society. differently. what they mean with their words. and how sustainable this culture. is over rango starts marching on w. . what about. the global hunger for energy is only increasing with every passing year the united nations believes that our journey towards a climate disaster will continue steady unless we make an urgent switch to an efficient and renewable energy in all stick to us but renewable energy comes at a cost to the army corps india let's critically analyze this alternative hello

welcome chris. the latest soviet by the government of india reveals that 13 percent of its 1300000000 citizens don't have access to create electricity in the last decade states of the. hydro power to close their gaps in traffic with many of us crisscrossing this region hydro power potential is huge but this clean energy negative is now being challenged on the grounds of adverse mental effects. pritam singh is angry with the government and its promise of environmentally friendly energy he lives on the same street a small tributary in much of the british state. within 20 years the. 100 hydroelectric stations 2 of them on the things. you're not talking to begin

to be. a benefit and develop the idea in the book was under. the bed the. table don't forget you there's no water in the. environment. and everything has been destroyed we have been left with nothing it didn't. change really does it and see they were promised compensation and jobs in this to. which would traditionally based on agriculture. with the 2 hydroelectric plants on the same ship that is nowhere near enough to speak. and do more under construction . get a lot of time taught agriculture but before this on a diet dependent on culture and we never had to quit is anything from the market instead you would money by selling our knowledge that. we depend. in

a market to access basic amenities like this has been a huge. they didn't chin than any. good look 90 as an environmentally friendly bomb a soul's hydroelectric plants have become an important generator for electricity you don't work in 3rd place behind coal and gas and that also makes them a lucrative source of income and much of the state government breaks in over 9000000000 rupees that is 100000000 euros in electricity revenues. and one mental active it's not a god to hide boom but the skepticism good man sing the research is the effect it's had on biodiversity and people's lives in the region. you have made up so it's having negative impact on the environment. and has been expropriated it's been submerged in water that mean it's sources who would like. to

destroy that is largest. struction any. and that. you keep. on top of that the region is prone to. breaches avalanches and landslides the biggest draw for the people living here as recently happened neighboring with the rock industry. that if it be done lies only 40 kilometers away from the same valley and other small tributaries but it flows through untouched nature it's one of the few in the region with no hydroelectric plant. that's tanks during part of the in 2002 a number of hydroelectric power stations along that have a lot of given planning permission. with other villages. and went to court.

everybody was on the project all the oil you could ship. and all the bureaucracy also white would see everybody is. dead and the seas except appreciate it but no benefits comes through to look at it in my rarely if world or private investors would have taken the. electricity through the natural reach of it all just everything it would indicate. the villagers won their case though it took 3 years their homes and livelihoods have been preserved the still live off the agriculture and fishing and in recent years there have also stopped list a sustainable and distinct event inviting trouble to their own home.

base was born steve will be the only didn't there's not a lot of you know division that took place and we all this talk to people that buddhism is has to be treated as an ordinary day of income generation activity you know and thankfully they're also grown up. you know proved us right because they did not leave their orchards you know we had all thought of notice so we said look at the word your house is because london offices are usually big you know who will 3 rooms the murdered them into home stays but don't leave your orders and then you know all source of income. not 20000 people are visiting the people in valley i mean the residents on much more with than the hydro plant operators promise time and compensation. anglers hikers bird watchers and the study mostly from india come to see the mariana species. in

the environment the polluters different it's all right. it's not just in india where there's a problem just with a 5th of the energy used in heating and cooling in the european union comes from renewable sources and like in india this share is sick to grow in the coming years but when it comes to wind turbines some citizens in greece are reluctant construction of hundreds of wind turbines are planned on creek islands and bob mentalists and local residents have some serious concerns. it is said that the greek island of tinos says handmade because of its centuries old walls and paths and the architect you want to publish the top of them is absolutely determined to protect this unique cultural asset so here we can see if they become food but for the nonce made out of dr stone walls before us used to give access to all be

ownerships around them it's something that we are trying to take a band that's now in order to develop working towards the windmills and the so-called pigeon houses built by her ancestors 300 years ago are now supposed to give way to wind turbines. they want to shows us the site where private investors have just completed the foundations for 3 large turbines with another 15 planned. you wanna and many other islanders fear tino's could lose its typical character. ancillary. past and decide what to do are we going to preserve the past with own 2 next generation so we are going through the mall use most of the 4 modern constructions that builds it's like the wind turbines carty annie not far from the plant turbines is home to sculptor marvell yes and his family he fears for the.

future of greece's cultural heritage. foundation's used to always be the seat of the gods but now they have been supplanted by money and everything is about making money. he shows us videos of protests he helped to organize a special police unit beach demonstrators including him with nightsticks a shopping experience. 2 hours away by ferry the island is best known for its unspoiled nature and its mountains include protected areas teeming with rare plant life. here to the agility scene could end. the private nails group is planning $110.00 wind turbines to supply electricity to athens and veyron mentalists are alarmed. it is all in.

the. in the early exhaust there will be a disaster for the whole mountain is going to be levelled so it is really. forming . although the plans are not yet final. says already informing the island's residents about their potential impact it has had its share of bad experiences with other large scale projects a once lush valley resembled a moonscape like this after a hybrid power plant was built. erosion on the island is already extreme again and again entire hillside slide off especially in areas where large roads are constructed. the mountains are home not only to goats but to many beekeepers as well. if wind turbines are built here bank alias will have to move away with this beast. seaward.

could be bad for the billions. i couldn't put their boxes near the wind turbines because of the electromagnetic radiation. which could make them lose their orientation. on the side of the mayor's office is aware of the concerns it met with farm investors 9 years ago to little avail the activities are neighboring islands worry the mayor a few small wind turbines might be tolerable but 110 where. we would protest and that's not just my own personal opinion is that. all the officials in the municipal council and local administration a grange has been going. the 1st turbines are standing by 2025 it is meant to be connected to athens via an underwater cable now the investor is supposedly

revising the plans to make them environmentally friendly but few believe that. they fear that landscapes like this could soon become a thing of the past. it is a dilemma on the one hand people are protesting because of the problems caused by renewables and. carbon dioxide emissions because climate change is. to rise that's a fact we need to move quickly if we have to keep the 1.5 degrees to limit its impact some scientists say that we also need to actively suck massive amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere but capture and storage is at best is it really a wild option let's take a. we know. too much carbon dioxide into the.

but wouldn't it be amazing if we could find a way to suck it all up and send it back deep underground. climate scientists are now saying that without such technology we won't get our climate dockets. doan's out this seemingly cutting edge idea to capture carbon is actually decades old. the u.s. navy used capture as a way to clear the air inside submarines in space shuttles that filled up with c o 2 from the breasts of soldiers and astronauts. you may remember that scene of the movie apollo 13 where suddenly they had to build a c o 2 scrubbing system because your 2 levels are going to getting toxic just 2 gentlemen going where to put a square peg in a round hole and they dumped all the stuff out of the table and said guys we have 3 hours to figure out how to make a suit like they have the technology already on the spacecraft like we know how to do modern carbon capture technology is basically this c o 2 scrubber on

a bigger scale like this plant in south india. the polluted air is sucked into the industrial system through into. after being clean for impurities it just. the absorption plant where it is cooled and then sent to a liquid solvent that absorb c o 2 which is then moved further into the plan for processing. which is mostly only what to. do is later stripped out of the solvent and can be used to make other products. greenhouses so even as a fuel. you can write to the source of the pollution like the indian factory where they've. stripped the c o 2 out of the emitted small and diverted to the adjoining factory this is called point source capture hundreds of pilots and small scale facilities and over 50 large scale plants around the world are currently doing this then there is direct

eco. fans large amounts of polluted air directly out of the atmosphere 15 plants a country doing this worldwide but experts say the potential is huge. even if the c o 2 is emitted again like when the fuel is bund it is considered carbon neutral as it hasn't added to the c o 2 that would have entered the air anyway the better thing to do for the environment of course is to prevent emissions from ever entering the air so companies are now working to inject carbon deep into the ground in a process. that can preserve it there indefinitely. this is considered carbon negative as an act of leave the moves carbon from the atmosphere and this also has pretty ironic consequences but more on that later we know from the arithmetic of. much of the. next 30 years.

friedman is one of the foremost experts on carbon capture who served in the u.s. department of energy he says not to remove the. needs to start now and the leading climate body the i.p.c.c. agrees in their latest report they declare that the world will not meet its climate target without active carbon capture and removing. regional carbon suckers trees can play a role but considering the space and water needed and the fact that they are almost at the risk of being cut down anyway experts believe they can only play a fractional role. so the focus is now on the tech version of cheese to direct i capture machines that are springing up around the developed world canadian company carbon engineering plans to launch the biggest commercial capture plant in 2022. where they were doing a plant. and one many and. yet was being each it.

currently direct i capture companies worldwide capture in 1000 tons of c o 2. so carbon engineering's goals are massive. effectively. it is usually when actually the technology is available. the questionnaire can we scour the market right now. and i think that brings me back to what was called an engine inspection this is the main aim which is making it up policy incentives and that's the reason not everybody is already sucking carbon out of the air all over the world estimates vary but at the moment it's cost of the $200.00 to remove a ton of c o 2 to direct i capture. to scale up the industry companies need to be better financial incentives. these can come i don't the form of credits offered by the

government in exchange for removing the harmful substance from the. all in caps of carbon can be traded at a good price on the market. does a good also come from taxing companies that allow the carbon dioxide. fumes to escape. and that. combination of these measures has well. norway introduced attacks and pollution almost 30 years ago which has now incentivized a number of large companies to capture the carbon setting them on a quick carbon neutrality. sequester ation has also been carried out in monitored in iceland for over 20 years allowing exports to conclude that the process is safe for all practical purposes and the space available underground is virtually limitless. other companies in europe as well as canada and the us but it's early days and this brings us to the not so climate friendly consequences of sequestration in the absence of large incentives from governments capture and

sequestration companies are collaborating with paradoxically. big oil companies. what you need is a question you need so many of and. one of the best places to store that old oil and a way that the owners of those assets can be wiling up some planes well that's a very strategic in and you go down. to use their existing outfit. at the same time putting the captured c o 2 into the ground builds up pressure and makes it easier for even more oil to be extracted in a process called enhanced oil recovery. up to 88 percent of carbon capture then sequestered at the moment is used to extract more oil and this makes investing in carbon capture financially viable for these oil companies. were the big ordeal for carbon capture dan kammen is an expert on clean energy who has spoken out about

the big problems with this kind of more fossil fuel companies can. we just. there are. there are many other problems through industry in addition to people still there is local air pollution there's water pollution going on just so finding a way to. fuel is essentially finding a way to continue. the science is clear and then we need to actively remove carbon from the air but without broad public support the government incentives these dick gonna do is remain in the hands of tight investors who will only go away the profits. to keep the dic knowledge you going we need to ensure a clever combination of incentives for normal companies taxing polluters and pricing for you to hire. a

scientific solution therefore hill-wood made problem but not almost the new. it's have to be like that as humans we have an immediate connection to nature something that's perhaps being lost through the create concrete and bare bricks of our architecture but there are doors were trying to change that in amsterdam architects are going back to our roots with biophilia besides what does that really mean let's take a. word instead of concrete curves rather than hard edges a style of architecture that loves life. the result of building according to the principles of by a film like architecture. jackal or garcia no is the architect of the freebooter or book linear in the ditch city of amsterdam one of the can yell and it's over by feel if your approach is to create direct connection

with nature and we created by using you know natural materials that. that simulates or are connected with these really an experience should be to nature. wooden slats to run around the entire building ensuring optimal riding conditions and privacy the sense movement was monitored for a whole year so the slats could be aligned perfectly. another fundamental concept of prior for like architecture is that interior and exterior space should merge into one as soon as we you know we wake up in this in this room we can already open up. and i have a direct connection to the terrace and through the natural element of the water. the freebooters special construction method only cost about 10 percent more than

a conventional $12.00 families move here each with $120.00 square metres of living space. they enjoy a special indoor climate and a house with close to 0 energy consumption thanks to state of the art technology. especially like this room because the sun moves around the house through day and at the end of the day it ends here and the light is very beautiful in this room it's not just the light that special the house appeals to all the senses. when people come and visit almost everybody wants to touch this part. it's girl it's moot people love it. how the concept isn't only finding favor and aster down these days greener buildings are built in many places using wood and other natural materials owners and architects try to integrate the

surrounding nature into their constructions even if not always under the label biofilm like architecture. garcia i know is already thinking on a much larger scale as with this current project my toe since it involves living units that can be extended at will. it has so many benefits there's a high demand for these kind of the buildings who are really foresee that in the future there was there would be more and more buildings designed with a bio flick approach. the freebooter residents have no doubt that their quality of life has improved since moving it. to earth. light changes spaces change and there's so

much more curving us so the whole experience is completely different i think more calming. perhaps and more playful playful. biofilm like architecture provides a green and holistic approach to living space. and architectural concept with a future. like in every other relationship to have our relationship with must be quality driven and not quantity too but if we treat her new energy as just another person. to the on the list with out on the stunning it's impact you may have to solve more problems that he signed up for i think of all that and i'll see you again next week for my entire team in india and germany goodbye.

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knocking for coverage. there are many answers. there are many reasons. and there are many alternatives to. make up your own mind. made for minds. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the border the

new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network also the conflicts are inevitable the consequences unpredictable plain beneforti ever since the chinese investor got involved here our situation has changed before the war was privatized a work was much better and easier. china is promising its partners rich but in europe there's a sharp morning whoever accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on it taking it out of the shaky the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world the fish of the bubble. china's gateway to europe starts feb 19th on d. w. .

cut. this is news coming to you live from berlin a massive show of opposition in myanmar protesters returned to the streets for some of the biggest anti crew demonstrations yet they turned streets into parking lots blocking potential routes for security forces the u.n. warns reports of troop buildup squid mean a crackdown is imminent also coming up to stay and fight or abandon the war against the taliban in afghanistan nato defense ministers take up that crucial question and the summit today with no end in sight to.