discover the i. subscribe to documentary on youtube. welcome to global 3000 and. return of the trees 2 sisters replenishing a forest in brazil. dirty fuels in india anger is growing towards the coal industry. but 1st profit climax is abandoning capitalism the answer to saving all planets.

more commodities more production more consumers more consumption more growth and more profits it's a never ending spiral the promise of all our economic system. but can this really forever unlimited growth on unlimited planet. we're already experiencing it's alarming affects our climate is changing storms cause untold damage as do droughts and floods every year 10000000 hectares of fertile land is lost overfishing is devastating all ration these forests are shrinking and with that much of a spy and diversity we've reached a crossroads. our forests are already beginning to change in many places.

these protesters are fighting to limit that change and to say about. the activists from friday's will futurist say it's a matter of life and death and many experts agree it's good. it's not just about surviving somehow it's about safeguarding the future where we don't have lots of stuff. she's dying out or entire regions that are uninhabitable and people fighting each other to survive. and loving the climate to warm by 2 degrees celsius or more above pre-industrial levels would have serious consequences but studies suggest it's not too late to avert disaster if that's true why is so little being done. about see it want more lacking and that's the problem is the economic link information on what would happen if we took the necessary action

what would it mean for jobs income as little savings if that's the information that politicians need in order to decide whether we can start moving toward a climate neutral economy. chaffed i'm playing out on the. green growth is the new buzz word the idea is that the economy can continue to grow steadily while wind and solar power and other technologies reduce c o 2 emissions but many experts say that's not enough. fortune and even if we were to switch to renewables completely we'd still have some emissions in the background because we need to acquire all the raw materials given the carbon that's how it starts with our view so it's an illusion to think we can have growth there is 100 percent grains let's. take hydrogen feel it's use doesn't emit carbon but producing it usually does and the idea that green energy can power infinite economic growth is an illusion says business journalist helen

what we need is a form of green d growth but that defies the very ethos of capitalism. business and in the softened in historically every time energy efficiency improves and the amount of energy needed to produce a specific product declines capitalism says ok then you can grow. when you need less energy to produce the same product your productivity increases and you can use the supposed saving to produce more it's this mechanism that needs to change. and that deliberate d. growth would that even be compatible with capitalism which depends on accumulation and growth if the economy shrinks assets are diminished what would happen to return on investments pensions swiss economics professor mathias binswanger points out that capitalism isn't all bad. after all it has

a very large number of positive elements. huge material prosperity it leads to full employment we have a very good standard of living today so the government as soon as we realize that all these positive aspects of capitalism would also fall away the desire for change tends to evaporate. the coronavirus have seen economies shrink and many are worried about their livelihoods others have learned to live with less less shopping fewer flights could that be a lesson of the pen demick less is more no. because right now we actually need more growth. that's the paradox we know that we need to produce less if we want to protect the climate but because of the covert $1000.00 crisis we need to stimulate the economy right now otherwise we might end up in a severe economic crisis that could allow populists to get into power. listen to

what. she says limiting climate change will require not only scientists but economists we need to develop a new economic system a system that's not based on endless growth and the destruction of the planets. in the 2500 it's true that you can't bargain with nature. fridays for future movement is right so the question is will we end capitalism in time and in an orderly fashion or will the system collapse in chaos at some point because our planet's limits have been boundlessly exceeded. items but others say it's not so simple. ending to be the solution if we had an alternative it rob but we don't. think that doesn't believe in made system change he believes the answer will be found in many. such as moving to locally produced food companies

that are less profit hungry and tentative system of stocks and shares. we can try to gradually improve things to moderate our growth and do that some things at the same time ensuring that the economic system continues to function. does that sound somewhat but actually it would be revolutionary. and even this revolution would involve giving up certain things that we may have grown accustomed to certain privileges that affluent countries and people enjoy. but do you think a hammond says will have no other choice if resources become scarce. we must give up certain things but it will require planning and the involvement of the state. if everyone gives up their car what happens to people who work in the

automotive industry a large majority of society needs to agree that yes we need to abstain make some sacrifices and then figure out how to organize that at the state level. the trouble is abstention and sacrifice don't sound that appealing to most philosophers from the day they believe things will only change when people start to realize that abstention is not only losing something but gaining something better. when you picture all the riches beauty and diversity of our planet and think you can just enjoy and don't need to possess that you can live among and savor with all your senses then this question of abstraction is transformed do we really want to live without birds singing in the forest or do we want to preserve that pleasure that richness order of all the entire debate of abstention just seems to focus on

maintaining our own privileges our lifestyle but those things are life itself. existential questions with no easy answers but what is at stake here is life itself . more and more people around the world are starting to value and protect the wildlife around them the u.n. estimates that in recent years more than 13000000000 trees have been planted worldwide. for our global ideas series we went to brazil where our reporter bianca cops traveled to the saturday mantic yet a mountain there she met women who are working to replenish the atlantic forest 90 percent of which has been destroyed. 2 sisters have realized their childhood dream on apollo and flavia badani are growing

tree saplings to replenish brazil's atlantic forest up to $130.00 indigenous species many of which are threatened with extinction a large part of the atlantic a rain forest has been cut down shocked by the destruction of their native woodland the 2 women founded their own environmental group when they were just teenagers. the atlantic rain forest is among the world's most diverse natural habitats it has a very wide variety of species it's also one of the most threatened natural habitats all work aims to preserve our native forest through protection restoration and tree planting. they started out with great dedication and very little money but the work has since grown considerably the biologists now supplied the entire region with plants from their nursery huge sales are an important source of income to finance the work of their angio. growing about

$400000.00 seedlings each year is just a part of it. on a paula is on her way to plant some of their seedlings here in the mountainous region of said i didn't take it up in southeastern brazil. the area is now dominated by coffee plantations and grazing land for livestock there is hardly anything left of the original forest and yet trees play a vital role in preserving groundwater supplies. but efforts to reforest the area depend on the landowners. the natural sources of wood people's property are slowly drying up but these landowners here no longer have any water coming by reforesting we aim to restore the vegetation cover and rehabilitate the land so that groundwater levels can be replenished in a little bit about. the farmers only recently purchased their property.

30 years ago the land was cleared for potato farming and later used for grazing. this was the spray. level that is water used to flow from here in this direction or . half of the property is forested now the couple wants to bring the forest cover up to the field where they have their organic farm a few days earlier on a pole and her and geo planted 4 and a half 1000 seedlings here now she's bringing a few fruit trees as well. she says the fruit trees need more space to grow well so they're being planted in a more open area. the seedlings are hard to see in the middle of the meadow but within just 2 or 3 years they will have grown into a small forest. when there was a fair fall if you have vegetation cover the ground is protected and there is no

erosion. of when it rains a good part of it filters down and fills the groundwater reservoir. that's how we can regenerate this spring that's. sort of a. on apollo will assist the farmers for 2 years until the trees are well established her n.g.o.s work is mainly financed via donations and company partnerships for the farmers it's free. we've now we're covering the soil around the seedling with grass she explains this way it can stay moist and develop better . on apollo and cope by anybody have helped more than 200 landowners restore their forests but not everyone is up for it at 1st she and her organization often have to work hard to convince the landowners. so the ngo has joined forces with a large scale reforestation program called the monte conservation project it's

supported by germany's international climate initiative more than 400 cities universities environmental groups and companies in and around brazil's extrema region are involved extrema is something of a pioneer in this area laying down environmental requirements for local businesses and providing bonuses for the farmers market no but as you say difficult to here in brazil the farmers have always been encouraged to clear the forest to work economically and gain more farmland i wouldn't put a new message is the exact opposite they should reduce their grazing land and instead plant forests and be paid for. you to hit the whole thing is financed by local companies who paid contributions to the community in order to neutralize their greenhouse gas emissions that are disasters in your stories you graduate figures to theodora neeson extrema have set up their own nursery taking

reforestation matters into their own hands. but the need is so great that they also get seedlings from the copiah angio 10000 of them just today. the municipality planted the surrounding forest between 8 and 15 years ago on cleared land it plans to restore 1500000 hectares of the atlantic a rain forest as part of a conservation plan involving numerous cities a big step for climate protection in brazil. the project is also designed to secure the water supply from the mountainous region it's a vital source of water for brazil's biggest cities and rio de janeiro alone which is 450 kilometers away nearly 10000000 people depend on that water. the program has nationwide implications as one of the original project partners explains disease why live there is now

a bill proposing to pay for conservation related services brazilian society now recognizes that we need to invest in this area and that farmers and city dwellers will benefit from. the cold by evil sisters set a good example on their property in the monte kettle mountains before they owned the land they reforested it for the previous owners the property owners were so taken with the results they later gave them the land for free as a donation for conservation fakes to the forest water came back to the dried up spring. i got for cooking this work is so worthwhile but when we go to a property and the owner tells us the water has returned it really energizes us to keep up the fight. it's very painstaking work and it takes a long time to see results but when it happens it sensational things also all. the environmental activists have now planted more than 700000 trees and over 600

hectares of land far more than they ever dreamed of when they started out as teenagers. children. come to. one giant problem and they knew it in no one noticing. being denied a needle he didn't include the leg if you count eating. how will climate change affect us and our children. learn more and g.w. dot com slash water. cold power stations are responsible for a 3rd of global c o 2 emissions they also produce a huge amount of dust and ash which pollute the air and the soil. of almost 2500 coal palace stations

a stint in use most of them in china india and the us in the indian state of go up people are now protesting against the continued use of coal. who does go up along to the go winds that's what these protestors email dawna 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 coal imports and the construction of another set of train tracks to transport the coal into the interior i. guess organizes many of these events she's on a mission to stop the passage of course 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 inside themselves you want them all caught. in

a state of 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 that goes into ground water that's well into our drinking water c. c 4 years ago she discovered the dust was threatening the health of her family. my son. and i took him to several doctors they did 7 tests. he had to take the neighbor. he was also put on steroids. over $10000000.00 tonnes of coal arrived at the port of mormon every year it's then transported by truck or train across the central government has approved a plan to increase imports fine fold to $51000000.00 tonnes a year by least 2035 the coal is imported from australia south africa and indonesia

by 3 companies. and. heading east into the interior the trains pass through in a forested area rich in biodiversity international studies have shown that up to one percent 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. yes shows us where a 2nd set of tracks is to be built so that more coal can be transported she says houses here are solid 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. in the colas. of pollution. those

things are not. and. then you have been killed and you have. any chance in london future id be like the bad one might have your wildlife 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 he added what he had there once the water missiles why would anyone has gone they start coming in at all but we need if. we can do right now begin see the monkeys with their they had. in all that we need the. allow us to grow but not 9 other stuff so the. protests alone won't help he says.

the how fired up british and hoping that one legal system because they've been looking to it. 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 and it is very wrong. is not listening to the people at what cost they don't want and they don't want you know. he cutting off trees which is going to affect you today and if you. try to talk to you as if it is in danger what is the use of this development there is no point. when my son solomon miranda fears that the mega projects that are coming will lead

to a total destruction of goa 15 different protest groups formed by people like miranda and mustering yes are trying to stop the expansion of cold transports in order to protect both nature and the health of go ins. this is how the protesters here sum up the problem cold magnates are coming to go or to bring disease and destruction while the government turns its back on them the state government was not available for an interview meanwhile work on the cold related infrastructure projects continues as do the protests. now it's time to meet a teenager from here at this week's label to. the clinton team.

daryl's from europe why live in the columbus tricked of montevideo. my mother is a housekeeper and my father is a bricklayer and i mean he builds houses. when i go to a school for agricultural science i like countryside living and want to specialize in it. i dedicate my free time to my animals chickens ducks guinea pigs and sometimes other animals like geese for example.

i like old music and i really like brazilian music and. i imagine young people's lives to be at least partly very good but they probably have less contact with nature than i do i want to talk more. about the name besides the coronavirus pandemic and stopping it spreading i think protecting the environment and problems of deforestation and soy farming are the biggest challenges. social so many trees get cut down because of soil farming in order to feed cattle but even that i mean what i know. about i mean i think the older generation had a nicer childhood there wasn't so much stress and pressure like there is for our generation today.

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this is deja vu news live from berlin badly needed a shot in the arm the european union's vaccination drive is failing across the block with more and more countries warning shots will deal late for weeks or even months we look at the challenges including the growing dispute between the e.u. and pharma company astra zeneca. britain is one country that have managed to push ahead with inoculations for millions of people but it is also the countries with the highest per capita death toll in the world we look at what is going wrong.