and order teaching president of the global power in china. he's part of a whole system which believes his time has come. he relies on an authoritarian system of total surveillance on economic expansion without scruples and again and again, she provokes and threatens with the military aggression the chinese president believes his weight is for superior than that of western democracy. china's president, she ging paying starts july 30th on d. w. ah, this year the world has seen a cascade of extreme read the events from record trouts to ravaging wild fires and

deadly floods. signed to swung by the window to avoid a climate catastrophe is closing. to be on equal india, we examine what's at stake for india and the wood. hello and welcome. i'm sunny that i go 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 min bite, but authorities predict bots of the city could become permanently submerged by 2015 amman group. they lives in a mom by suburb, and he's glad the monsoons have ended. his horn is habitable now. 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 with gloom? that's why we're dense about flooding. every yoga being turned over 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 pay for home repairs and brings uninvited guests. the long legs are there. so there are snakes and mosquitoes that come in with the flood want her mother got a gun the last time there were 3 or 4 sneaks in our house. erica marking one learning door though, it also brings in mud and all sorts of garbage order was cuba. joseph in gore, we also get skin diseases because of the flags. love on skin gob rob lindgaard, that either flooding and extreme rainfall have increased 3 fold harrison's. the 19 fifties and scientists say global warming is playing and increasingly significant

role. then that is $11.00. it can for more moisture for a long time. so what happens is that there is a lot of most of us and building out an up band. it is so saturated it to dance all of this water in a short spill. yeah. so which results in ex heavy to extreme brain for industry. so question got is an example is a perfect example. mum bias, it's on the western coast. so it bends the brand of the monson cal, do they move in from the ocean? there are several factors which disadvantage the city. with rising sea levels, it's full cost to be under 3 feet of water by 2100 when they're here. and this has to get stressed out into the aren't even see for a while. but when the sea level is rising, you bought your the m on

a water that gets flushed out into the sea. and it takes a long, long time for that. wanted to get flushed out. so that is a be going to court event. michael. extreme brother events act together. mom by severe. those don't have that that he said, boy, sad oh, she was in 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 above the verde works on slowing down urban flooding and its impact. uh we up, we really were good to remodel, meander and generally take a big dart. only b, 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 her build, cutting them off at unnatural angles. get them going. the thing is you can't deliver what to do bonnie: in any language, you know mother, 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, made boundaries war, and this is the main reason it floods. so this is the mean, these and museum of blurb, adobe re upped. i would go to 30 with 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 city's 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 a climate change plan for one way us jamie change action plan. and they

are ready to talk with scientists so that they have a plan would use, you know, science base plan on which i think is quite also do change action plans are based on the bus, tell the players or have a manifested in the past. but that warm d was, you know, if they're not or enough that once they've got us from future events, they may be attempting to make more people connect with the cities, natural flood protections 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 platforms 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 millions here in india who stand to lose if climate change continue unchecked. already it effects a heating people in the rural areas. heart issues set to be among the world region bearing the brunt of the impact will socially and economically to 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 here. the eastern end in state is one among many regions in the country. already living with the consequences of the climate crisis . hotspots or exceeding weather events,

a drought cycles, but also there. so what that means is that, you know, we're, are already facing the front of the 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 recalls just factor 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 less than 20 megawatts, we now have more than 100000 megawatts of windham, soda and biomass, the background on dish, and in many other bases. india has sunlight and abundance, and labor is cheap. today, 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 face it out. on the contrary, the government is opening more coal mines and called power plants than ever before

. india has continued re, lines on coal based power makes the walls turn 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 of a 10 trees and in this doing so to, for example, to promote technology transfer as 11 element. if we are not able to to bring also countries like in the on board, there will be $1.00 warming already really in $11.00, decayed or 50 years from from now is this would mean a clover failure. a big country like india needs to move more decisively towards a $1.00 degrees celsius spot for itself. and for the world, only been there is a chance of getting the global climate crisis under control. the badass agreement

create an obligation that states have to live up to that open channels. legal action over climate change to the activism is mostly whistle on the streets. but some of the biggest climate victories are sort in court. bending court cases could get a boost from a recent whew 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 over 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 dora, but that ever really its target, the high court agreed with him and his team and all the government to step up action and it set up a supervisory committee to ensure that happens. that was a real breakthrough is one of the early case is using human rights arguments and using them very successfully to convince the court that they do have the jurisdiction. and that is within that how it came to be. catherine. hi im misty co author of a major report on climate litigation. while all this was going on and pakistan, another casement headlines, environmental group, or hender, was suing the that's 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. it 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 those contributing

te and climate change by 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 good eating governance or failing in that responsibility to protect their citizens from human rights. hands that come with climate change as caligari and or hinder. 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 plan. a group of young people

including swedish climate activist, wittenberg failed to petition with the un committee on the rights of the child. it set that argentina, brazil, france, germany, and turkey violated their rights as children by not taking action on climate change . but the committee said they must 1st bring lawsuits and the national courts of these countries, human rights are 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 governments . a dutch court has found that shell has a legal responsibility for climate change shall, will have to cut their emissions a landmark decision with far reaching implications for environmental policy worldwide in may, 2021 dutch environmental group miss you different see, celebrated a huge victory against the oil and gas company shell, one of the top 10 climate polluting companies in the world. port i think, to be held that shows climate policy was so poor as to be unlawful

and does groundbreaking. poor benson is a lawyer at client 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 goals at the purchase agreement. the court called sales 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 interests that are served by its decision, i fundamental protections for people on this planet, protection that the climate, those interests out way shelves, commercial interest, ah, experts say litigation can only be one part of the solution to the climate crisis, but with success as being scored in courtrooms all over the world. it's clear that

from now the legal battle is the winning strategy. ready ready from a winning strategy in the court to one in the renewable energy sector. here in india, where the state grid is a notoriously unreliable. it's a huge problem for businesses large and small in could not cost state capital. private companies are stepping up to fill the wacky room with decentralized solar power. darcia jody is walking on a new sickly. the metal needs to be shipped by a hammer and then he did and cooled 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 and 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 setup. wizard one document there. now that we have the solid mortar, so i don't need to trouble my wife any more. i do to, she suffered from fatigue and body, exceed the solar powered unit blows the air with greater force and the steady basin feeling that and shows better heat too. so the work feels easier and i feel happier and more engaged with my was just the legacy, the little girl ah. marvin gaye carlo, the blacksmith and his family live 20 kilometers south of bang, la city. most of the 7000 people living in their neighbourhood 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 cycle. foundation offers support for those who rely on a steady energy supply. they have 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 stuff, i had been with the maintenance of the battery and the solar unit. so great, mainly, oh, working closely with the the bank and other, the financial institutions and done are so we are, we are mainly what are the skins available for the particular mailed? we will be, you'll be in the community baptist games as well as get them are get their financial linkages in. there are much lender will go to bank, sell go, has now helped out around $3000.00 small entrepreneurs in god. not accosted dairy farmers saddle shiver has also installed big solar panels on his roof to be safe from power cuts 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 liter of the fuel every single day. now the machine that run on solar power, he's been able to employ more workers and to increase milk production significantly . let me, let me in our dairy farm, we use solar power for cleaning the cow shed and from melting the cold we have installed a light as well. a few things are better now. i work, i mean i started with duke hours and do cause. now i have 29 calls and all everything is good for them because i'm actually fanning example. open it back in bangalore. data jody is now selling the sickle. his profit has risen by 30 percent since he bought the solar powered blore as it enables him to produce the tools faster. this had the whole family during difficult times. his wife tells us

a password diode and it's been hard to save money in the past year name our children were out of work. after the pandemic began, no one offered them a job online, but the solar power machining provided help in saving our family from starving. wonder no one will valet of florida. these decentralized electricity systems could help smaller communities and entrepreneurs to improve their livelihoods and income. but they can also play an important role in, in the us transition towards a cleaner energy mix. the badass agreement wasn't the 1st time world countries set a commitment to solve a common problem. 10 years ago, 74 members of the un pledge to restore millions of square kilometers of the was when 4 is my 2013. i 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, lost 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. and 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's forests be restored? 10 years ago, representatives from many countries met in the german 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, have a reforestation program from peru in andes to countries across africa. new forest are appearing. india is also taking part me over all the bomb challenge is succeeded only in slowing the pace of deforestation

. and so the global forests continue to shrink over the last decade alone, 470000 square kilometers of forest disappeared, that scenario larger than 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 forests 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. as 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. miss mode is reasonably stub below, gosh, i mixed forest is much more resistant to pests and climate stress and is much more valuable to the entire ecosystem because many more species can establish themselves here. a mixed forest is also much better for building up ground water for the condition of the humors and nutrients and the soil and the owners, wallet or food in gait, boarded as vipers. it's a mixed forest, require more work, but also create more revenue from timber. these commercial forests that most bon challenge participants are focusing on even if many nations are behind on their 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

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