooperation in the joint venture with di maria continuing that a few years ago people spoke about hybrid vehicles as being the future and yet now more and more companies are saying no electric is the way to go totally electric to use the german phrase they want to move away from favor hannah from fossil fuel fuel burning vehicles towards electric b.m.w. appears to be going that way why at the b.m.w. group you very much believe in what we call the power of choice so we actually deliver various drive trains to our customers depending on their needs because. we believe that impact true impact as a positive impact on climate change will only be delivered if customers want and use these products and it can differ from country to country from use case to use case so in urban areas a bettery power it's electric vehicle might be to solution and we have great

solutions there with our b.m.w. i 3 with our mini electric and next year also with our b.m.w. x 3 a fully electric version of our most popular b.m.w. x 3 but we also offer a plug in hybrids we've electrified with plug in hybrids almost and our entire range from the 2 series all the way up to our top model 7 series for our customers and 60 drive longer distances and wants to be able to drive electric in an urban area in a city but also want to have the ease of mind with efficient combustion engine to drive longer distances we're also working on new technologies towards the future we show here in france for our b.m.w. i hydrogen next with fuel cell technology so you feel that your company is ready for climate change and can actually make a difference as absolutely so we believe in the power of choice and it's a true customer centric attitude we deliver what the customer wants and can use and

with that we will have the biggest positive impact on the climate change and looking at another global fund to these days the trade is the trade war hurting yourself hurting the automotive industry as well of course as a b.m.w. group we are a global operator we very much favor frictionless trade also free trade without terrorists but we have a very global production edwards with we have our biggest plants in spartanburg in the us in south carolina but we also production here in europe and also in china so . well set up also for a world where there might not always be frictionless trades but of course we wish for and cole a phone call from and to enable frictionless trade because we believe that creates most value for our customers as well speaking of frictionless trade one issue right now which is dominating the debate it seems in the united kingdom but also to

a certain extent in the e.u. is braggs it's what do you see many people in the u.k. it always said all well german come makers will still want to sell their products is that really a factor for b.m.w. for other german company his b.m.w. group we are very much committed to the u.k. is an important market to sell our great cars but also it's the home of 2 of our festen it's in brands many and rolls royce so we're committed to the u.k. we produce many in oxford's we recently launched our mini electric to be produced in oxford starting this november but we call on the politicians to make an end to this period of uncertainty because uncertainty is not good for business and enable to enable further successful production from oxford's we need clarity and also we wish for is situation where the restriction is straight across the channel

and what does that mean for jobs because certainly other german company factors so for example folks have concerns that shifting towards electric cars in the production of electric cars might not necessarily mean the end of many jobs but it might threaten the jobs are you confident that with all the things that your company has in place that jobs are secure while there might be a shift in the type of jobs that will be needed to worth's the future also in electrification further against around but it will also create jobs in other areas we talked about productivity in and around the car so. we already have thousands of highly skilled software engineers within the b.m.w. group that are important to deliver on those customer needs but another from b.m.w. management will thank you very much our president trump has delayed by 2 weeks a plan tariff on some chinese goods are the beijing decided to exempt some u.s. cancer drugs and other goods from new levies trump said he liked to reach an

agreement to end the trade war which has been going on for more than a year now a both sides have increased and added tariffs in recent weeks affecting global markets and supply chains but despite some disruption there are also opportunities for business is in asia a scott higher reports now from bangkok. with trade negotiations between the world's 2 biggest economies still a work in progress china's close and reliant neighbors are feeling the impact. on the outskirts of bangkok wrote the poem runs a house where a company started by his father the medium sized business is heavily dependent on china factories their supply raw materials wrought upon uses to manufacture products for his thai customers the trade war is costing him money but despite that he sees an upside. down i think is a benefit to be made china may have all the materials that are needed but here we

have skilled labor who know the we can export our products without going through china worry about the trade war in one high profile case thailand has actually won new business as a result of chinese tariffs on u.s. goods u.s. motorcycle giant harley davidson announced that it's moving the manufacturing of its china bound bikes from the u.s. to thailand by the end of the year this to avoid tariffs levied on imports of american vehicles. the company had actually opened a factory in thailand before the trade war to supply the growing east asian market but an economic advisor to one of thailand's largest companies warns of a threat not just to thailand but to the global supply chain if china and the us can't settle their differences soon. clear going to last longer they're going to have. a long lasting chanting of the team. that you seem to me going to be become more in the now in the now

rice that you called on me. that means china will rely less on neighboring countries for materials and goods producing more of its own that be bad news for countries like thailand its largest export market is china the economy here relies heavily on its big neighbor to the north so businesses could be forced to recalibrate their supply chains it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok and that is our show for this week remember you can get in touch with us by tweeting me at and use the hashtag a j c t c when you do drop us an email counting the cost that. is our address as always you can visit us online at www dot com slash c.t.c. that take you straight to our page which has individual sports links and entire episodes for you to catch up on. that is it for this edition of counting the cost has a secret from the whole team here thanks for joining us the news on al-jazeera is

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a potential. a disaster that would would go way beyond. pakistan's prime minister sounds the alarm over india's violations of human rights in the kashmir region. striking workers bring much of the transport system in paris to a standstill and the dispute over pension reforms and as involved way it prepares to bury its founding father families of those killed and disappeared are demanding . heavy rains and strong winds are threatening to disrupt search and rescue efforts in the bahamas after hurricane dorian devastated parts of the islands the national hurricane center is warning of a potential new tropical storm within the next 36 hours parts of the bahamas were hit hard by a powerful hurricane sandy 2 weeks ago at least 50 people were killed and more than

a 1000 are still missing. i lost my son and his family besides his wife. and kids. one of those things heartbroken but life goes on. thank god for. that. he said that to keep moving. up the pieces of luck bit by bit one day out of. bed by aren't this money and she got me so. so use able to make it up here and i thank god i thank god that my brother. where i gave the olympic games you know i lose so much of my family members and i'm really thankful for my brother. if that's my when you know me you know so i had to i had to come and make sure that he's ok.

correspondent allen festa his life rests in the capital in a sound and i believe the u.n. secretary general has just met the prime minister on the bahamas and we were just there as well what did they discuss. well he's been here looking at the place that is housing at the moment around 1200 people who have been displaced by this storm i just want to show you something if you just move the camera over here you'll see that people are lining up behind a car that is just a local person from the capital here has driven up with some food and we've seen this a few times over the last couple of hours and they're just handing out and they will give a little bit to everyone until it all runs out issues so people here are trying to help those who have been left with a great deal less as we come to the end of another day when the people in there are wondering when they'll ever get back home if they'll ever get back home certainly we had from the prime minister and he believes that people in grand bahama and

albacore are. getting ready for the storm they know it's coming their way they're hoping that it might just be in a way at the last minute but incredibly hurricane dorian might provide some good news there because the hurricane was so strong it chand up the sea and it dropped the sea temperatures from what it normally is at this time of year and that is what superchargers these hurricanes and so because the sea temperature is less there is the possibility that the rain and the wind might not be as strong and that means the damage of course might not be quite so bad this actually general as we see was in here and this gymnasium and. he said there's a message to the world that this is happening far too often that these storms are becoming much too intense and there has to be something done about climate change he knows he's going to be welcoming a slew of world busy leaders to new york in the next week or so he'll be there for the u.n. general assembly he is saying they have got to come with plans rather than.

speeches because speech is on helping the people here and will help the victims of the next disaster or the disaster after that allan how are people coping there because there are still so many people missing and presumably even if this new tropical storm doesn't hit land it is going to disrupt any kind of recovery and rescue efforts. well they can batten down the high choose for the next 36 hours everything will be on hold the number of missing is it 1300 that figure hasn't changed in the last 24 hours or so but there is a bright spot they've managed to get new telecoms communications into the 2 islands that were hit the watched and they believe that improved communication might bring that number down because they might then be able to compare and contrast the names on the island with the names on databases of people who have been found and who have been reported lost here in the so so there is hope that that figure may indeed

come down the prime minister says that the people in these islands of already started building temporary shelters the government of course is going to provide shelters for anyone who may be caught up in the storm but the big problem here is he says that the people have to go back and rebuild their islands here people are wondering how you would even begin to do that because many of them say that house no longer exists it was simply washed away the typhoon that they came from no longer exists it was simply washed away how can you go back and rebuild where you have nowhere to start that process so they're looking for help from the government the government is looking for help from the international community and the international community till this point has been here in numbers but they're hoping that this isn't one of those tragedies that people remember for 2 weeks and then is suddenly forgotten particularly as we're still a few weeks away from the end of hurricane season in the caribbean and the south of the united states. in the bahamas across that story for us from the south thank you

allan. connors activists back has joined demonstrations in washington d.c. protesting outside the white house for grace action on climate change a 16 year old and dozens of other of how the banners and gave speeches demanding that press conference address the crisis have a tangle has. but a firm that began their climate strikes every friday preparing to protest outside the swedish parliament for urgent action on climate change rather than attend school and that's become a global phenomenon now on this friday she joined students in the washington d.c. area for their school friday climate strike outside the workers who have a great 2 home for every single mom i'm so. i think and the fact that i love. him.

so very overwhelming. so that's why we will continue to. see that point of a 20 year. old girl so this is just a precursor to what's happening next frightening september the 20 years not just students walking out of class but a general strike adults walking out of their workplaces demoting action on climate change in the days before a u.n. summit on the issue in new york. now american actress for the state huffman will spend 2 weeks in jail for choosing the u.s. college admissions process now she pleaded guilty to paying $15000.00 to rig her daughter's college entrance exam results halfman is the 1st parent to be sentenced among the 50 people indicted in a scam helping children getting guest spots in top u.s. colleges well let's speak to pedro noguera who is a professor of education at the university of california in los angeles his

research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions and he joins us now via skype from l.a. padrón going to start by asking you to explain how this scandal this scam worked this wasn't just about kids getting into college this was rich kids getting into college. that's right this is about wealthy families using money to bribe officials or to pay for someone to take an exam for their child so that they could get into some of the elite universities in the country and there are coaches involved because many of these were getting it under athletic scholarships although they were not athletes and people now fail like the punishments the rest are trying to say handed out justice to what's happened because there are still ways to what the system with big donations and and other things absolutely and i don't think this i mean i preach hate the fact that this actress at least admitted their guilt 2 weeks you will get more time in jail for stealing

a loaf of bread then for what she's done so that the consequences are quite minimal but at least she did admit her guilt but the problem is much bigger than this it's been known for a long time that wealthy individuals can make donations to a college and certainly their children are admitted and that's not considered a bribe that's just the way the system works so we have a real problem with respect to how access to college is determined and the way in which wealth and privilege makes the process even more unfair than it already is but i want to ask you more about that culture around admissions to ivy league and out a prestigious universities can you talk us through the demographics of the students pressing who are getting into these kinds of institutions i expect they've been changing fairly dramatic care they is. yeah despite the fact that we claim to have a merit a credit system meaning that those who are there with the best grades and scores are the ones who get end in fact we've had for many many years probably from you

know almost as long as these instructions been in existence is that individuals whose wealth and connections have great much greater access than individuals who are simply coming from more humble backgrounds but they have ability and that's because the these especially the private institutions depend heavily on the support of wealthy donors for to so say in the university but we've seen recently that this is happening in public universities as well as u.c.l.a. the institution i'm a part of was also part of this scandal and so what we see because of the pressure on families to try to get their kids into top colleges we're seeing that the stakes are high and individuals are willing to go even to take illegal action on ethical action to get their children to secure a spot for their children to try but if you go south from tom brown back i think that's cool as someone who actually had to get on how do warfare about off. well i

understand why there is this great anxiety about getting into these elite schools it does make a difference when you go to an elite university it opens doors you later and we know that not only does do people with more with more college with college degrees earn more than those without but if you go to an elite college your ability to earn more and to get into elite graduate schools is significantly better so i benefited from that and so they're trying to stand why families would be clamoring for this chance but i also know that the system is rigged we have a very unequal educational system so those who are going to elite private schools and public schools already have an advantage from very early on in their lives and then when you're on top of that when you look at the ways in which wealthy families can invest in their children and secure private tutors and do other things to enhance their chances of getting in.