or worry about. i think that era is over this is the crisis of our time it's a financial like any other financial we live in a competitive world is this cold it's cold it's been cold water used to be free and the world is changing the most important for more assume it is wrong to be free from. forms of smaller city or commodity starts march 22nd on d. w. . the world's most important resource a given for many regions but experts warn 2 thirds of the global population could face 4 shortages in the next 5 years like so often in life you only notice

something when it starts becoming scarce and by that time it's often too late it's no longer as easy as turning on a tap for more and more people water our most precious resource welcome to made. there's a reason earth is known as the blue planet the majority of the globe is covered by water of course around 97 percent of it is so order i mean it to a hospice said is fresh water but much of that is locked away in ice soil and the atmosphere but he bore of it is highly polluted or too deep underground to be extracted at an affordable cost just hoffer percent of all water is readily accessible from lakes rivers and aquifers water scarcity it's one of the most serious risks we face and the problem is growing. new deserts are emerging forests are drying up and we're still wasting water. the regions marked here in

dark red are places where water's extremely scarce and sources are drying up pale red and orange indicate areas where water scarcity is only slightly less critical. delhi in india the southern part of the city. water tankers supply poor neighborhoods but only come once a week. or the like that a liner like water is so scarce some mornings there are so many people you would think there's a fair on everyone is struggling to fill can see that there are arguments fights even accidents water is our biggest problem of the well and we wish they would fix taps on all of our houses just like they've installed electricity on. delhi's main water supply is the moon

a river but there hasn't been enough rainfall so its water level is low. so what are your sources problem in delhi today is the availability of clean water. a lot of work has gone into cleaning efforts. but there is an urgent need to address the issue of making more water available. as ation is taking place rapidly and with it the demand for water is rising just as fast. in germany water is also becoming an issue. u.s. based electric car manufacturer tesla is planning to build its european factory in brandenburg outside berlin once it's operational it will consume millions of leaders of water every day. water levels in this nearby lake have already sunk due to a series of hot dry summers the water at this point in the lake used to reach us moderns waste. he grew up here on lake strauss say. the

prospect of the new test the factory worries him. we have to assume that climate change will continue and that there will be less rainfall and increased about peroration there's a vast amount of water consumption on top of that the water level will continue to fall as it has done in recent years it's likely to drop another few meters the ferry will no longer run down no one will be able to swim in the leg and bird breeding grounds will be destroyed. in the state of north rhine-westphalia there is concern about the drinking water supply at the gills investor waterworks to thoughts on this that we understand the situation is for all going forcing some of the lowest water levels since records began the result of the past 3 dry summers gets placed. or. there's a slight improvement on the way but the rain from the past 2 months isn't enough that's why the needs to be a lot more rain

a little humility in the fire. water is all part of the fun for tourists on the island of bali and as tourism grows so too does water consumption. bali residents are getting worried about their drinking water supplies. it's all because there's a shortage of sweet water we need to keep that within our system we need to keep it on the island we need to retain it push it into the ground and use it here where we need it the most pollies villagers have to travel long distances to get fresh water the next clean water is an hour walk from where this woman lives around the world 2000000000 people face huge problems when it comes to access to clean water is that even on a funky every morning i go out to fetch water. for drinking water at home i fill up her lunch containers and. i always bring the does she come. she said the water and

washed them every day it's light that. i have enough time to go to the was a slow several times a day to fetch water back home. what would global solutions look like one key aspect is utilizing waste water it's rarely treated in india but recycling it could ease demands. the absolute water start up came up with an organic innovation filtering sewage water through plant matter and sand in their system break down any toxins in the water digesting them into harmless components and converting sewage into drinking water. the what's important thing is the operational cost which. we are the cheapest of that of. being. we are not subject. so therefore the cost is the

lowest so all in all it's a fully sustainable. system and it is. a big rethink is already underway in germany as well where farmers are turning to crops which need little water researchers say climate change could make the long hot and very dry summers of recent years a permanent fixture that could lead to conflicting demands on water distribution the farmers association is already highlighting potential flashpoints. because. obviously competition for water will increase for those relatively minor parts of the agricultural industry which use sprinklers meaning fruit and vegetable farms we need water for irrigation and obviously will have to weigh up the benefits of say watering gardens washing machine usage showering. cooling water and washing

up water and ask if we couldn't use it better to produce food for us the world needs investment in water pipes on bali aid organizations have stepped in to help the villagers are also footing a share of the costs in projects like this where water will now if you come to uphill from the source to the village. when i went to new zeland in 969 everything was just so like heaven if. you got home not at that cold water this beautiful and. everything was kind of all right so good so i thought well why couldn't i improve the situation over here so i do it the state doesn't do much for infrastructure here it's the same as in many countries around the world. hot and cold running water

a beautiful thing i never really thought about it the industrialized countries like germany nobody really does things are very different in many other parts of the world where people can line up for hours just to get a few leaders of the precious stuff industrialized nations play a role in that scarcity as well that's because we eat large amounts of products like beef which require a huge amount of water to produce even if it isn't immediately apparent here's a breakdown of what some things cost in terms of h 2 o. . what is virtual water. let's take jeans as an example it takes around 8000 liters of water to make one pair that's $53.00 bathtubs full how come growing the cotton uses most of the water it's a very thirsty plant if the rains fail cotton fields have to be irrigated. and if the cotton is to be spun into jeans it also needs coloring rinsing and bleaching

that pollutes a lot of water. virtual water is the unseen water that goes into the manufacturing of our product. nearly 900000 liters for one kilo of coffee 184 liters for a kilo of tomatoes and about 15000 liters for one kilo of beef. in a country with adequate natural water resources high consumption isn't a problem unless of course a lot of it gets polluted but in many regions water is scarce or supplies have been depleted by producing certain goods the water level in the aral sea has dropped 18 meters because of irrigation in cotton fields it's turned parts of was back you start into a salty toxic waste land. tomatoes are cultivated in the parched reaches of southern spain using water piped into enormous greenhouses. and in brazil where there's a shortage of drinking water the country's huge coffee plantations are never short of a drop coffee is

a major export for brazil. europeans import the as water guzzling goods and by extension all the virtual water needed to produce them seen from this perspective someone living in germany uses free 1900 liters of water a day slightly over the global average but cooking showering and laundry make up only a small part of that most water used here is a virtual water hidden in the products around us. so it takes 8000 liters of water to make a pair of jeans and they use so much more washing them over the years staggering numbers that pose some serious questions like what should water cost who should provide it is it morally acceptable for companies to profit from selling it to those who need it most of schmidt went to talk with a woman involved in a project that discusses issues like that she thinks to fix the problem you have to

hit people where it really hurts their pocketbooks. sophia maria schmidt is a professional musician and a student of economics who thinks a lot about water. deposits must shorten the price should go up until it hurts a bit since to december severe to. meet researchers water related issues the united nations resolution says that is a human right to say for sensible and affordable. i'm not conquer the problem is that there is competition for the use of water if we want to introduce a basic right to water we have to consider which sectors which people are to enjoy that right we can identify 3 major players industry farming and private households which has priority who has more of a right and who are less private individuals also depend on farming it's

a very complex problem and we can't simply demand free water is a basic right. under that's proof do you think that overall the world wide water is too cheap. to believe is never the pleasure compare the united states and in the us water consumption per person per day is almost 300 liters that's a huge amount in germany by contrast it's 122 liters and then compare the prices here water is twice as expensive as to i'm so if the price is too low we waste water and that's exactly what's happening in the us. meat is involved in a project to tell university in frankfurt that focuses on water and it's sustainable management worldwide they held events and have invited representatives of nestle to attend this was not international faces a lot of criticism for bottling and selling groundwater and for generating vast amounts of plastic waste. standard and you for some

teaching position. sponsored by nurses is that a conflict of interest this is a feeling that there are many things to criticize but it's very important to engage with corporations it's all very well for academics to develop ideas but you can only achieve something if you work together with industry we should certainly view nestlé very critically but we also need to talk to it and find out what it can contribute. to most of us and that's kind of this little fountain has dried up schmidt sources of water around the world are going dry so they need to be maintained in a responsible fashion by the public and the private sector. if a company slaps on a 10 percent profit margin water gets more expensive but given that it's our most important source of sustenance is it right for it to be provided by a private company. vending marsha it is as long as the profit margin

is not too high relative better per capita income so as long as people can afford it as long as they stood before i had a low enough price so that they can buy as much as they need there's no problem it's the same with everything food clothes so there's always a profit margin and that's ok as long as we can afford it. as an option. to use the only way to prevent a supply crisis is to raise the price of water so we come to value the resource for what it's really worth. water is used in different ways in different parts of the world in europe for example agriculture industry and household suck up and spit out pretty much equal amounts but in north and south america farming makes up a much more sizeable fraction of total use and i grew culture in asia and africa

swallow around 80 percent of it just 15 percent is used by industry and amiga 5 percent by private households in many mega-cities water is growing increasingly scarce in the philippine capital things have reached a critical stage now the government plans to build a dam to supply manila with 600000000 liters of water a day but it will uproot entire villages my colleagues milan went to talk to some of them. river has always run through the share of modern mountain range in northeastern philippines but a controversial down project is said to change its course brevard so this might be one of my last hope right here. up ahead is the plan construction site for the call you walk down and all along this forest wall here a big tunnel will be built for the convenience of water. the water behind the down

could be up to 162 meters deep. that's more than enough to inundate communities like this one i visited the village of sea to keep which is closest to the dam site here the indigenous to moderate people have lived alongside peasant farmers and fishers for generations many of them have put up signs opposing the down as they face displacement and the loss of their livelihoods. i'm. i'm just wondering when the flood comes how are we going to find. i mean we can't swim or die for fish i mean we wouldn't be able to do any of that. so what's going to become of us. for. the dam is designed to boost the water supply in manila the philippine capital and the country's economic and political center. we're actually just 40 kilometers south of the dam site

but this urban jungle feels worlds away from their remote mountain communities. the authorities here say dwindling supply at manila's primary water sources is leading to shortages in a city that won't stop expanding. greater than america by then but he's serious. about. growing the bounce without. the government argues that displacing thousands and destroying hundreds of hector's of forest land is justified as it will secure water for more than 12000000 people and that it's worth the taxpayer burden in the form of a contentious loan from china of more than $200000000.00. residents whose properties are set to be washed away by the dams construction are going to be taking care of according to official promises. but many here tell me that they're

skeptical. my dad. oh we've heard a lot of offers but we're not accepting them because we don't want to give away what's intended for the generations that come after us. we want them to live if really in our communities. what are they offering you a long period they say they'll give us money or they'll provide us with housing but we don't know where they will take us what if they relocate us to manila for example how would we survive when we're not used to life there. and indeed communities here live in accordance with the rhythms of the river and protect the environment it's a way of life that could be lost if the government has its way.

these are our ancestral lands if they build the dam will lose our identity. that's death for us not just of our physical bodies but our culture politics and economics. even if they do find somewhere for us to resettle we won't be able to live in our traditional way dependent on nature. the project's critics say they have history on their side the current initiative is a reincarnation of sorts of the let you down a few kilometers away which was never completed that project was shut down by community opposition more than a decade ago only ruins stand in the water. now if the even project had been continued there be water all around us as high as the walls which you see behind me the fact that the project was halted is a memory for many of the resistance that was successful but the outcome of their

present day struggle is far from certain. the desire to preserve the river as it is clashes with the urge to change and control it in a standoff that pits local people against the powerful government in the capital if you expect manila to give way. the poll often lose out the most when it comes to water rights at the other end of the spectrum by the wealthy who have turned water into a luxury good bottled water that can cost hundreds of times what it costs out of the tap it's a sector worth billions and of course there are experts who say that like fine wine . has many nuances that it detectable to the discerning palates a report about it on which it went to talk with people trying to be what is all he . so the water isn't just water.

you know region and source give waters a distinctive character and. we're not talking about regular tap water but the kind that comes in bottles in germany that can up the price $100.00 times. these people are taking a course to become water. they're doing a taste test identify the water without seeing the label on the bottle. you know nothing for us you know sodium taste salty calcium makes the mouth feel dry magnesium makes the water taste sweet and bitter and then there are a bubbles carbon dioxide. that's often a giveaway if you throw. the 9 day course costs over 2000 euros so many years have to register subtle differences and talk about them key if you want to sell lots of bottles. some of the students work for mineral water companies

usually in the marketing or sales department they have to be able to explain to customers what makes their water special. last year the global bottled water market was worth $270000000000.00 euros average consumption 62 liters per person. colum lynch for my it's one of the students. he works for a mineral water company in tar austria. it has its own spring and has invested millions in a new bottling plant. we're standing right on top of our source the aquifer that's been here beneath tile home for 25000 years waiting for us. in. and water contains a certain mix of minerals which is qualified it and austrian law as a medicinal water in both austria and germany and it is still waters are actually

considered drugs that are regulated by the relevant authorities. though sometimes organ and we have what's known as a sodium potassium sulfate asadullah spring with its positive feature is that it contains a lot of lithium which lifts the mood significantly and. the time when the higher the 3rd round was recently acquired by the billionaire much it's family which made its money with the energy drink red bull and knows all about marketing beverages. back at the taste test some of the students are fluxed. distinguishing waters is no easy matter. but what is difficult. yes very such tiny differences.

here are the answers the 1st was number 21 i didn't want to sing a shell a crowd of not much sodium a little magnesium and a lot of calcium. to look at mastery of barely perceptible difference is makes the . posh water is big business worldwide. hundreds of national trade is growing all the time the country with the 2nd largest number of somalia is this taiwan more than 21 to give us the formerly news we need water to survive water can be very refreshing and for some it's a delicacy to be saved. i have to admit the only time i really save for water is after a long workout or work but then i'm a straight it now expects us to be very thick that's all from a today thanks for joining us and to drop us a line on twitter or facebook as you know we're always keen to get your thoughts

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still go welcome to the program we begin with another diplomatic route between the european union and former member of great britain this time over vaccine sales british prime minister blair is johnson has announced that his government has not blocked the same of covert $900.00 vaccines to the e.u. it was after london summoned the e.u. envoy to explain accusations made by the european council president shall michelle is to michelle accuse the u.k. of imposing a ban on exports of vaccines produced in its territory mr johnson says he opposes all forms of vaccine nationalism the spot comes as the e.u. faces increasing criticism over its slow vaccine rollout. as more from the w.'s a brussels correspondent matters welcome go without this many times recently brussels says one thing to london says the other did shell michele provide any

proof to back up his claims i would say the council president may have of course been somewhat inaccurate in pointing out that there is an outright export ban here and that is why in a second's tweet he then specify what you want what he means and says there are different ways of imposing bans or restrictions on vaccine and what he means by that is that effectively by including the u.k. 1st clause apparently in the contract with astra zeneca that is the only vaccine being produced in the in the in the u.k. . with that clause and the u.k. in him officially if you want or effectively has created an export ban was no vaccines from astra zeneca from the u.k. coming to the e.u. and as that is something the e.u. arms the hard way. less than a week ago brussels banned italy's decision to block a shipment of vaccines to australia so this sounds like you say

yes it does sound like it but when you're taking a closer look there's a crucial difference here the e.u. has no outright export ban but they have criteria so they have a transparency mechanism where they say we look where things are going and if companies there's 2 key criteria here to then put an export ban into place and that is only with companies that do not fulfill their contracts which in case of astra zeneca is the case because so far they've only delivered 40 percent of what they have promised by contract to the e.u. secondly they're looking at where are the vaccine doses going and millions of doses have left the e.u. by the way there's also according to that data and media reports $8000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine that is being produced in belgium went in february to the u.k. but the crucial thing about australia is that australia is not regarded as a vulnerable country and as long as a country is not regarded as vulnerable vaccines can also be stopped right. britain

had a very successful vibes has a very successful vaccination drive polls across europe show that people are deeply dissatisfied with the used this looks like a distraction tactic from brussels. i would say fully clearly you have some verbal jousting here and you have hurt feelings i would say after this. difficult divorce process of practice it on both sites you clearly half the feeling on the european side that the success of the inoculation scheme in the u.k.'s been exploited to justify breck's it into show look we're doing great and thanks to bracks it while on the other side the e.u. feels that they are scheme to buy vaccines together is and rightly criticised because if we had gone the national way then draw money france and belgium would be vaccinated while the rest of europe would still be waiting for their 1st dose to arrive. brussel correspondent there were massive sank you

hear some of the developments in the coronavirus pandemic of brazil registered a new record of nearly 2000 coronavirus deaths in a single 24 hour period the un's children's agency unicef has made an international appeal for a $1000000000.00 in donations to help poor countries access coronavirus vaccines the indian ocean island malicious is in lockdown and has suspended flights into and out of the island for 2 weeks after according more cases of covering 90. now as a man now as a county forces have raided a neighborhood in young gum that houses railway workers who've been striking in protest of last month's military coup the new government has been cracking down with increasing force using tear gas water cannon and live rounds on protesters across the country united nations security council has called for ministry restraint but at least 60 people have been killed so far and more than 2000 are

rested. the moment any member of the overthrown political party dreads c.c.t.v. catches security forces as they pull up and rush into the house of john maher of the national league for democracy party he's a former volunteer guard for ousted leader aung sang suu kyi. john meagher in his white t. shirt is pulled from the home and pushed into a waiting vehicle as more assault weapon wielding forces move in to get in on the moment. such arrests have not slowed activism in me and mar this in da way in the southeast where a protest turned into a sit down with makeshift barricades at either end. another sit down protest in the northern city of mandalay so engineering students figure a way to keep police at bay using bricks turned vertically in the roadway the

strategy is for quick hit gatherings and then a retreat to avoid security forces. and in mandalay police again arrived with a vengeance slowed perhaps by the bricks. but the sound of armaments can be heard as yet again protesters make a run for it avoiding arrest for much worse at the hands of security forces. security forces like those who took john maher but now detained a member of the overthrown and l.d. party armed personnel snapped pictures and got such a drive off with their detainee who is no doubt aware that 2 fellow party members have died in police custody in recent days the troops also found the keys to john maher's vehicle and decided to take it into custody as well. as go straight to yeah i would join john list comes and welcome under the body counts as we've heard

keeps rising more than 60 people killed at least 2 people from outside and some cheese and i'll be party killed in custody how does the military justify these actions. the military just tried to portray the protesters as the ones being violent when we haven't seen that yet. they've tried sometimes to claim that the protestors are on drugs which we haven't seen any evidence of that and they've even tried to claim that some mysterious 3rd party has been killing some of the protesters which is obviously ridiculous and we haven't seen any evidence of that either so as the bodies pile up there are still people going out on the streets is there any sign of either side given what we've definitely seen a reduction in the number of protesters in the beginning you are seeing hundreds of thousands of people on the streets now those kind of

a hard core group of people turning out every day but it's obvious that for every person on the street there are 100 hundreds of people supporting them in their homes we haven't seen any indication that this core group is is going to stop and we haven't seen any indication that the military is willing to back down. has been no condemnation from vu and merely. the generals to restrain themselves from violence who are the generals more likely to listen to well we've seen cut of nation from western nations we've seen a lot more residency from countries like russia and china. and some other countries in southeast asia russian men on the way the senior general have a very close relationship so there is a possibility that if russia put a little more pressure that something could come of it but it feels really unlikely

that they would ever seriously intervene. and so when we look at it is as you said it looks as though no one's backing down even though there are a few people on the streets when we look at the general's side of things the joneses side of things all the police and military fully behind them. we've seen quite a few police i think the latest count was around 600 defecting rather than enforcing their orders to to either arrest or issue protesters it's certainly possible that we could see that continuing crease. but the military itself is an institution that has historically been pretty immune to those types of internal problems but it's definitely something that a lot of protesters are hoping could happen thanks for joining us. and young go.

take a look at some of the stories making news around the world and lawmakers in libya have confirmed a transitional government to serve until elections at the end of the year the unity government it replaces 2 rival administrations that have been competing for power north african countries faced years of chaos and violence since the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator moammar gadhafi. a state of emergency has been declared in hawaii after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in the vacuum after a dam overflowed on the island of maui forcing evacuations in the strong homes officials say the dam was shuttle to be been moved this year because of its poor condition. now for more on the global race to vaccinate against cope with 194 weeks israel was the fastest country now another country has overtaken it chile its average averaging one point nor 8 doses for 100 inhabitants of the last 7 days in israel it's 1.3 so that's really comes down to santiago

efforts to secure doses long before any vaccine was approved to make the shots easily accessible. a quick hello temperature check and a hand disinfection van into the vaccination center in this school and some tiago know in person classes are taking place so 50 to 60 year olds are getting their 1st vaccination dose here a few over sixty's also wander in the last ones receiving their follow up days says the proceeds to the whole process is working really well with. chilean efficiency could be the reason we have x. 1000 people faster than in other countries. as if you. chile has vaccinated a greater percentage of its population than most other countries in the world the government made vaccine deals with a number of different drug firms early last year here the beyond tech pfizer

vaccine developed in germany and china a sign of fact fact seen are available the under overlay so the government didn't just buy enough vaccine doses early on but it also involved the health sector early to even before the vaccines arrived we have received details not collation plans and in. formation i'm going to see a but if you it's not just schools that are serving as vaccination centers but parks too there's very little red tape and that's another reason for chile's vaccination success more than one in 5 have received at least their 1st jab. 2028 was the year of fear but 2021 will be the year of. when the pandemic began the government's response was chaotic strict lock downs came too late and when they did many people were forced to rely on food donations from charities. coronavirus cases sold among poor children and.

and in some neighborhoods residents protested against quarantine orders now chile's vaccination campaign is going so well it has given away tens of thousands of doses to poor and neighboring countries. we are among the world leaders in terms of vaccinations at least that some good news after all the bad or. 80 percent of the population in chile should be vaccinated by june. thailand's prime minister ended a news briefing in bangkok by leaving the podium and spraying the media with time sanitizer reporters were ready to question. about a possible competent reshuffle instead and shouted from. disinfectant and continue he sprang frenzy as a cornered him for questioning. behavior

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