leave it up to a hedge fund or exchange traded fund a reporter of the frankfurt stock exchange chelsea delaney took a look at how easy or hard it is being green. and list stretches of cream. the frozen tundra of the arctic. lush south american jungles this is what climate activists want to say from destruction but can fighting against climate change also make you rich. my friend lizzie started investing last year through a trading at mostly buying popular tech stocks but she also cares about the environment and she once turned vestments to reflect that. and it's not just her. millions of people have taken to the streets in recent years to protest climate change and that movement has also found its way into financial markets many no longer just want investments to make money they also want them to make the world

a better place. in the past 3 years investments into sustainable assets have searched by almost 400 percent here in europe. but what does it really mean to you and your screen and is this promise that you can make money while also saving the planet too good to be true. to answer that question i'm on my way to see one of germany's green investing heavy weights. called book fits manages sustainable stock portfolios for the german asset manager of the us he's been very busy lately pinks and large part to my generation. we have the 1000000 youth they are now we present 50 percent of the global workforce and for them sustainability is very important so they will invest their money in a different way compared to their parents for example there was green investing profitable a couple of years ago it was always like oh if you want to. invest in

a sustainable manner or green then. you might sacrifice performance for that but now it's the never to. it's turning into if you want to make performance you better invest in a sustainable manner or you invest green because especially last year we have seen that most of the sustainability funds passive and active outperform the broader market so i'm looking here at one of the top european sustainability stock funds it includes about $400.00 different companies that all are labeled as maybe you are the no this acronym stands for and mental social and governance and basically these are companies that are committed not just to environmental sustainability but also to taking care of their workers and to being governed in an ethical way. some of these names might surprise you and finance sustainable doesn't just mean for example a wind turbine maker it can also mean a company like nestle which has been increasing its use of for noble energy and

introducing more recyclable packaging like for the smarties candies. but we total is an oil jeweler rio tinto is the metals miner b.p. was behind one of the biggest oil spills in history how can any of these companies possibly be considered sustainable 1st of all i recommend every investor before investing understand your investment and. especially about those 2 that you find in those or why is this oil company for example in the fund. but the the space is very diverse and there are many strategies so there is no one solution for all the no shortcuts you have you make up your own mind so how do you decide what is considered green so what we are doing is when we want to evaluate investments we are using to support 3rd party data provider if every data provider saying all right this is really a green company then the charge is quite high that is really the truth. here's an

example of how that might work are you a company dependent on coal or other fossil fuels do your employees work and dangerous conditions. are all of your executives middle aged white men and if so you might end up with a failing sustainability grade. the problem though is that these readings aren't always scientific they can be based on a company's pledge to someday become more sustainable it's based on a promise and promises are easily broken. up or as a critic of green investing she says the end history is overrun with green washing or labeling non-green assets as green to make money and my question will be who will define as green it cannot be that we believe that there is of the greening finance agenda through private finance because it's in the same way to me if you only have the. i don't know their health agenda to tobacco companies what is dating since it's the same for the private finance company then he said he needs to continue with practices that generate profits and community wise regulatory reach

of this thing that's not to say that there aren't environmentalists sustainable assets out there it's just investors responsibility to find them and luckily it is getting easier. asset managers like paul books and companies are being forced to disclose more data about the climate and packed up their businesses and that is a step in the right direction. but it's green investing a really powerful enough to turn the tide of climate change. after this i'm skeptical and so is daniella. over the last 5 years what we thought was a lot of good ground that we had it looks like it's a lot of grounded that we are what we need to realize beyond thinking that with wind of huge oil financing decisions or with my individual savings decision i will make a difference i don't think. we'll get those wonderful. lizzie is more optimistic

she hasn't given up on green investing but she's going to do a lot of research maybe it's not a silver bullet but as we wait for politicians to get serious about climate change even the smallest and eventual action is better than sitting on the sidelines. watching the devastation of our environment. an important part of sustainability is how we deal with trash since the start of the coronavirus pandemic mosque's of generated a lot of waste and if you did not supply and have a quick turnover last year germany imported $6000000000.00 euros worth of masks mostly from china and from march through december of last year china exported a whopping $224000000000.00 masks all over the world that's equivalent to $43000000000.00 euros so it's big business but what's the impact on the environment and can mosques really be recycled. the

soco islands at the far south west of the territory comprising hong kong the waters here have long been polluted but with the pandemic a new form of waste his turned up masks and now we have this to contend with. we have the corona virus and all these masks and now we're still building. these images make me start to wonder how much of a hazard are these masks for our planet it's an item that many of us now where every day. and why do so many of them end up in the ocean instead of being disposed of through the normal channels and what's the right way to dispose of a mask any way. it must whether it's the higher grade respirator masks or the more basic surgical ones or rubber gloves that people are

also using now they all belong in the trash but if you didn't aren't suitable for recycling because they're medical waste i believe in you so they need to be incinerated and bought for country. ok but clearly not all masks and up in incinerators as our oceans are littered with them how dangerous is that for marine life and what material are the masks made of to find out i bought an f f p 2 respirator mask from a pharmacy. and another one from a supermarket in berlin. i then went online and order 2 more mask types. finally i packed up all my purchases and sent them off to a textile laboratory for analysis. to be able to tell me what exactly the masts are made of and how hazardous they are for the environment.

2 weeks later i hear back from the lab the good news is wearing a mask isn't harmful for us humans having a mask on for 8 hours a day is fine but for the environment it's a different story. if you throw a mask away in the countryside somewhere it's not in this really harmful for the environment the disadvantage is that some substances in the masks like polypropylene took a long time to decompose that's the big downside and the reason why masks should always be disposed of properly. if everyone just throws their mask way in some forests that waste will be around for a long time to come. at some stage you end up with micro plastic that's what makes the masks bad for the environment along the coast of hong kong scientists are finding a growing number of them they estimate that around 1500000 masks entered the scene

last year. and we need to reduce the single use number one but then also it comes down to governments and you know how they handle the waste management facilities like. the garbage bins the rubbish bins in the street they have very wide open is all it's fault and people just put their mosques and think you know doing the right thing and they get blown out very easily anniston is out there on the street they go down the drains they go down the drains know the drains leads to the ocean so. it's a joint effort and it's the government level as well as individuals. it looks like the masks won't be disappearing from our lives any time soon there are already far too many on the scene but if we all do our part we can at least prevent a further escalation of the problem. are exactly sustainable solutions may cost more at 1st but once everyone joins in the price of

a stock think about the planet you're creating for generations to come. is for joining us by. move.

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this is deja vu news live from berlin tensions between israel the palestinians escalate as israel presses ahead with its offensive in the gaza strip. launched another barrage of rockets in jerusalem and tel aviv violence has triggered the worst jewish air of violence inside israel in decades international community is calling for restraint but to no avail. and heartbreak and anger and as russia mourns the 7 children 2 staff members were killed in tuesday's school shooting. plus the german government has signed off on

a bill with tougher climate goals that comes after germany's high court said the current climate protection along didn't go far enough. and way blue craft good to have you with us more violence between israel and the palestinians israeli air strikes in gaza intensified and troops are massing along the border tensions are at their highest since a similar conflict in 2014 a must militants have launched thousands of rockets across israel and all over 70 people have been killed and hundreds more injured mostly on the palestinian side world leaders are calling for both sides to pull back in fear of stoking even wider conflict. this arab man was pulled from his car and beaten by right wing israeli nationalists.

it is the 1st act of nationalist violence to receive direct condemnation from the prime minister. nothing justifies the lynching of arabs by jews by the lynching of jews by arabs it's unacceptable we will not tolerate this this violence is not us. the conflict can be seen across the sky line. islamist led hamas unleashed a stream of rockets fired towards israel in retaliation for the destruction of a building in gaza by israel. these are the most intense hostilities that the country has seen in 7 years. it is particularly bad in mixed jewish hour of tons. of.

the palestinians message to israel and the jewish settlers is light and clear. i address my words specifically to america and to israel enough is enough to leave us. we will remain thorns in your eyes we will not leave our homeland we will not leave our country uncle moreno. the u.s. maintained its support for israel and its call for peace on wednesday my expectation hope is that. this will be. closing down sooner than later but israel has a right to defend itself and if thousands of rockets fly and indeed your territory . israel's defense was to target the hamas militants. they say several senior commanders have been killed. but the attacks have also

claimed the lives of palestinian civilians. neither side is showing any sign of backing down prompting the united nations to warn a fill scale civil war we're. joined now by steven cook a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and washington welcome to the program what are the risks of prolonged conflict. well i think that it's clear that the israeli military and hamas are laying the groundwork for a more probe long conflict if you go back to 24 teams where there was a month long war between hamas and israel. the proximate cause of that conflict. for less there was far less at stake and there is here in the current conflict how

masses demonstrated an ability that the israelis did not anticipate which is to basically put all of israel in jeopardy that's not something any israeli politician defense minister or military officer can tolerate so it looks like with the call up and massing of ground forces and continue the airstrikes and rocket fire everybody is settling in for a much longer bloodier and prolonged conflict you mention steak so how are the political pressures on both sides shaping the course of events. well of course that is part of the narrative that is emerging here on one side you have prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is fighting for his political survival just before this began the israeli president handed the mandate to form a government to one of netanyahu his rivals he clearly benefits from the situation right now where political factions may decide

a change in leadership is not the most appropriate being how mass is also in a bid for leadership recently the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas was forced to cancel elections the 1st elections in more than a dozen years because the polls 'd show that he would lose they have now position themselves as leaders as protectors of muslim jerusalem and are seeking to benefit as a primary resistance to to israel those dynamics also lend themselves to. clip let's zoom out now we have no joe biden he's an experienced foreign policy pro he's been criticized quite a bit for his handling so far of the situation what is the u.s. role here exactly. well president biden as vice president saw the futility of trying to force israelis and palestinians into constructive negotiations and has decided to take

a very hands off approach to palestinian and israeli palestinian israeli conflict. he has dispatched an envoy to see what can be done here to deescalate the situation and it has issued a statement that has been broadly supportive of israel and that is why he's essentially come in for criticism here among some quarters including within his own party but it's hard to imagine what exactly be united states can do at this point both sides can on escalate. the president has the kind of resources at their disposal in order to pull the such support when they are intent on fighting. or have to leave it there for now steven cook from the council foreign relations in washington thanks for your time everybody. else have been held for the victims of tuesday school shooting and the russian city of cazan russia has strict gun control laws but president vladimir

putin is reportedly calling for them to be tightened hundreds of mourners gathered at vigils and funerals today to pay their respects to the 7 students and 2 staff members who were killed and morals have sprung up across cities across russia cities. place arrests and the suspected gunmen but have yet to release information on a potential motive. a carpet of flowers and emotions running high shock mixed with anger and sadness. after the tragic shooting in locals come to believe that the high school like any other has come to symbolize senseless violence and that a former pupil carried out of the deadly rampage through. my kids go to the school my niece is in the 9th grade the fire service rescued her with a ladder my son is in the 4th grade and thank god he only goes to school in the afternoon i'm shocked i have no tears left.

i'm grieving for all the children here i could cry my nephew goes to school he has . she did. i feel like they're all my children it's just so awful. just picked the. school shootings are unusual in russia but the attacker smutty is still not clear people say he was polite and unassuming and to no one in russia would have expected a killing in the this city just over 1000000 people live in tourists come here from all over russia and the city is known for being very beautiful and peaceful so the fact that something like this could happen has shocked everyone here. heavily armed police task force and the siege exactly what happened inside of a school is under investigation the 19 year old attacker was able to get in with

a weapon he obtained illegally he shot dead 7 children and 2 adults before surrendering to police 23 people are still in hospital. the fact that the shooter was able to carry out of the attack in broad daylight using a legal weapon has raised questions of a russian strict gun laws. biscuits how can i send my kids back to school i'm really afraid. to stand at speed with. how can we carry on if we're always afraid to let them go i definitely won't let my child go back before the end of the school year and i'm already worried about next year. it will take a long time for cazan to get over the dreadful events for many in the city of this tragedy has changed their lives forever. let's take a look at what else is making news around the world right now. thousands of

colombians have demonstrated in the capital bogota for the 15th consecutive day of unrest the protests were sparked by anger over tax reforms were quickly spread to fury over police brutality the country human rights oman's min says at least $42.00 people have died and more than $160.00 have gone missing since the protests began. tesla's a lot musk says his electric car company will stop accepting it coined because of environmental concerns the digital currency is created using energy intensive process that relies heavily on fossil fuels musk said tesla would resume bitcoin sales once the process becomes more sustainable. the german cabinet has approved a new climate bill to make the country climate neutral 5 years earlier than previously planned last month germany's highest court ruled that the current climate protection law wasn't aggressive enough chancellor angela merkel's ruling conservatives are under pressure to polish their climate bona fide ace general elections are in september and they face

a stiff challenge from the green party meantime polls show climate change has become a top issue for many voters. it's as if angle a miracle and her government had flung to school exams and were given extra homework as a result in fact they were told to improve the law on climate protection the environment minister is calling it a success this. is the ruling from the federal constitutional court 13 days ago was a surprise but ultimately a good surprise for climate protection. a. brave face after the slap in the face from geminids highest court it said the government's climate plan for the period after 2030 was not good enough to heavy a burden it ruled was being placed on future generations the revamped goals a more ambitious climate need for germany 5 years earlier than planned transport industry and agriculture to be emissions neutral by 2045. previously

germany and to cut climate damaging gases by just over hauffe in 10 years now the reduction will be nearly 2 thirds. the environment minister thinks the government has earned a pat on the back. germany is at the forefront because we have a concrete plan which we're putting into law saying precisely how we can get to greenhouse gas neutrality for an industrialized country that's a special achievement which other countries also recognize. younger people for instance those in the fridays for future movement to demanding that these must not remain empty promises some activists say the government is still not doing enough to avert climate disaster. in order to secure the younger generations right to a future and to bring climate policy here into line with the paris agreement

germany's greenhouse gas emissions have to be reduced by at least 70 percent by 2030 and germany needs to be climate neutral by 2040. the report card for the governing parties will be issued on september 26th that's the days of the general election. and sports now have continued their climb away from relegation in the bonus league after bidding on wednesday evening after had to do with the hard way too after she took an early lead thanks to a strike in the 6th minute i mean heart. berlin fight back started before half time . level the scores with a close range header. that before you. scored the winner which means have all but assured staying in german football's top flight axes. and a reminder of our top story israeli airstrike has nearly topple

a massive high rise housing a hamas affiliated t.v. channel in gaza officials there say more than 50 people have been children airstrikes play 7 israelis have been killed by rocket attacks. the studio the news for now i'll have more for you at the top the hour. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. the latest research say. information and context. of virus update. on t w. do you feel more each of the planets. the tree. i'm neal.