this is g.w. news live from berlin climate change moves up the corporate and political agenda in germany school strikers come from fossils at one of the country's biggest energy generators as a southern city becomes the first in germany to declare a climate emergency. in her last race before a controversial rule change in track and field caster semenya overwhelms the competition in the eight hundred metres.

i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us we start with grassroots initiatives around the world that are putting climate change on top of the agenda the environmental youth movement started by the sixteen year old swedish activist credit card has inspired young people in many countries more than a million students have taken part in school strikes to demand action against climate change one group of german students turned out today to pressure bosses at the annual shareholders meeting of the power generator art of u.e. . these students are skipping school for climate protection with posters and chants the fridays for future youth movement as well as environmental activists trying to rack up the pressure on german energy company r. w. e. today the protesters didn't go unnoticed by the company's top management in essen freitas for future a fridays for a future is adding

a topic to today's agenda that's making everyone aware of the issue but making demands also means doing something unfortunately it seems to me that feasible action gets short shrift in many debates are corporate leadership plans to restructure the company in fact it's supposed to purchase solar and wind based electricity provider and on this year this should help r.w. ease investment value and polish its image for louise annoyed by our it's a step in the right direction but it's not enough she was able to express her view in a speech given to top management and shareholders during our w e's annual shareholders meeting. every i.r. w.-e. has been saying it wants to be greener for a long time but hasn't been doing anything instead it's continuing to invest in coal based energy and robbing people in villages of their livelihoods and they used to and the young protesters are demanding that our w e completely exit coal based energy by twenty thirty and shut down

a quarter of its called power to energy stations by the end of twenty nineteen r w e counters that it is providing jobs that the older generations need so as this new generation of climate worriers having any effect miranda is a professor of environmental and climate policy at the technical university of new nick and she joins us for more on the story home around is there any conclusive evidence that these fridays for future rallies are really affecting government policy. i hadn't seen that kind of attention given to climate movements that this is not my just getting in a long long time and i think that really suggests something is happening we've seen the british parliament recently announce a climate declaration of climate emergency this city of constance in germany has just added its name as the first german city to announce that klein an emergency number see no world going transit is los angeles think. they're also going in the same direction and so i think we really see and movement here that has caught on in

a way if you were there movements. you mentioned the british parliament how much do you think that was attributed to the climate activists like big things and rebellion movement that we've seen disrupting public transport there for example. well i think i think that's exactly right that the disruption is caught the media's attention and i think that's really the strategy that both of these groups are taking their their cash very needy attention and forcing the media to pay attention to an issue that's really assume very big and important but often gets pushed off and everybody thinks oh we can worry with this about this later and i think what these these groups are sane is now extinction extinction rebellion when they're talking about what's the future of the planet and can human survive on it if we don't hurry up into something about climate change and in the stratosphere future they're talking about the same thing they want to know that they're going to have

a reasonable quality of life in the in the future and not be constantly impacted by hurricanes and storms and the super hot temperatures in the summertime water droughts they're looking at a bleak future we don't very often take minute change seriously and as you said miranda a lot of momentum behind it is that grassroots initiatives what about the other side of the debate we heard our c.e.o. saying that carbon based technology is necessary to keep older workers in jobs so what do you say to that. i sympathize with those workers but i'm sorry this is been a discussion we've been having for decades and our w e n other big energy companies have known that their time is running out and actually it's a run out it's really really time to make this change and the number of workers in the coal industry is not that large anymore we're talking about thirty thousand workers in germany maybe a few more if you have the truck drivers who were transporting the coal but

realistically this isn't a big industry anymore not in the way that renewable energy is or energy efficiency we need to be shifting into the technologies of the future and maybe finding compensation for those who are in the wrong industries today but we need to and we need to take these kids seriously and recognize climate change is a very very serious problem. already said that there we need to take these kids seriously but what is needed to change the more general attitude towards climate and the importance of climate change among the more general population you know i think one of the things that's changing now is more and more people are becoming aware that climate change is a bigger problem in that they realized and the other thing they're starting to realize is that there are ways that we can deal with it and climate change is a it's a big problem but it's a solvable problem and there's going to be a lot of new industrial activity around climate change so there's going to be new

jobs in this field we're already seen at there's more jobs in renewables and there are in coal there's more jobs in energy efficiency in building efficiency than there is in coal and actually if we don't take these kinds of tax problem seriously other countries little and that will affect the long term competitiveness of our countries as well china's moving fast and furious on the development of electric mobility we need to be doing the same. brenda shreyas a professor of environmental and climate policy at the technical university of munich thank you very much for joining us on. as we heard there constance in southern germany has become the first city in the country to declare a climate emergency a follow similar moves and can have our britain and switzerland in constance the local fridays for future demonstrations played a big role in moving climate change to the top of the agenda. we'll strike until you act since february these students in konstanz had been on strike to demand the

declaration of a climate emergency yesterday that happened the city council said it would put climate issues before political decisions long overdue said the students who held their first press conference today. as i am i but not going to knows enough is being done it's urgent that much more should happen in constance's a rather prosperous city a city with no money fracturing we actually have the ideal conditions to be a pioneer but that's not where we are yes so something needs to happen the city of constance is a popular tourist destination on lake constance with climate change it now wants to tackle its traffic problem the city council has also set goals for climate neutral energy supply and energy efficient construction the mayor wants an annual report on the progress made in climate protection and its polices on a glass yesterday we made a unanimous statement that is crystal clear politically the council and the mayor

are fully behind it and will not back down i think our political commitment will be the decisive factor even though it will cause us headaches and they will clearly be conflicts conflict against climate protection as the top priority something the students and politicians in constants now agree on. cyclon funny has battered india's eastern coastline with winds blowing at more than two hundred kilometers an hour it's one of the biggest storms to hit the region in decades claiming several live so far the cyclon is also likely to cause widespread disruption in bangladesh where more than two million people are supposed to be moved to safety. they knew it was coming. india's coastal state of addition was braced for the worst of. more than a million people were evacuated ahead of the storm but the coastal resort of poori still suffered extensive damage. the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the

storm left chaos behind it which is expected to weaken over the coming hours storage he says still warning people to be careful along the coastline. we had just the people not to go inside the a.c.v. scotty does that because if you do now you're high sensitive so you have just come to the police and you see a sun on there the envy out of people that are creating the all the local people and the viewers not to. be. and that is dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in and to show you have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. let's get a round about some other stories making headlines around the world results from britain's local council elections show a dramatic fall in support for teresa mayes governing conservative party with almost all seats declared the conservatives have lost more than one thousand three hundred the main opposition labor party has lost eighty one commentator say the

results reflect the public's frustration with the deadlock over brags that. new zealand police have arrested a thirty three year old man after they found ammunition and a suspected explosive device at a vacant property in christ church that's the same where a gunman killed fifty one people at two mosques in march police said a bomb squad had to close the device six. sports now on the one of the match weekend opened with like six six match winning streak coming to an end they did manage to gain a point in a three three draw with minds lucas custom on scored twice as likes it built a three one lead but they couldn't hold onto it and they now look unlikely to move up from third place by the end of the season. olympic champion caster semenya has won her last eight hundred meter race before the introduction of rules that limit testosterone levels in certain female track athletes worlds she had challenged in court but lost on the track of the heart the tar she won this was the season opener

at the professional track and field tour known as the diamond league and the south african was running in her favorite event she led almost from start to finish but if she wants to continue running the eight hundred meters the rules now stipulate she must take drugs to reduce her naturally occurring testosterone levels. let's get more of the story only mottaki of did of his forces with his highly mum would you take away from this race it's indicative of just how complex this entire topic is i mean what exactly makes a champion you know it's more than just having higher testosterone levels and you also have to applaud her mental strength i mean she won indoor two days after losing her appeal you know at cass at the court of arbitration for sport and i can't even imagine what she's going through i mean as a woman i mean you can also imagine imagine if you're thrown into the spotlight and people are questioning your gender your very identity your essence of who you think

you are and for so many it won't get any easier because starting next week she will have to if she wants to continue racing in the eight hundred meters she will have to take the testosterone reducing drugs so do you think this might have been her last race is so much uncertainty right now regarding semenya i mean after the race she was asked if she should take the medications and she would he cried give her a very serious answer with a smile all she said was hell no that's an illegal method and then of course yesterday she posted this cryptic tweet where she hinted at possibly an early retirement knowing when to walk away is wisdom being able to is courage and walking away with your head held high is dignity but then again today after the race when asked about that treat about the earlier. i am and she said look i'm too young i'm only twenty eight and then i see myself racing in athletics for another ten years but given that the rule does go into effect next week what options does she have exact issues he's left with not

a lot of options i mean she could take the drugs but the drugs also have health risks i mean the world medical association which is made up of doctors from one hundred fourteen national associations even they. the associations not to implement these. testosterone limiting rules saw another option of course for many is that she could change events that mean she could switch over to the five thousand readers with these rules these new i w f rules don't apply they only apply from the four hundred meters to the one mile and interestingly the esthetics south africa might appeal and they have thirty days to decide if they take the matter to the surface federal tribunals or at a very complex story they're talking from dubious for thank you so much. now coming up on d w business a game of thrones fans have been pouring into the croatian city of dubrovnik and overwhelming the locals genoud them along we'll have that story and all of your

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