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to play a very much a line dw channel. your guy to the potential starts in germany, knew it recognizes where exactly it was fun and i have learned a lot our culture history, all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit with ah, nuclear power gets a new look as europe scrambles for energy. countries like the czech republic say it's their best option to quickly replace russian fossil fuels and meet climate goals. what does the rest of europe agree or so on?

the show more worried about food security as a major drought in italy threatens to wipe out this years harvest of staple crops and plastic trash plagues much of the world. when canyon start up is now turning it into every day items below. welcome to the show. i'm seeing because in berlin is, could have you with us. might europe be on the cost of a new era of nuclear power? beginning today, the controversial energy source is getting more support on the e u level. as the czech republic assumes the e counsel presidency leaders, there's a pushing up support for atomic energy is a priority of parts of europe, germany, denmark and austria in particular, have fiercely opposed efforts to encourage nuclear in the past. prague, however, sees things differently of special delivery from russia as the war rages in ukraine . uranium fuel rods are being delivered to the timely nuclear power plant and the czech republic. many lights would go out in the country without the russian uranium

fuel rods. nuclear power accounts for 40 percent of the country's energy production, the delivered fuel rods will keep the nuclear reactors running for the next few years. i'm for nuclear energy. it's one of the few energy sources where everything works out of it. yeah, yeah. yeah. actually, i'm a geologist, i know about it and i have a clear opinion. okay, and we should have built more nuclear power plants long ago, then we would have safe energy today. the check republics to nuclear power plants add to moline and duco vonny. our aging both were built during this soviet era. the reactor and duke of annie is a mix of western control technology and soviet engineering. the nuclear power plant has never reached western safety standards. there were repeated emergency shut downs caused by defective components. meanwhile,

the expansion of renewable energies has been prevented and delayed. as it is, the geographical location of our country is not good for wind energy up. for example, we don't have a see where the wind blows strongly. ne mom, it's only and we don't have much sun, especially in winter go be. that's why nuclear energy is so important in our energy mix. the czech republic has never had a significant anti nuclear movement. one of the country's few well known opponents is carl poland ascii. he's critical of the government's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants by 2036. the new model is perceived as a major capacity of the country to master a complicated technology like nuclear power. because many people are proud of the fact that the check republican organizes the construction of a nuclear power plant jekyll, actually, it's seen as something positive with music of them either capital,

the latest uranium fuel rods from russia will keep the check nuclear reactors online for another 3 to 4 years after that, they will be replaced by western made ones, which will have to be technically adapted. karen pedal heads, the eco center for energy climate and resources immunity. she joins me for more. karen, i want to start with germany. we just heard about jack republic, there. germany is phasing out nuclear energy at same time, it's facing an energy crunch in the short term because of russia and in the long term because of climate. is it just a matter of time before berlin begins to take nuclear seriously? again, i don't believe that. i believe so, at least not in the long run. i'm there is at the moment discussions about belonging, the duration at which the remaining 3. it's only 3 m power plants could be running . so either kind of light letting them run longer,

the existing on the already at the fuel rods already in place or i have one more round. if you want of new fuel rod spot in the long term. i don't see a future of nuclear energy in germany. what's the biggest opposition from germany briefly, if you can. there's a long history, of course, behind this. but how would you explain this to viewers who might not be familiar with it? i mean couple of issues, but i think safety is one of the main concerns and also the question, what do you do with the fuel rods? once they are taken out of the reactor and have to be stored somewhere permanently . so both aspects are really behind the discussion about nuclear energy and now combined also with the fact that renewable energy have become so much cheaper in the last decades. we know that check republican france are among those countries planning boat outs, belgium and korea have reversed their plans to phase out nuclear. is nuclear, a long term solution for these countries, or is it just a bridging to get through perhaps a wider build out of renewables?

what are we seeing? i'm for some countries, it's actually something that they want to pursue in the long run. the czech republic, for example, they are opposing the stipulations in the taxonomy in the u. taxonomy so far that it is only to be considered as a bridging technology. they really want to use nuclear power to actually do carbon i stair power system in the long run. you mentioned that you taxonomy that of course, a ranks or i would say provides a pathway for investors to invest in energy sources that are considered green or the importance with climate transition. nuclear has controversially been put on there, that, that sort of wobbling right now. in your opinion, does it help nuclear for it to be on that list? is that something that should happen? in my opinion, it does help new care because if you are on that list, you're more easily and get access to state funding, public funding,

public support um for building you paul plan. so that definitely helps the question whether it should be on there is a different one. i do not believe the so because it's not a green technology, it might be climate neutral technology, or at least with loads, but to consider it green and with low environmental hazards. i find that really problematic, but the same holds of course also with respect to nuclear gas, which is a natural gas, which is also on that list. the i. e, a, the international energy agency agency release reports today saying that nuclear needs the player should be considered as a major part of climate transitions. for many countries in the without nuclear, it will be much more difficult. is germany putting itself in a bind by not going to nuclear as it tries to transition to climate friendly energy sources and stay away from russian energy. i do not believe at this point any more. if we had decided earlier to stay in nuclear power, it might make

a difference. but starting to build new nuclear power plants. now, as i said, we only have 3 remaining that are running would take very long. so it would take 10 to 15 years to buy, build the new ones, and also new care. paula is by no means cheap when you buy bought built new u haul plan. so for germany as an option to decrease their emissions from our emissions from power production fast, it is not really an option. all right, karen pitiless director of the etha center for energy climate and resources. thank you very much. and out of some of the other global business stories making headlines, average inflation and europe rose to another record high in june. consumer prices, the $1000.00 euros on countries reaching 8.6 percent. that's half a percentage point up from may. german inflation dropped half a point. meanwhile, while inflation in spain rose above the 10 percent threshold for the 1st time since

1085, the u. s. supreme court has delta low to president biden's green energy policies. it ruled to restrict the environmental protection agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. the decision is also likely to limit the scope of the regulatory powers of american federal agencies. over the italy, we're a major drought is cutting into farm production across the countries north. italian farmers association estimates this year's lack of rainfall could cost over 3000000000 euros, harming grazing pastors for cattle, as well as fruit and vegetable harvests. rice production has also been hit hard in the region as our next report shows. dis rice. paddy isn't italy's resort to heartland in the not like many others. it's been scarred by the heat wave that is causing the worst drought in 70 years. luigi federated says he has never seen

anything like it a lot. i, he or i've been working as a farmer for 35 years, and i've never seen a situation like this on my disorder. i've lost around 30 percent of my crops because with the little water we have, we're not able to irrigate animal ballpark. what cabbie are more, no shower, a guy more than a tour of italy's agriculture depends on the pole river. but it's been drying up due to a local frank, worse. that's called salt water from the sea to enter the river contaminating the irrigation canals that supply cornfields and rice paddies. that's deadly for the crops when he fatten to walk, walk will upon where that is. i a, this rice paddy which hasn't been irrigated for 2 weeks, got her and 90 percent of the class have completely dried up that came through the piano. they complete their main fish. mccarthy. the draught comes with the russian war against ukraine,

that is already causing shortages and driving prices. and even if it starts raining to day, much of the damage has already been done. plastic waste is a major contribute to pollution around the world, lagging of landfills and during beaches. a company out of kenya has found a clever solution for dealing with prob, they're all while saving customers money to look these marabou. storks aren't the only ones picking through piles of trash employees of noma, green plastic limited are looking through it till they sift through open air landfills like this one. searching for plastic. they can break down and re purpose . we believe we contribute to that as shown on climate engine. who is one, is that we clean up the environment. we take the risk plastic from landfills and we know the contribution of landfills to global warming and the sick and weary also, our products are very good substitute for wood. the plastic is melted down and

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