and look at that one little thing because i'm i have serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there but it was i'm going to. want to know their story for my great scarified the information from our clients. what is one of the most important things when it comes to operating our homes in business since it's energy and was lee it comes from burning fossil fuels generating carbon dioxide and other heat trapping emissions onto these so we look at in a wish and provide an alternative and help us inch towards a carbon neutral word how welcome to equal india that are. let's

start in the new delhi sandwiched between the himalayan mountains with the biting cold pin air and rocky terrain dooming life here is very hard survival often depends on heat and hot water and the loss of providing this invariably falls upon the women of the house who are eating into a large part of 4 d. an organization in the wyly is trying to change this. every morning these women set off for work in the qunu valley in the state of him a child predator. collecting firewood for their families is a back breaking enterprise. people living high run at around 1800 meters above sea level need hot water on a daily basis it's cold in these parts especially in winter and that's becoming a growing problem for the region's forests with the population having increased by

one 3rd over the last 20 years to around 490000. earlier than when the population was much less harvesting from the forest was not an issue but with the increasing population with increasing now their harsh word window and long spells of rain. and all this is a name to get out of climate change we find that the pressure on forest has increased in winter months in summer also the horde want out acquirement was as high as 7 people. a day. the hard work takes its toll on the women they spend up to 4 hours a day collecting firewood. from a look at. what. we face many problems when collecting firewood for instance our hands often get injured. and after finishing that part of the day's

work we have to walk long distances to bring the firewood higher and we often have tools to do as soon as we get that but we hardly have any time for ourselves. 6 back home the women then have to turn their attention to the housework as well as the children and the livestock. pushed now has a lot more time on their hands 10 years ago she began using a her mom for heating up water. made of galvanized steel and the minium the device comprises 2 chambers the water goes into the outer layer of the cylinder while the inner chamber is filled with twigs pine cones dried leaves and leftover crops. her mom cost $1000.00 rupees around 11 euro for pushpa it's been a great investment. to make him a bad number of. using the traditional stoves we have to keep reviving it with firewood and sit watching it constantly. and now the water also heats up much

faster. because i don't have to keep watching it the whole time i'm able to multitask. i knew that among. the 35 year old is one of around 1500 women who own her mum in the kulu valley where they used to burn up to 12 kilos of firewood to heat up 5 liters of today they need just 500 grams of fear. what's more the hamam also saves them a lot of time. in doing so these modern heaters make a substantial contribution in the struggle for equal opportunities between men and women. when home i was introduced to all men the men became very active there started not only supporting women in just buying these divisors but also supporting them to participate been or you know all programs and training programs which the earlier one not coming now they were more you go to send them for meetings so it

out 'd of. multiple people or effect where there's another aspect of life or what would you women could never think of. it was the idea of reducing women's workload in the home while giving them an opportunity to earn money that prompted. chander to set up a new engine. to provide power while empowering women in this part of the melee is. jolly t. provides women with funds for buying her mom's book but it also has set up a number of self-help groups where the women can come together and exchange ideas and also apply for microdyne businesses a number of them now sell their own cheese honey and milk products. committee is in charge of 14 of the self-help groups and unthinkable notion 10 years ago back then she simply would not have had the time. but the hamam has changed her life and will

she hopes change that of others too despite resistance. from all over the not. the local me. so much about what it's very difficult to change people's minds whenever i try talking to other members of the community they didn't think it was a problem they name are they believe that there was plenty of firewood that they could keep taking it from the forest and it wouldn't run out they were opposed to using her mom's because of these beliefs the growing use of her mom's cut c o 2 emissions by several tons a year and another benefit to the communities punch outs is that more women can attend the village assemblies or grams of us they are going to war and you know all of the from managers or you know they are places they could not go in fact their participation in their training programs that we were for women on various issues has increased so the mobility is in careers no women are also seen as the big can

also contribute and they also will but our understanding and awareness offer issues in their own been tried so there is also started attending ground so was. a modest looking device that's having a sizeable impact on the environment and on the line. something women. despite huge investments in both all is still king in india it's the one second largest importer of course for a decade now the state of wine western india has provided a passage of wifi its defeat the steel plant in the neighboring states the government plans to double the free passage but now a look at the mission if action cleaning of the coil dust will youth and water. who does go up along to the go wins that's what these protesters you know don't are chanting across the state environmental action groups hold such events almost every

day they want to raise awareness of the plans for a huge increase in cold imports and the construction of another set of train tracks to transport the coal into the interior. corrina us organizes many of these events she's on a mission to stop the passage of coal for the state. she says the coal goes to steel factories and power stations up to a 1000 kilometers away in the neighboring states of karnataka and maharastra it's not even for the go into themselves. you want them of course the next day we meet her at the railway tracks she says the freight cars lose a lot of coal and coal dust because they're not properly sealed. you can see this clearly on the tracks in the month on that goes into groundwater that 6 into our belts into our drinking water fever i don't think 4 years ago she discovered the

dust was threatening the health of her family. my son used to concrete asleep cough . and i took him to several doctors they did several tests. he had to take the neighbor lice so he was also put on steroids. but due to his education we had to move to the city. kind of within a month my son was fine. over $10000000.00 tonnes of coal arrived at the port of every year it's then transported by truck or train across the central government has approved a plan to increase coal imports over 5 fold to $51000000.00 tons a year by 2035 the coal is imported from australia south africa and indonesia by 3 companies but. heading east into the

interior the trains pass through in a forested area rich in biodiversity international studies have shown that up to one per cent of coal is lost for each 500 kilometers of transit that's at least 300 kilograms per wagon and there are 3 trains with more than 50 wagons per hour. shows where a 2nd set of tracks is to be built so that more coal can be transported she says houses here are sadly by the dust many of also sustained damage because the ground shakes when the trains go by they now face demolition she tries to reach out to older people in the area. many feel trapped and helpless. the colas dr believe we have a big problem not pollution and sometimes those things are not colored. i know. a lot then you have been killed problems you have many chest is mines in

future id be what. the bought one must have your why. live sanctuary is part of the western ghats a mountain range recognized by unesco as one of the world's 8 hottest hotspots of biodiversity nonetheless nearby thousands of trees have been felled to make way for a substation for the power line to serve the new railway tracks krishna's or who's tried lives in the protected area fears the land of trees animals and water sources are in jeopardy yet of what it once the what the missiles for why should anyone is gone they will start coming in at all but we need this. weekend right now we can see the monkeys. in all that we need they don't allow us to grow by 99 stuff so the. protests alone won't help he says. the how fired up british and hoping that a legal system the court. like looking to. it's often up to the

courts to block projects that have been approved without proper public consultation they youth in goa are hoping that will be the case here as we go is facing a lot of destruction projects which are coming in goa and it is very wrong to go on there and is not listening to the people at what cost they don't want to double up and they don't want you know just a bunch of what the don't want and cutting off trees which is going to effect us if we develop today and if you are down 20 to 30 years if your child is in danger what is the use of this development there is no point and i got the next few months and solomon miranda fears that the mega projects that are coming will lead to a total destruction of go or 15 different protest groups formed by people like miranda and mustering us are trying to stop the expansion of coal transports in order to protect both nature and the health of go with us.

this is how the protesters here sum up the problem pull magnates are coming to go it to bring disease and destruction while the government turns its back on the state government was not available for an interview meanwhile work on the coal related infrastructure projects continues as do the protests. of india might be depended on called for now but remember that some of the was the largest solar box are also looking to india with the what 2600 hours of sunlight on average every year it's no wonder there's huge potential but even in germany with an average of around 1600 hours of sunlight annually solar power is in huge demand specially because the acknowledged he has become much cheaper and the country is now building its largest solar. these panels are pretty easy to

install but there are thousands of them still to go. in the countryside near berlin germany's biggest solar park is taking shape to us and the project manager. sector has been growing significantly in recent years between 20102012 there was a big expansion and then 3 years ago there was another major increase in terms of rooftop systems but also on the ground operations the big solar parks are really taking off and. germany is aiming to phase out coal powered by 2030 days nuclear power will be switched off soon 2 so will solar be able to meet the country's energy needs and how will it change the landscape. half a 1000000 modules built on metal frame. 100000

posts. 250 kilometers of cable. 150000 servers working on behalf of one of germany's biggest energy companies. and book we definitely have the potential to complete projects of this scale but rather than size it's the viability of the project that counts for you. this solar park is the size of $225.00 soccer pitches facilities in europe tend to be smaller because they compete with agriculture for the. arab areas of india for example from solar parts can provide enough electricity for half a 1000000 households but solar parks alone aren't enough here in germany there are 19000000 apartment buildings and houses the loss of roof space. an ideal place for solar panels. on entire industry has been built around installing.

those insults or those orders nowadays the systems are very affordable and economical to run since you basically don't have any maintenance costs. the installations have become so affordable to install that they quickly pay for themselves what is your thought. owns a house with their roof tops solar system in many cases the system actually produces more energy than i had told needs. as one of the things that makes it financially worthwhile is that the costs of heating your house or heating your water are pretty low. the equipment pay for itself in just a few years. after that the electricity produced is essentially

free. all germany's food generates solar power they cover the country's energy needs. it's a company that builds solar parks across europe. and solar systems are important but they won't cover our energy needs on their own you have to set priorities 1st you have to figure out which roofs are technically suitable and then you have to figure out which ones of those are financially viable. solar energy is expected to see significant growth in germany. by the time the last coal fired power station is switched off and 2038 there would have to be 5 times as many rooftop solar systems on parks as there are now to cover energy needs.

solar energy would then account for a quarter of the country's power i would put. the number of orders for new solar parks is growing fast what's behind the boom. in the last decade. have decreased in price to around a 10th of what they were originally we can now produce. electricity in germany for $4.00 to $0.06 per kilowatt hour you can't do that in a coal fired plant or nuclear power station even after the initial investment has been paid off. some for to germany because solar park project 10 years ago the operating company was one of the biggest nuclear power pretty seriously in the country. they still run several coal fired plants but that will soon be a thing of the past. 39 and. these new energy sources will have to fill the gap they've become

a central pillar in our portfolio. 2012 we've seen growth in all new and renewable segments including wind both offshore and onshore as well as solar. energy these technologies will account for about half of our output by 2025 i name. the solar panels made in china just keep on coming day in day as it's hoped to the park will be in operation soon. reducing carbon emissions is one of the key factors to making sure that the planet survives and no one verifies that the people living in a small town in southern india the government 7 admissions to make the town. will be provided a model for the rest of let's take a look. evening stroll around this coffee

plantation the organic shade grown robust a coffee grows is a speciality in the southern states have kerala. why not this is why in our job mr coffey we count the number of clusters on each branch 12345678914 the best coffee harvester. party of these clusters on a broad. plantation in the quaint town of mina is special it's on the verge of becoming the 1st carbon neutral certified coffee plantation in india. but that involves more than just the plantation the town has set itself an ambitious 21st century goal. as the world confronts global warming and climate issues we've started a carbon neutral program people tend to think of development in terms of infrastructural development like building roads bridges and airports but we're

including the environment. since 2016 he has become something of a climate science lab and the local government here is working with a wide range of groups to figure out how the town's net carbon footprint can be brought down to 0. this is significant for india a country that is the world's 4th largest greenhouse gas emissions. when the project began many of the 34000 residents of mena god didn't know what global warming even meant but they knew that things were changing. we've all been affected by climate change weather patterns and why and ours are not what they used to be when i used to have a natural ac but now we can't sleep without using electric or conditioning.

the emissions produced by transport and households and industries in the town are already being partially offset by the bite of this forests that surround. that was revealed by detailed study conducted to determine the town's carbon footprint at the time. the study concluded that an additional $15000.00 tons of c o 2 needed to be put back into the ground each year for the town to attain net 0 emission or carbon neutral status volunteers and workers began to reforest the area. they have to do their bit to buffer the average temperature rise of between 2 and 4.5 degrees celsius that is predicted for the region by 2050. 4 meaning godey's such a rise would cause rice production to fall and devastate heat sensitive crops like cardamom and coffee.

the study found there were other improvements the town could make for example waste management. separating different kinds of waste and recycling plastic would contribute to attaining the goal of being carbon neutral. residents of mean ngati have already taken the issue to heart says the manager of the town's recycling facility. making 1 dollar people carry their own bags now when they go grocery shopping they stopped using plastic sold in stores so plastic consumption and households has dramatically decreased its decreased in my own home as well before this happened plastic bags were widely used by shopkeepers but that's gone down most of the people i'm in gardi have changed their ways a lot but if i can learn that and. that even before the carbon neutral movement

began here. are the headmaster of a local school have begun working with his students to offset c o 2 emissions. over this other one would be well all right well we're going to learn about because they're 90 percent of the children studying here belong to local tribal communities . most of them belong to the lowest economic groups but they are the most sensitive to the environment. they don't need any lessons on how to plant and nurture trees and shrubs to get ample knowledge of. from their own homes and villages. in their. together they cultivated bamboo plantations at the school as a valuable sing for carbon storage in this region who has the potential to offset up to $400.00 tons of c o 2 equivalents per hectare. not needed in it but i'm finally you know i shared

a little of these programs are implemented properly then we might just be able to achieve this ambitious objectives. we hope that the number of new trees we've planted be enough to absorb the excess carbon. output i am about and that you. often carbon neutrality is a goal that can never be entirely or completely achieved but even getting the community together is a success in itself and this could certainly serve as a model for many cities in india. where reducing our carbon footprint is a macro as well as a micro for us as a species while governments and policymakers tackle the larger questions impacting our planet it falls upon us to address on a smaller scale you know individual lives as well what are you doing to reduce your carbon footprint levers lord core india of d.w. daughter we'll see you again next week from our entire team good buy. it's.

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