ah this year the world has seen a cascade of extreme weather events from record trouts to ravaging wild fires, and deadly floods signed to swan that the window to avoid a climate catastrophe is closer to be on equal india. we examine what's up, stick for india and the world hello and welcome. i'm son that i call x. but c, global warming is driving a rise in sea levels and causing heavier rainfall and storms. that's alarming for flood prone communities on the front lines of the climate crisis. like you're in mid bite, where authorities predict bots of the city could become permanently submerged by

2015 amman group. they lives in amman by suburb. and he glad the monsoons have ended. his horn is habitable. no. but the ground floor apartment, he lives in was completely flooded just a month ago. by the are those men in, within 10 minutes? the house filled with over a meter of water whose gloom? that's why we're dense. about flooding every year. in geneva, the for did he shot on his foreign camera shows family members wading through dirty water. looking for various belongings. every season drains him and his neighbors of thousands of euros to bear for whom repairs and brings uninvited guests along next that day. so there are snakes and mosquitoes that come in with the flood one time. what are you going to be on the last time?

there were 3 or 4 sneaks in our house. i was learning do with it also brings in mud and all sorts of garbage order with go to we also get skin diseases because of the fun didn't go problem. dad, that i, that flooding and extreme rainfall have increased 3 full dealer since the 1950s. and scientists, a global warming is playing and increasingly significant road bend areas where it can or more moisture for a long time. so what happens is that there's a lot more subtle, so any building out an up band. it is so saturated, it does dance all of this water in a short spare. yeah. so originally, so c, s heavy to extreme green for in this regions. so question got is an example ways

a perfect example? mum bias, it's on the western coast. so it bends the brunt of the monson clouds or they move in from the ocean. there are several factors which disadvantage the city. with rising sea levels, its full cost to be under 3 feet of water by 2100 vendor hearings. and this has to get stressed out into the ard agency for a while. but when the sea level is rising, you bought your that i want a water that gets flushed out into the sea and it takes a long, long time for that wanted to get flushed on. so that is a be going to court event multiple extreme brother events act together. monday's rivers don't have that that he sent poyser or she wider and miti once dreamed the region. but as the city has grown from a cluster of fishing hamlets to be coming in,

the us financial capital migrants from all over the country have moved in. in the process, the rivers have become blocked and polluted. ocoee did go pals of 80 walks on slowing down urban flooding and its impact. are we up glue? really? we're good driven, meander and generally take a big dart gun. libya, i'm sure you've seen that it takes an s dawn i received on with the large cove. now people i need of land, so they start straightening the rivers nearby and where to build, cutting them off at unnatural angles. for gum going, the thing is you can't deliver what to do bonnie: in any language, you know what i mean. you can decide whether it takes a left on, on a right done to live. so especially when there's a lot of water. the river crosses old man, mid boundaries war and this is the main reason it floods. so this is the mean reason, museum of border bib, adobe re upped, i would go to $31.00 of the cities. mangroves also ones formed a natural barrier which absorbed excess flood water,

but they're being cut down for development. one of the cities biggest shopping complexes be casey, sits on a former mangrove swamp. and then there's a legal encouragement and bad planning. in its latest attempt to tackle these problems, the government has put a committee together to look into all the contributing factors. i strays coming up with their time. we change our plan was a formal way of doing action plan and they are ready to talk with scientist so that they have a plan would use science base plan on pro to which i think is also gonna change action plans are based on the bus tell the place or a manifested in the past. but that warm deal was, you know, if they're not or enough that once they've got us for future events, they may be tempting to make more people connect with the seduce natural flood

protections. give go both of 80 started driven much in 2018. this is important to understand what citizen communities develop and understanding of the local environment and the impact of climate change. this is one of the handful of blood bombs. residents are now using to demand change an action in a city with bleak climate. projections one by decibels, are just some of the many 1000000 people in india who stand to lose if climate change continue unchecked. already it effects a heating people in the rural areas. heart issues have to be among the world region bearing the brunt of the impact will socially and economically this sheer devastation is one of the many effects of global warming. the fact loans of 20202021 ravaged the indian seed office,

spangled millions of people lost their livelihoods. what can we do? we are dependent on relief now. we will have to leave this in the funds to find work. there is nothing left to the eastern indian state is one among many regions in the country already living with the consequences of the climate crisis. hotspots, or extreme weather events, drought cycles, but also their expense. so what that means is that, you know, one of our already facing the front of a regular rain patterns and prolonged droughts have affected the lives of millions of people the extreme that has inflicted heavy losses on farmers and the agriculture sector. indian economy as a whole will suffer over the next 50 years. the service industrious and the

construction and transport sectors combined could respectively hemorrhage 11. she didn't us dollars. rito tourism and manufacturing are also going to be hard hit. if india ignore the climate crisis in 2015, more than 190 countries agreed in paris to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. india pledged to reduce its carbon emissions and increase forest cover that would absorb up to 3000000000 tons of carbon dioxide. the country wants 40 percent of its electricity to come from renewables by 2030. and india seems to be on track. down the 10 we are less than 20 megawatts. we now have more than 100000 megawatts of wind them. so the on biomass dition, in many other india has sunlight in abundance,

and labor is cheap to de. india generates the most affordable solar power in the world, but that's not enough to satisfy the countries growing energy needs. 2 thirds of its electricity still comes from fossil fuels like gold. the country has made no pledges to phase it out. on the contrary, the government is opening more coal mines and called power plants than ever before . india is continued re lines on coal based power makes it the walls, 3rd biggest polluter after china and the u. s. export, see, it is likely that india will become the main emitter of greenhouse gases in the 2nd half of the century. if it doesn't take a different pop, you can ask other countries and in this doing so to, for example, to promote technology transfer as 11 element. if we are not able to to bring also campus like in the on board, there will be

a $1.00 warming already really in $11.00 decayed or 15 years from from is this would mean a clover failure. a big country like india needs to move more decisively towards a $1.00 degrees celsius bought for itself and for the world only. then there is a chance of getting the global climate crisis under control. the battle agreement create an obligations that states have to live up to that open channels. legal action over climate change to the activism is mostly winnable on the streets. but some of the biggest climate victories are scored in court. bending court cases could get a boost from a recent woo and human rights council resolution. it recognizes access to a healthy and sustainable environment as a fundamental right. people all over the world are suing governments and corporations of

a climate change. and they're winning. this man made legal history. ask ali gary is a lawyer from pakistan. like many other developing countries, it is being hit particularly hard by climate change for years. people that have suffered from torrential rainfall, floods, and droughts, amongst other things. and this is bound to get worse. so back in 2015 liquor refilled a petition with a revolutionary argument. it's that the government wasn't doing enough to protect that citizens from the effects of climate change. and in doing so, it was violating the human rights. i never realized, or even tor expected that it would get as big as it did right. it was to a large extent in our own, the dora, but that really it had to target. the high court agreed with him and his team and ordered the government to step up action, and it set up a supervisory committee to ensure that happens. that was a real breakthrough. and it's one of the early cases using human rights arguments

and using them very successfully to convince the court that they do have the jurisdiction. and that is within that college in to be catherine hyams, the co author of a major report on climate litigation. while all this was going on in pakistan, another case made headlines, environmental group, or hender, was in the dutch government with a very similar argument. they said by not lowering emissions faster, it would endanger people's lives in the future. the case went all the way to the country. supreme court eventually upheld the decision that by 2020, the government should cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 percent below 1990 levels. the court said the dutch state must protect it. citizens, human rights, more specifically the rights to life and the right to respect for private and family life. but wait a 2nd. how are these connected to climate change? well,

let me give you 2 examples. extreme heat waves already claim lives every here. so just sitting back and doing nothing to stop temperatures from going up even further, would breach people's right to life or take rising sea levels. hundreds of millions of people on islands or in coastal regions might lose the homes in the near future . this breaches their rights, respectful privates and family life in both contributing t climate change. i say, investing in fossil fuel infrastructure or subsidizing fossil fuel companies. and by failing to regulate the activities of others, a, allowing a big painting entities to keep deleting governance or failing in that responsibility to protect their citizens from human rights hands and come with climate change as caligari and offender relied on human rights as the central

argument in their cases and in doing so, they really pushed open the door for cases and other countries. in germany for example, activists took the government to court over its climate action plan, and one germany now has to cut emissions a lot faster. and in australia, a court ruled the environment minister has a duty of careful young people when, for example, deciding whether to approve coal mine expansion. a group of young people including swedish climate activists with her soon back, failed to petition with the u. n. committee on the rights of the child, except that argentina, brazil, france, germany, and turkey violated the rights of children by not taking action on climate change. but the committee said they must 1st bring lawsuits and the national court of these countries human rights as universal, which is why it's very likely that we'll see a lot more of these cases in the future. and actually not just against government adults courses found that shell has a legal responsibility for climate change shell will have to cut their emissions

a landmark decision with far reaching implications for environmental policy worldwide in may 2021. dutch environmental group. new different si, celebrated a huge victory against the oil and gas company shell. one of the top 10 climate polluting companies in the world. i think to be held that shows climate policy was so full as to be unlawful. that's. that's groundbreaking. pull, benson as a lawyer, had claimed earth and environmental law and geo. the court ordered shell, which says it will appeal to cut its emissions by 45 percent by the end of the decade. it's the 1st time that a corporate group has been ordered to, in essence comply with the go with the parents agreement. the court called shelter, current climate policy, intangible, undefined and non binding. and said the company was therefore in danger of violating its duty of care. the grounds were once again human rights

and what the court is saying there is that the interest that are served by its decision or any fundamental protections for people on the protection of the climate . those interests out why shows commercial interests. ah, experts say litigation can only be one part of the solution to the climate crisis, but with successes being scored in courtrooms all over the world. it's clear that from now the legal battle is a winning strategy. ready from a winning strategy in the court, one in the venue will energy sector here in india, where the steer to greene is notoriously unreliable. it's a huge problem for businesses large and small in could not cost state capitol. private companies are stepping up to fill the vacuum with decentralized solar power . darcia jodi is working on

a new sickly. the metal needs to be shaped by a hammer and then he did and cool down multiple dimes before it is just the right shape and strength. for the past 40 years, he's needed help to get his machines running. his wife demonstrates how she used to rotate a crank shaft to regulate the flea him for many hours every day. now that function is performed by this little regulator that control the solar powered mortar. 2 years ago, the investor, 16500 rupees, almost 200 euros in the set up with it. now that we have the solemn motto, i don't need to trouble my wife any more. she suffered from fatigue and body aches . the solar powered unit blows the air with greater force and the steady base that ensures better heat. i do so the work feels easier and i feel happier and more engaged with my work. just do this in the let me get go sir. marvin gaye carlo,

the blacksmith and his family live 20 kilometers south of bangalore city. most of the 7000 people living in their neighborhood are connected to the national grid. but here, like almost all over india, power cuts are a daily occurrence in the state of could not take on the sell co foundation offer support for those who rely on a steady energy supply. they help small scale entrepreneurs to buy solar powered systems. sell co pays one 3rd of the costs with the rest financed through a micro loan. today their staff are helping with the maintenance of the battery and the solar unit. so gross, mainly, oh, working closely with there are no bank and out there the financial institutions and done. oh, so we are, we are mainly what are the skins available for the white glove mailed? we will be, you'll be in the company did do a tab the games as well as get them are get their financial linkages in there. how

much yolanda will go to bank. so go, has now helped out around $3000.00 small onto 20th, in co, not accosted daddy farmers saddle shiver has also installed big solar panels on his roof to be saved from power goths and not be dependent on fossil fuels anymore. even when it rains, he can use solar power that is stored in the battery. he used to spend a lot of money on gasoline to run the milking machine, needing one leader of the fuel every single day. none of the machines run on solar power. he's been able to employ more workers and to increase milk production significantly. let me let them go in our dairy farm. we use solar power for cleaning the couch shed, and from melting the cold. we have installed a light as well. maybe things are better. i work, i mean i started with 2 cars and do cause. now i have 29 cars and all. everything

is good for them to someone is really sharing example of it. back in bangalore data, jody is now selling the sickle. his profit has risen by 30 percent since he bought the solar powered blower, as it enables him to produce the tools faster. this had the whole family during difficult times, his wife tells us a password diode. of course, it's been hard to save money in the past year. our children were out of work after the pandemic began. no one offered them a job online. but the solar power machining providing help in saving our family from starving. wonder no one will fall. i, in my these decentralized electricity systems could help smaller communities and wanted to news to improve their livelihoods and income. but they can also play an important role in the, a strong vision towards the cleaner energy mix. the

badass agreement wasn't the 1st time world countries set commitments to solve a common problem. 10 years ago, 74 members of the un pledged to restore millions of square kilometers of the was reinforced by 2013. our rebuttal looks at how it's going the way the trees are disappearing at an alarming rate. in brazil alone, 4 and a half football fields of primeval forest loss every minute. globally, forests have shrunk by 10 percent over the past 30 years. and yet these forests are essential to survival, play slow the global rise in temperature, produce oxygen and bind carbon dioxide a mixed forest, that as well managed, provides, would, and creates prosperity and jobs. reforestation involves planting new young trees. like in this nursery where oak tree coatings are being

used to raise up new forest. can the world forests be restored? 10 years ago, representatives from many countries met in the gym and city of bon, where they agreed to restore, deforested and degraded landscapes. it was called the bon challenge. each country set its own goals. countries all over the globe committed to planting 1500000 square kilometers of new forest by 2020, a huge undertaking. that's an area about half the size of the indian subcontinent. but that's not all by 2030, they're aiming to have planted up to 3500000 square kilometers. that's like covering an area larger than the whole of india with trees.

it's the world's largest ever reforestation program, from peru in the andes to countries across africa. new forester appearing india is also taking part ah, over all the bon challenges succeeded only in slowing the pace of deforestation. and so a global forest continue to shrink. over the last decade alone, 470000 square kilometers of forest disappeared. that's an area largest in switzerland. many experts agree that the goals of the bon challenge are not being achieved, partly because of ongoing deforestation. what does the organization behind the initiative think of it all. it is a tragic thing because obviously restoration is not an answer to everything.

restoration has to go hand in hand with protection of the forest that, that remain, you know, was never intended to take any attention away from that. jim, and he didn't commit to any goals in the bon challenge. a 30 percent of the country is already covered with forest. however, most of it is monoculture. so the forestry authorities are gradually planting a mixed forests. mode is reasonably should be like i'm making the forest is much more resistant to pests and climate stress and it's much more valuable to the entire ecosystem because many more species can establish themselves a mixed forest is also much better for building up ground water for the condition of the humours and nutrients and the soil and the owners wallet of food in gait, boyd as vipers, it's a mixed forest, require more work, but also create more revenue from timber to these commercial forests. but most on

challenge, participants are focusing on even as many nations are behind on the goals a start has been made. it's vital that reforestation continues creating a sustainable planet is not one of the options anymore. it's the only option we have if we hope to thrive in our ecosystem and cohabit with other living organisms . think about that and i'll see you again next week from all of us in india and germany. good bye. and thanks for watching. ah

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