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propose to make the suv. come. up some stupid people. what ideas do they have the future. g.w. dot com for can make a serious film to give himself a clear cut answer. to . california's landmark gig economy law goes into effect could it all sharin big changes for tech firms like hoover and what expense for freelancers some of whom say they're already losing clients. also on the show french workers are up in arms over pension reforms for young tech entrepreneurs say the country is doing right by them. and we'll talk to american author jeremy rifkin who argues the u.s.

needs to massively overhaul its economy to become greener. this is your business report i'm stephen burns in berlin it's good to have you with us california both one of the world's largest economies raking close to the u.k. in total annual output or g.d.p. that's what multinational firms pay close attention to regulations in the state and that's why the world is watching california's new gig economy law which went into effect wednesday the measure aims to protect freelance and contract workers by requiring many to be reclassified as employees but there's a lot of controversy around the law. the new california law says some independent workers will have to be treated as employees that means they'd be entitled to minimum wage overtime payments and benefits including health care before the law took effect workers for companies like it were classified as independent contractors as a result right hailing company and korea company post might launched

a joint legal action against the state of california they argue that the law is unconstitutional and will kill the gig economy which makes their business models possible by also say they can't afford to pay social security and health plans for those who work for them meanwhile some contract workers have complained that their clients have dropped them as a result of the new law apt deiced jobs were 1st tiled as a way for workers to pick up a little extra to make ends meet but for many workers they're now the sole source of income despite the long hours low pay and lack of security or benefits. french trade unions have called for more strikes this month after president manuel mccall pledged to continue with his plan to reform the country's pension system because of the government wants to compromise with unions they want the government to abandon its plan to install a uniform retirement system in place of dozens of industry specific plants

nationwide strikes have crippled public transport in recent weeks further strikes would come as schools and businesses start back up following the christmas new year break. them across may not be the most popular man on present streets but things look different station in paris that's a start up campus that's home to hundreds of small tech businesses and where young entrepreneurs say france is doing everything right by them. paris is trying a fresh approach to startups in this unconventional work space young entrepreneurs are encouraged to think outside the box the 34000 square meters station f. claims to be the world's biggest startup compas with a 1000 firms president emanuel mccall hopes the accelerator will help ours compete with silicon valley. we have a unique situation we have startups in large u.s. european and asian companies shot of the projects right from the start having all

of this under one roof is unique. at this german startup they keep their boxing gloves close in hand but they prefer to leave the actual sporting side to their clients they're working on an online platform for athletes and they say paris is the ideal environment. for his french government has made it very easy for foreign companies to set up a business here lucky that the french president is young dynamic and committed to startups. the french government wants to lure global entrepreneurs with tax breaks and by cutting red tape that's why this is a start up set up a subsidiary office at the station have compass they help holiday makers find a skipper for sailing trips. and you've got the 2 critical very very quickly. and to start

a business. they want to keep growing and to could be present on the international scene to do proportion of it. while it's still trail san francisco and london station f is helping power says stop it self as a tech hub. european aircraft manufacturer air bus has overtaken boeing to become the world's largest plane maker by deliveries the 1st changing of the guard since 2011 that's according to industry sources ever succeeded forecasts. ailsa deliver $863.00 aircraft and 2019 nearly 8 percent more than the year before u.s. rival boeing is still hurting from the grounding of at $737.00 max which is expected to continue well into this year the news comes despite air bus cutting its $21000.00. citing industrial problems. and one of the biggest trends will be following this year's how climate change is affecting the boardroom an economic policy or the most ambitious climate change

strategies so far was presented by u.s. presidential hopeful elizabeth warren just before christmas and it promises to be as much about the economy as about ecology and the plan will mobilize nearly 11 trillion dollars in public and private funds that huge injection and energy infrastructure would supposedly generate over 10000000 new jobs and $28.00 and the payoff would be national power of national power grid that is totally emissions free within 15 years so the plan says the scheme is just the latest expression of the green new deal in america the idea that an ambitious and quite expensive complete green overhaul the u.s. economy is necessary a reporter all over solid in washington met up with one of its strongest proponents economic theorist jeremy rifkin he says markets are already beginning to drive a change let's listen in i think what people don't understand is the entire civilization is made out of fossil fuels fertilizers and pesticides out of construction materials synthetic fiber packaging. food additives and preservatives

our power to transport our light everything so what's happened now ever is that we are now in a pivotal turning point for this fossil fuel based industrial civilization. we have now spewed so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to maintain this industrial way of life that we are now finding ourselves in wheel time climate change frigid winter of 70 below 0 and blockbuster winter snows massive flooding across our land masses in the spring summer droughts and wildfires in every continent hurricanes and typhoons across the entire autumn every year around the world our scientists are now telling us we are in the 6th extinction of life on earth so you are essentially describing a situation where the change will come from the economy rather than from politics is that right and which role will the markets play this year the level lies cost of

solar and wind has just plunged below natural gas and way below nuclear and coal so what's happened is we're seeing trillions of dollars of fossil fuel assets all the pipelines that will never be used all of the exploration rights that have been paid for by the old industry which will never amortize out all of the fossil fuels in the ground which we never taken up because they're more expensive so what we're seeing here is a massive collapse of the fossil fuel civilization because the market is speaking. u.s. author jeremy rifkin speaking with oliver salih there cleaning up the transportation sector will be a major part of any green initiative and also a public health need for many cities around the world take calcutta and india a new scooter start up their hopes that can provide the model for cleaner highways . the bright yellow taxis and donvan comms return you are in called no no university as the city of joy.

but the city also faces major difficulties like lack of public transport and traffic pollution and. electric scooters could help reduce to burden of pollution especially if the bill. for the last majority of indians didn't have a life and that was the market that we wanted to tap we did a little bit more research and found out that electric scooters where the speed is capped at 25 kilometers an hour doesn't require a license to write and that was the aha moment. did you not founded his rental scooter service in kolkata over 2 years ago with 60 scooters. he runs a feat of 85. the rental service works while. clients can pick up and drop off the scooters x. 7 different points across called good on average a scooter is used by 3 to 4 right as

a day. is perhaps one of the. lions have worked except 2 different congers of the city. did was act i'm going to have several things to do in a day i agreed to buy for the full day our i didn't leave basis i invariably end up spending less than if i had to take a bus a cab on the tram oh well says i that i'm what they have the culprit customers like this food delivered and get even better rate a strategy which you deserve. we also raise the visibility of east coasters. of thinking about that is that if we're going to talk more to course i don't clearly new. friends who are using their own bikes to do this job to spend a lot on maintenance so i guess a biggest benefit to me that's going to a science. that is them though i do you would think that over 60 percent of vehicles in calcutta augusten isn't driven but it is hard for businesses to find

investors for a mission freed rental systems since this is an extremely new modern bands are on willing to finance it as the founders of expedience however devoted consider changing that approach. and that's it for me and the d.w. business team you'll find out more about these and other business stories online at d w dot com slash business and you can also find us on social media like facebook and twitter leave you with a quick look at global markets that's it for me severely in berlin thanks for watching.

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