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address exactly this high level meetings an international climate conferences are held every year with representatives from most countries this week let's dive deep in the impact they have you know watching eco india and i'm somewhat i'm coming to you from mumbai the indian government has signed the paris climate agreement and plans to change its energy mix 50 percent renewable energy by 2022 is the and solar power plays a big role in achieving. any hamlet of one is barely 100 kilometers away from india's business capital mumbai but until just a few years ago it had no concept of electricity. its residents

relied on far as their main source of food like an energy. things changed for one was in the summer of 2016. so let us know where their loved ones are now there is light everywhere and they. have never imagined this. village is the government. comes and goes. here we have access to electricity thank you for saving. money. this is quite unbelievable but it always does anybody want a light on as i get these i mean it's out of. today one of aussies able to address the daily energy needs of its 265 residents with an uninterrupted supply of power generated through its already solar. micro-grid.

rich new unsure of this it's a smooth operation to its daily maintenance and also troubleshooting. so that they let their own integrity early on and then we were not sure if this would ever get in the past a lot of cities have made us a lot answered but once they left home none of them were ever had a friendship that weeds out that me that got up guys and i. owing to its extremely small population when wasi does not fit into the government's calculations of what constitutes a really good. and instead it is awfully fond of could oculus together with discounted gloucester for their hamlets in the district of maharashtra.

this means that despite the indian government's ambitious 100 person electrification program electricity through the national public grid has never properly reached such remote communities. to close this gap some united go founded. in 2008 in these kind of it is a problem is the cost of taking the going into these areas what a small load this is a small number of houses it becomes a bit of a talent there are a large number of such hamlets to an electrified while official figures suggest india is inching closer to 100 percent household electrification the challenge to bring clean and affordable energy extremely remote households remains largely unaddressed the social enterprise provides access to electricity through renewable energy models. and only if they want to actually install this but i think having seen it and i willing to put that initial money feeling. you know create

a bank account a little it difficult to get an annuity from the local punter when the ben bernanke come in the solar power is a storage in the battery bank while over her cross mission lines make sure that electricity is brought to every household. the total cost of this installation was $3000000.00 rupees or 37000 years. it's that of the graham who just has successfully set up solar micro-grid in 65 remote villages. these decentralized micro grids are now and dolly own and operated by local communities with each household being judged according to such. reading spot of one was the stan member village banerjee committee it ensures that

the grid runs effectively and his responsibility for and voice in the house runs. i mean that he would get in the last week of every month our committee holds an eating then discuss the billing and status of us even with the sewer capital sometimes a customer is unable to really play with a one month and we allow them to believe that within the next month bill little but if it's still on paid off to keep in mind we will demand the mining place and tell them if they don't have them if they like to see the supply house bill will leak out of the levy but this does not have and till today. i don't care a little. apart from electrifying households the micro-grid also didn't respond to the frog writing. the old. the subtle power has helped and the a lot of didn't stress for the feminine and boss.

again i mean to do it by man i got to 1st want to be how to walk i wanted to be to the right bonnie and you think that no one was taking care of the kids but it that it took us a lot to get a little bit off from that i didn't have time to even make food and you know. bob again i had a chronic. not a solar powered bomb supplies water to wear down to have. a fat life that you know that they know when there was no electricity that would go kind of down like a fight ahead of. me but now we can stop cooking only in my mind i got them before thinking about a little bit and then he. came i used to purchase my like those of caps you know every month which was very expensive and he said well if we'd had electricity or the life that would have been there is no doubt that he pivots still this one. the

micro-grid has made a substantial change to life in benghazi as the new power and light bring in many for new opportunities for its residents young and though. it would be safe to see that on many many problems the source when it comes to climate change india could biggest economy of for example is great not as fast as the last decade but it is growing rapidly and this means the country needs a lot of fuel and energy. india is one of the. energy consumers in the world and its energy demand is only likely to spiral the country has been drawing considerable attention towards how it is going to increase energy access while maintaining its commitment made of the past climate summit towards reducing emissions from the perspective of primary energy mix of the country you will see that the energy scene of the country is predominantly

dominated by coal and then the emerging star in the you know do you see him as up close the it is making major disruptions in the energy resources to offer our country sure renewable at the moment so when you combine hydro power it's summer its contribution is back to the fuel of somewhere around 7 percent. in keeping with its commitment india has set itself a target of increasing its power generation capacity through renewables up to 40 percent by 2030 investments of 300000000000 euros will be needed over the next decade. while there are concerns over the country being able to meet its targets the government of india has declared assurances of being on track.

currently wind energy has the largest share of installed capacity within the renewable energy mix however the coming years will see some considerable strides in the solar energy sector but the transition to was clean energy does not inevitably suggest a simultaneous phasing out of the country's dependence on fossil fuels. now it's very difficult for you know the government or even for the private kind of shared very dependence on fossil fuels in that regard what we have to do is we have to take a very graduated approach wherein we bring renewables. you know more. you know mano where you know your economic. expert. but at the same time you are not. out for.

today india is producing the world's cheapest solar power since 2010 set of course fell by 80 percent the most prestigious decline of any country but continuing to meet the rising energy hunger of the population. investment. we can all agree that fossil fuel based energy is one of the biggest causes of climate change but is renewable energy really a feasible alternative is one of the most common questions that comes up what if there isn't enough sun on a particular day the wind isn't strong enough a community in the south of germany didn't just ask these questions they tested it out hands up with success. this is the night train from berlin to the far south of germany it's going to be a 12 hour journey to create a village in the foothills of the alps that's famous for pioneering the transition

to green energy. none of its energy comes from fossil fuels all of it comes from renewables. it's all there in nature we don't need to take any energy from fossil sources on the ground plenty is given to us every day we just have to make use of it. produces 8 times as much electricity as its 2600 residents can use all that electricity isn't produced in one big plant paternity centralized fashion and it's then made available to others. the grid. delegations from the places around the world marked by flags have come to inspect this prevalent ledge. that usually welcomes by. he's been married for 23 years and has been involved in the shift to renewables

from the start. and beyond into mine and in 1909 we asked everybody here how things should be and 2021 wind energy was just one of the many different issues 92 percent said they were in favor which was a sensational result. people here are very proud of what's been developed in groups basically they've done it themselves. we can put. become thinking and thinking us over. the villagers have invested 50000000 euros over the past 2 decades 300 photovoltaics systems 9 wind turbines as well as several hydro electric and combined heat and power plants. we want to show that it is possible to create

a regional circular economy for energy production and energy use this. of course it has to make economic sense so if it erodes a profit and we save money and we're doing something positive for the environment that's doubly good. but i don't know if there's no did we stop and go to. another father the green revolution of whole street is vandal and i know. he's a farmer who started experimenting with renewable energy in the 1990 s. . he soon won over his fellow villagers and set up a wind farm co-operative. to anyone who lives in the community where a windmill is located can invest the more people join the lower the amount each may invest it's currently 5000 euros and no more any higher amount and we have too much

money everybody keeps asking when are we going to build another wind turbine. i know has set up for bio gas plants on his farm they now heat the entire village. he designed some of the components himself the energy sources are all local animal waste from 20 nearby farms. they replace 700000 liters of heating oil a year. less as generating energy from biomass alone point be enough to complete the transition to renewables at the national level sun wind and hydro power are also needed. mixable the thing with the right mix it won't be hard to attain 100 percent renewables many people don't believe that but it's true the amount of clean energy we produce in a very sweet could also be generated in other communities districts and states. are

going to rise of the. energy generation is one key factor 2 others are energy storage and developing an intelligent grid so power can be moved to where it's needed. energy reservoirs and needed for days when the wind drops or the sun doesn't shine. or when demand is higher than usual. this on company envelope addresses both these issues it makes lithium ion phosphate batteries which in combination with solar panels enables households to become largely energy independent. it also manages an electricity sharing system so on and community. for the 4th or this year but they say it's cloudy here but the sun is shining in hamburg. and our

customers in hamburg have energy in abundance. that batteries are fully charged and they feed the excess into the grid. can then be used by our customers here their link to via our zone and community that was the 1st step the 2nd was to approach the great operators and offer to help them stabilize the grid. it's not starve us or hope. private power sharing could perhaps one day make the large utility companies and the huge power plants redundant if hundreds of thousands of communities went the way of it ports fade and set up autonomous energy generation and sharing systems. one small village in bavaria could inspire other people across germany and in other countries. the global temperature rise needs to be limited to 1.5 to. at

a maximum that's what was agreed in the paris climate agreement in 2016 but countries around the globe how much has happened since then let's take a closer look at the status report. which countries are doing the most to protect the climate and who's not pulling their weight the analysts network climate action tracker has compiled a ranking. the only countries on course to meet the $1.00 degree celsius limit the goal of the paris agreement are gambia and morocco. in 2018 morocco completed one of the world's biggest solar power plants. the north african country plans to produce over 40 percent of its energy from renewables.

if everyone followed in his example global warming could it. beheld to 2 degrees its massive tree planting programs are having a positive effect india has committed itself to ensuring that over one 3rd of its areas forested to help absorb c o 2. custer reka is also in the 2 degree club the small central american country aims to be climate neutral by 2021 part of that drive involves cutting emissions of the greenhouse gas nature's oxide from its coffee bean production fertilizers are responsible for most of those emissions. the country hopes to cut their use by training farmers to use the chemicals more efficiently. and. if the whole world behaved like the e.u. temperatures would rise by 3 degrees the german government is now planning to introduce carbon pricing on gasoline heating oil and gas. but critics say

a price of $10.00 euros per tonne is far too low and they say that across the e.u. the switch from coal to renewable should be happening a lot faster. if every country followed in china's footsteps will be looking at a 4 degree increase china is also the earth's biggest greenhouse gas in measure responsible for about a 3rd of all emissions despite a shift to solar power china's economy remains heavily dependent on coal. and according to climate action tracker global warming would exceed 4 degrees if everyone were to follow the example of the u.s. it has announced that it's pulling out of the paris climate treaty though many u.s. cities and states are keen to do their bit to fight the climate crisis.

but all in all the effort to curb global warming has to happen on a global level. scientists say go being the world's huge and increasing appetite for it is essential avoid the devastating effects of climate change but is that an option to cope if we could just stop meat consumption worldwide are they sustain about alternatives in place in barcelona in spain. innovation we found a startup developing a substitute for meat produced by a 3 d. printer. varies away offer managing the resources of a planet which is unsustainable. there is a big changes when the food industry is impacted very much so for example is china as a middle class that once more meat consumption and we want to provide even their governments

of china and india we don't they're not use for their population. to engineer just wants to spark a food revolution with plant based protein and a 3 d. printer. to start up nova meat is working on technology to replicate the sensory properties of meat. and in this process creates special michael filaments and these micro filaments try to mimic henri sambo what is actually in moscow's in story of the chicken. or the tissue of a name is very complex is created in a year's very organized way and so. in our case it was a model a simplification so we found that. patterns was able to order these micro fibers as if they were muscular fibers and when the technology is the radio and when the

scale is rated we provide a proper food that has that back sure that period's that taste is healthy and is better for a band. writes the code for the program and has just designed his 1st steak well design it is quite easy enough then we have to make it real which is the hard part to create or should the structure. it's quite easy but that's really one it's it's perhaps. so why go to all the trouble when we think about the way we are to. it that it's wide on back to know how we have to go of the crop that will feed the car window then the car out how we have to manage to convert the protein from the crop so the cow that's for me that's complex. that's not that complex because we are taking natural ingredients we are taking. from a bit of us and we are just combining the right ones and putting that together with

the printer. the printer uses the power mix from bryson p s which require a fraction of the water needed to produce speech and this beacon steak does without all the lens and the added costs of raising and slaughtering livestock which will serve if everyone in the world starts eating meat regularly. it's not real meat but it's designed to taste just like it. ultimately affordability will be the key to its success once you really have a different start ups or different companies bringing this to a supermarket you will lead a price which we can go lower than actually. still there are the energy costs to think about. we do something with room temperature now we've got much pressure we don't control and the unit you're seeing the machine is quite simple and we believe would be more efficient more so in terms of energy costs should be around 95

percent more efficient in terms of both the less new choir less water required and less greenhouse gas emissions. present we're tearing down forests to plant the crops to feed the animals that end up on our plates. finding a way to feed people and protect the planet is one of the great challenges of our time. at the end of the beat it comes down to people like you when i can make some noise about the safety of our planet the people of climate conferences after all are our representatives attempting to solve possibly the biggest crisis of the next 100 years i hope you will make your voice heard to we'll be back next week once again

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