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to normal life the government is issuing a green pass app to anyone who has been vaccinated twice the 2 nations can relax a little due to successful vaccination drives a bet on the future but they can only win if that scenes are effective against you tasia ends. oh my goodness there's finally light at the end of the tunnel a heap of countries are easing restrictions again the difference this time being that we've got a vaccine but some people don't want it including a lot of health professionals something we'll look at on tomorrow's show 1st i spoke to the shaikh director of the other institute about whether or not the exit strategies of the u.k. and israel are realistic so i think basically it is one of 2 approaches one is to try to eradicate the virus completely sometimes called a coded 0 strategy i think the other one the one i think is much more realistic is

the assumption that the virus is now here with those states endemic so what we have to do is try and live with the virus which means that there will be some restrictions in place over the longer term periodically relaxed. and but basically it's a long term strategy where we recognize that the virus is in our midst long term in the sense of forever. yeah i mean i think potentially just like we have with influenza influenza hits every season every yet periodic lee there are a pandemic. but what we have is a way has been actually living with it trying to balance you know the ability to. minimize any social restrictions whilst. also trying to minimize any.

morrissey or mortality associated with the virus through what are you saying when you saying mosques are going to become. regular. we going to have to continue social distancing for for the rest of our lives. and i think what we now have are like scenes of the various active and i think that will help reduce the number of serious cases i mean hopefully also reduce transmissions i think that's a very important instrument that we've got in our tool kits we also now got a number of treatments for people who do develop serious disease and i think that is also incredibly helpful with us mean i think we should be able to actually substantially reduce movie c and mortality but there may be periods of time where we do need to take additional safeguards and those that may include.

face masks that they may include physical distancing measures. actual physical contact periodic lee and i think the other thing that we do need to develop and continue to develop is our testing capabilities and the ability to support people who are isolating in the testing positive what would you say just finally to people who are tired of all these lockdowns. would like to see an end in sight but . may not think they can live with this type of virus for the rest of their lives. you know i'm not think we're all tar i mean this is an incredibly challenging period for all of us. what we know from our own human history is that reason loan money viruses and so they've been there in an era posit nature now with coded launching what we've seen is just really very very rough it acceleration of our understanding of our roads i think vaccines i think treatments available and so i

think mean clearly it's been a very very difficult it's all of us i mean i think things will get improved i very much hope so but we need to be patient and we need to tread very carefully i think as a shape for the university of edinburgh thank you very much and you are germany has seen a harsh winter when it comes to the pandemic of one region in the north has made it through the last months with exceptionally low numbers of infections what's their secret to success the other use testified to and i caught house visitor brust stock in the state of maryland a west pomerania. is it the cool baltic greece or the rather calm and collected mindset of people in the north of germany so far they have made it well through the covert crisis especially here in the city of boston infection numbers are currently lower than the german every.

discipline where disciplined northern germans are quite different from everyone else. so we're a bit more nordic and distance anyway maybe that's our secret recipe they be allowed to get so hard to try to bring your dog put in rules so that it doesn't increase on the seniority because there's the secret timing might have been one reason very early on the city started testing more people than ever it masks quickly became mandatory in designated places and alcohol was spent on the streets earlier than in most places in germany another reason might be him of our stocks mayor he is originally from denmark and had just started his political career when the pandemic hit before that he was an entry printer helpful when leading a team. minded people looked very surprised when i said now we're

going to shut everything down it took 15 minutes and then they started working all together as a strong team and immediately put my words in action and i can understand that when the new mayor suddenly says we're going to shut everything down here. now he wants to do things differently again the mayor has suggested opening up businesses before everyone else as an example for germany. we would be very happy to offer ourselves as a pilot city that way we can look at which concepts can be implemented in the search reason for the low number of infections could be the north specs a nation strategy relative to its inhabitants they have vaccinated more people than any other region in germany. and there is something else a few family doctors are gaining nationwide attention because they started vaccinating people in their own practice unique in germany because so far people

had to go to vaccination centers to get the jap administering it has been doable for doctors here contrary to popular belief the biotech pfizer vaccine can be stored at normal french temperature for a couple of days. my wish of course would be that when we have enough vaccine available in the near future that we will have proven with this model project it's possible the family doctors can do the vaccinations it has brought in this idea and let the family doctors take over. but germany is still missing vaccine doses until that problem is solved the country's north will have to continue counting on its discipline and maybe the fresh baltic breeze i mean and you have been out through our science correspondent eric williams he's been looking into your questions on the coronavirus if there is something you want to know just leave a message for derek on our you tube channel and.

are children as infectious as. what you read over and over when you start to research the question is something along the lines of the role that kids play in the spread of codeine $900.00 remains highly controversial which is just a complicated way of saying we don't know but we're starting to fill in some of the blanks surrounding children and transmission so so here's some of what we do know 1st of all kids in general tend to not manifest symptoms of the disease as strongly as adults do so they don't get as sick some researchers have consciously hypothesized that could be a reason why they don't transmit it as often even if they might have a viral load as high as that of an adult but another new study has muddied the

waters a little because it's linked viral load in adults at least pretty tightly to how infectious people are so actually some conflicting narratives there the other really interesting aspect of this issue however is that some studies show kids especially young ones appear in general to be less susceptible to catching cova 19 in the 1st place there are several different theories out there about why that might be so but the important epidemiological takeaway is of course that the harder it is for you to catch it the less likely you become to pass it along many experts think that helps explain why schools don't appear to be driving community transmission but instead seem to only reflect it but the evidence is. overwhelming

which is why so many schools are still closed so i can hear you say well what's the answer are our children as infectious as adults or not. and i can only respond the role kids play in the spread of covert 19 remains controversial. a science correspondent eric williams there finally for 10 rockets hangs in indonesia the pandemic is made having to hitch a ride in a helicopter when released into the wild just recently a critically endangered animals had been in captivity wanted thailand and were rescued by the borneo a rank and tank survival foundation 5 males 2 females and a mother with 2 babies were released right things were transported by chopper to prevent possible transmission of the corona virus in the air by villages coaching and habitat losses decimated the tank population and the coronaviruses emerged as

another threat for the only great ape native to asia can see the helicopter ride there and touch down into the wild. always nice to finish on a fluffy animal story we haven't had wanted a very long time so watching face safe i'll see you again very soon i'm been physical and i still have you here on the w. of ike. conspire big changes people may come. and go out for a cup sometimes it might. join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and work together for a better future. const you all but you name it cool

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a no go here income uganda and i know of course change by michael in nigeria hi chris. hi sandra put the force leaving cities in africa that are growing frost more and more people are leaving the call to side in search of opportunity is now things can get a little crowded at times and that puts a strain on the environment today we're going to look at where the problems lie and which challenges need to be masjid there are just so hopeful it's coming up. what to do with what becomes goods to tell 6 to adapt to drought by diversifying its water supply. what happens today in barbados as more people move to the sea to put here from the united nations agency you inhabited. and from garbage to go do with european cup toulouse using the bone to trash to generate power. from.

the movement of people is the driving force behind open eyes ation most people move to the city to be. the hope of finding a better life they may be fleeing the effects of climate change or persecution all 2nd op ed a place to implement their ideas while most people living in the cities also means a great strain on the environment in those areas will begin with our eco check to bring you some facts and figures the. grave is getting into green more and more land is being covered if a colleague freed and asphalt urban areas currently occupy some 2 percent of the world's surface the landmass of russia and brazil combined. u.n. studies predicts cities will take up twice as much space by 2050. if population

growth stays at the current rate it will have dire consequences for all more than half of us already live in urban areas by 2050 that's expected to be true of 70 percent of the world's population. cities are spreading outwards in asia and africa in particular more and more prime arable land bespeaking developed by the end of this decade will see the loss of an area as big as germany. the steep rise in migration to cities is also impacting living conditions more shanty towns are springing up without proper sanitation or electricity. traffic volumes and c o 2 emissions are increasing and the amount of waste. some 2000000000 tons of garbage are produced road wide annually by 2050 that amount is projected to double. global warming is fuelling extreme weather events the pressure on

urban ecosystems is growing. increasingly people are real. that cities have to be made greener and more sustainable in megacities urban farming is beginning to take off along with rooftop and vertical gardening. citizens are doing their bit cleaning up rivers and recycling trash the. engine industrialized nations cities are turning to intelligent traffic systems and sustainable build. c o 2 emissions could drop 30 percent in cities if more cars were shared for example but even then the environmental impact of continued urbanization will present challenges for the leaders of africa's rapidly growing towns and cities. something needs to be done for sure many cities and collaborations already feeling

the effects the impact of climate change is especially noticeable in south africa with heavy rainfall in winter and extreme heat waves the rest of the year. that is right at the crease in $28.00 kept down almost reached days you know when the authorities would have been forced to tunnel the tops during that long dry period to prevent any repeat of that scenario the city is now investing heavily in war time management. and some plates the construction wants one through swing their west water treatment facility on the outskirts of kemp town is currently being upgraded financed through in on by the german development bank for some fleece the upgrade is long over due the form on top of the wish to water is a ts sign that the plant is struggling currently the broncos those are the 372000000 liters of water

a day that flow into the plant is as an average is about 90 maybe you can see that the progress overloaded in terms of the amount of flow that's conceiving. flashback to 2018 due to a severe drought kept on dams had run dry residents queued to stock up on drinking water day 0 was looming through strict last minute water restrictions kept on escaped the catastrophe. for city councillors sonthi limburg the water crisis was a learning experience. learned very important lessons from the trial of one of. the need for us to not be entirely dependent on surface water from brain damage because there is a risk of future rainfall patterns remaining very low and we have seen this being the case lost by wind and so we do that it is necessary and critical for the city to diversify its water supply and this is one mechanism in which we will waste

water through the upgrade something it will be able to treat an additional 18000000 liters of water the end product can be used for multiple purposes be it from quality that will come out of this one be portable. to a single standard which can be used for industrial purposes or for your guys and purposes future droughts in a fast growing population are major challenges for the water supply in kept on and surrounds especially in informal settlements poor water infrastructure puts the health of residents at risk so no one song see is the community leader of the language settlement contaminated water that is running through the streets is a big problem here at the end of the day all this water you see it off should true based on water pipe storm water power shoot straight to believe our very far since

the dam where we get our drinking water you know so it means municipalities should do as much to clean the environment. why and where a solution or community not. you know. only a few kilometers down the hill scientists are trying to solve some of the issues. that's the water habra such as test natural processes to treat contaminated run of from informal settlement what to expect care of in the winter initiated there is such tight we're really not putting enough resources into our wastewater treatment works into our water provision and into our drainage because the drainage is where the vectors for disease are starting to move and so here's one example where we actually intercepting some of that water from what is effectively drainage somewhat for the downstream and cleaning that water up and using that water safely then to irrigate gardens stones and couple of sources such as peach pipes actors bio

filters and clean the water of bacteria nutrients and heavy metals these nature best solutions require space but present a useful addition to conventional treatment plants kept on has learned the hard way only by investing in its water infrastructure can the city be feed for the future the upward of some fleet is she due to be finished by 2023. but a lot more is needed to be a good fit for the future they native nations human settlements program works for more sustainable i've been development so what does that mean for me and how could it change our lives if africa met we all must figure from the regional office for africa. good morning good to see good to see you.

but. today 2020. 6 to 600000000 of people living in cities which are going to 40 percent of the population and by 2035 if you will how 50 percent of population living in settings look at africa sub-saharan 54 percent of population leave informal settlements you that water sanitation green energy and that which has really a critical dam of infection the deficit in africa in time of masters 1000000000 of dollars yet you have to do it if you want to keep those people in this particular area i bet that made you question today do facing this jen and of increased population important for us to see step out of the way out how africa and cities can be nice climate in agreement to issues for now.

you know driven by something and i drop by something which is jobs have system basic infrastructure if you don't have you to where we are in the village what are going to do there people are looking for better jobs and better employment they're also looking for access to basic stuff this is graham a chance of course what happened in mozambique to push people to go to the cities of course because they're not safe and this is happening because until now every year what they can do that but also you have conflict pushing people to come through the cities look at what happened in this ad region people are fleeing from reality to come to the cities because that's where they can find peace. i'm turning to water if you are overloading the city's. those efforts let's take it to other cities and bring jobs and opportunity for people to be there instead of

just concentrating on one city's you heard about this program if you inhabit a public space and greening which is more you know allowing cities to have such consideration to the grid and trees you know but also allow people to get out and get access to those green area where health. of integration and social cohesion forces more and so on to cities. but also to loosen the pressure on big cities so that people have access you know the basic services they assist the water sanitation health assistance school where they are instead of needing to compete with susan thank you very much. do you know the feeling of being in the beadle of the city. with not even a breath of fresh. air is the course so cold he spilled up between the

buildings and it's not a problem of city life in the era of climate change let's look at what happens. urban heating is the name given to the so-called heat island effect. temperatures in towns and cities rise more sharply than in the surrounding area because of the density of streets and buildings and the many people cars in trains all of which produce even. spread over the year the mean air temperature in in urban areas is around $1.00 to $3.00 degrees celsius warmer than the areas outside them were large green spaces within them. on top of this town and should be centers often cooled down for less at night because the building density doesn't allow cool air to move around the city. on hot summer nights without a breeze. the temperature difference between the city and its surroundings can be more than 10 because we so choose. so what to do above the

ramping up of the air conditioning is not an eco friendly solution as we all know but there are a number of sustainable ways in which towns come prepared for extreme weather a gem these steps are being taken to protect cities both from extreme heat and must see very for with the help of nature. these young trees fresh from the nursery are being planted in a new residential neighborhood complex and handing the leaves on some looked wonderfully green and french especially when compared to these beach settings. the space alter is a hybrid species bred from japanese and caucasian alder with many beneficial characteristics than have fun evans says when it gets hot the poorest in their lives close to retain valuable moisture allergy we haven't planted many of the spades out there yet it's new here a climate change tree

a city tree of the future. we still have to see how they fare in urban settings my suspicion is they're far superior to native species. climate change is playing havoc with cities around the world. one reason many cities can't deal well with heavy rain or floods is that so much city surface is covered by concrete and water concious into the ground. environmental scientists complain that this sealing effect means half of all rainfall is lost compared to woodlands and meadows and not available to people all nature. of also rainwater that's channeled straight into drains and carried away is gone it can evaporate and it's removed from the natural water cycle effect of evaporation cools the air and we feel that to start for so you can all the sealed surfaces heat up a lot and stay hot if there's no cooling at.