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even small steps will help us reach the finish line on this addition of the coin get. we discover how smart ideas can keep us on track. hello, welcome. i'm some of that, i'm think of a glacier and chances up, it's a gleaming white sheet of ice that comes to mind, but from the high outs to the himalayas. the woods glycerol are mod, by a black wind blown dust that contains foot from fires and fossil fuel consumption in the state of your motto, police efforts to club local emissions him to save the glasses that have a major water source and broadest attraction. ah, he now did live via pharma. you need harpoon couldn't bring his apples to market and iron bridge that once connected his village of so long in the himalayas with the quill, lumina lee valley was recently swept aveena landslide,

after heavy danes. now the villagers made do with roadways and temporary wooden bridges worked a booty bridge virgil gilligan, albert via emergency delivery. we had to build a temporary bridge for emergency. we didn't have any other choice. elemy this bit is the only bit we can transport, an injured or sick child, or an elderly person in an emergency on gleneagles for akin juggle of job bridge going on over by. the indians. d doff him, i to produce is home to one number of big him a land lease. yes, they melt water feeds into the regions 5 mean rivers. the cool, normally valley lies 1800 meters above sea level. this year saw unprecedented heat waves. and in the month of july alone, more than 30 heavy rain storms. the resulting floods lead to lance light that killed 140 people. the extreme red there isn't only down to climate change. local

factors have also played at all. the volume of traffic has increased massively over the past 30 years. as hill stations draw increasing number of tourists local residence, lay yogi tag horsey. the landscape is changing before their eyes. i'm the renter drink this year. we went for a winter dreadful friendship. cambridge and the temperature was very unexpected in just a span of 2 to 3 days. quite fleming now, we witnessed a snow melting cycle. i was very surprised to see that there are a lot of situations in temperature. there's no balance and most jo balance the better because he's not a big one. there is now less snow fall and the temperatures are rising. but other factors are also driving the lease. you melt scientists, the food from food fired power plant. hottest wires and diesel powered makers is making normal pasta. what problem is that?

it says that emitting black kaufman and the black carbon gets deep or the date on the seasonal snow middle of death suspended into the mosque. there, i've solved the salon edition because they do though, black in color, they have perfect social properties and death. sa, disallowed it asian, and in the protest, the hit the atmosphere. and the impact is huge. reports on the world bank shows the black carbon deposits could be responsible for more than 50 percent of the actually think leesha and snow melt in the region at the bus station in monopoly. and that, that hunter dodge issues a last call for passengers. his bus is about to leave and it's not just any bus. the fully electric re girl is one of $25.00 e buses serving the monopoly valley. hunter rod has been working here for years. he

too, has noticed changes in the mountains and therefore is from my mother. 15 years ago there was a lot of snowfall between december in march. it was hard to spot land and i know in thinking i will have to take my kid like i don't on boss to see the snowfall. david, the electric baker has quickly become popular among passengers. loosen the wrinkles costs and pollute more because of that local school, even with longer to travel in any buttons at the local transport corporation plans to buy another 300 electric buses and by 2025. 15 percent of its fleet is to be lecturing, but not all the buses can use the same charging point that they made their operating for a b, joseph, somebody. some of the biggest challenge right now is that the bus for beckoned infrastructure is vehicle company specific?

what the kind of in shimla needs are different from color or dam sharla. jesse gardinio, until charging infrastructure is standardized by the government. this problem will continue 100. i usually of setting up the vehicle specific jotting stations. is a problem. moment level been here, the good because the hage. nevertheless, electric lakers are definitely a step in that direction. scientists say off using electrical vehicle itself is very useful thing if we can do it significantly can affect the black government emission introduce region, an upgrade extent. it can control all it cut in half the livelihood of and half d. o d, do they bleed? you of sako electric lakers can certainly help reduce the damaging black salt

emissions in the region. but that when take dine, still, people are already benefiting from the new buses, which reduce noise and quantity build, took lena mountain air up in the himalayas. the southern italian city of naples is the notorious capital of clim little class known as the camera. one district left for decades has lived in the shadow of the mafia. gravity and unemployment has become the unlikely center of the cities transition to clean energy. it's a project that demonstrates the uplifting potential of going green residence called the brooks, the per district of san giovanni, or to do cio and the eastern suburbs of naples. the district is grouped by poverty on employment of the mafia. but it's here that natalie's energy revolution began thought that noir thought it was good to start from dinner because we want

a socially fair energy transition. that course to be do that we must fight climate change and social injustice together when he gets back on in here. and that's what we've done here last year for charlotte quintinella that it is a william sam. italy's 1st energy community was created on the roof of this building, 166 solar panels produce electricity for 40 families. energy has become part of a social project here. the former or frontage of the familia. the maria foundation is a drop in center for families, a place where children can go to save them from exploitation by the camera, with a risks involved. 3 out of the home, up on this whole comes from a bullet fired in front of the entrance of the foundation, yet hit this wall with all a blatant sign of organized crime. one of the big problems here, then the dish that they want to show that places like this or not wanted a cd because we educate the children to respect the laws. i do about timing and our

weapons, our books are musical instruments and even solar panels. one v for the water. gennaro is 11 years old. he comes to the foundation every day and it's made him an environmental activist. children play an important role. they're the ones who persuaded the parents to participate in the energy project. crash her claim on we installed more solar panels here by hand over there now and also on this side shed with k. it makes me happy thought, because at least we're doing something for the climate chum. i told my momma that it's good for the environment. me in there and you also save money, i guess old pasquale cheer. yellow has been working for the foundation for 20 years . but for him it's about much more than alternative energy as yeah, cutting that out. i got selected and we try to give these kids a chance that at a that's we tell them that, okay, this is

a difficult neighbourhood. there are many ugly things that she's on, but there's also something beautiful or was i've been no, we've added a place where you can do theater and music and she's all of it. where there are people who will listen to you and the ones who can help you when you have opportunities here. why not from the doc? whether it's for football, environment workshop or making music over a 100 kids come every day in all seasons that are on that didn't show us what you've got here. wow. i have with him as a little bit more. but when we dine of getting, as sony, that it, we want the electricity project to show families that we care, that in senior, the 1st energy community was not created in the city center. but here anybody in naples, east to me were the 1st to do it or plain this. finally, the residents no longer see themselves as the last ones, the forgotten ones who always get the leftovers not know, but this time we are the 1st time will only money south isn't being enormous. the

facility cost $100000.00 euros, financed by the canal, sued foundation. the families are now entrepreneurs who not only used electricity, but also sell it for several months now. the facility has been producing green electricity at the foot of a service. i'm thinking a 2nd, we don't have daddy, this energy community represents a new path for this district today. and on that there are still many unsolved environmental and social problems and the mafia is still present and lacking. but this is fine. and really a positive story here, following their example in the next few months, dozens of new energy communities are to be set up all over southern italy. well, rooftops are one place to store solar panels. but as the world strives to transition to an emissions neutral future, the thought is on for space to put all the for to water systems,

but the future will require. so where exactly can we put our solar cells? our reporter explore the options. ah, we need less of this and more of this to stay below $1.00 degrees, but time is running out. solar still only accounts for 3.7 percent of worldwide energy production. we desperately need more. but where can we put the solar panels? they need based on precious land land we need for towns, houses, and st. in tech, ecosystem and food. here we have a serious space issue. we're already using a lot of our soil to grow food. but what if we grew crops and generated energy at the same time? it's time for agri voltaic, the idea behind it,

double the harvest. to do this, modules are built in such a way that the soil beneath them can still be used for growing plant. what potential types are there? one is sol offensive. the space in between the fences can be used to grow crops for life stock or flour strips. or the modules could be built in a way that gives the panels enough space to rotate towards the sun. but how the plants fair growing under or near the panels, we've been growing lots of different kinds of perhaps things that you would see at your local farmer's market. so tomatoes, peppers, squash ob regime. are all these different types of prompts or seem to do really well? so the plans still get enough light to matters and chili peppers, even double de yield when shaded by philip. and that's because if they get too much stuff, they get stressed and stock photo synthesizing,

which means they stop growing in a world that is getting hotter and hotter the modules ensure that less water is needed for irrigation. just think if you spilled your coffee or your water, your t in the shade versus the full sun, where will it stay? were longer. in the shade, we're finding that every time we irrigated it would stay wet for 2 days instead of 2 hours. but yes, there are few, but not everything can be grown under the panels. crops like wheat or millet require full sun to grow wells. researchers are looking into which panels and set ups would be best for which crop. some plans need bigger gaps between the panels. corn and wheat would need taller ones, while shrub soybeans will be fine with a more squat variety. but the trend for the coming years is promising. according to a market analysis institute, the global market is anticipated to grow by almost 40 percent in the next 5 years

in dry regions, or those that rely heavily on agriculture like india, indonesia, and many african and south american countries. agreeable takes could save a lot of land and water. floating photovoltaics, or float of all take might just be the next big thing. the idea, solar panels are mounted on raft like structures which float on in body of water. on the pimples, in coverage of all there is awards which are available on the room. the neural group give about 23. however, what installed capacity, this is thomas finder. he evaluates the economic and technological feasibility of large scale floating p v system. to put see 2 perspective on these $23.00 terror was generated as much electricity is the whole world of needs to be in a year. you can already see what that could look like at one of the biggest floating

solar farms in singapore. here the solar plant floats on the surface of a reservoir and produces enough energy to power about 16000 forum flats in the city state. the biggest floating farm in china even produces 5 times as much energy. the water also cools down the floating panels, making them more efficient. the panels and structures have to withstand wind waves and corrosion. so father, multiple studies have not found any severe impact on either water quality or ecosystems. experts expect flow to voltaic to expand by up to 30 percent annually over the next 5 years, with markets, mainly in asia. but europe, africa, and the us are starting to invest as well. so any other places left to put solar

panels up in space, yet getting as close to the sun as possible. here the sun shines 24 hours a day and you need 0 land on earth. so why don't we put solar panels in the earth orbit? the you caleb space energy initiative with around 50 partners from industry, government and science is planning to install a solar power satellite in space by 2035 the us china and japan are also taking part in the solar space power quest. and this is how it might work. satellites in the earth, g, a stationary orbit, which is around 35000 kilometers from earth, collect solar energy using huge solar panels. they convert the energy into microwave radiation and beaming down to earth on the ground and net of receiving antennas, or rec, tenors,

collect the microwaves and convert them to electricity for the grid. each satellite might produce 2 gigawatts of continuous power. as much as around $700.00 utility scale wind turbines, they'd be huge around 1.7 kilometers in diameter. and we'll wait several 1000 tons. the satellites would start to beam energy to earth 24 hours a day. the beam is considered to be harmless for animals and humans. it's about a quarter the strength of the midday sun. but energy is lost during the transmission and the conversion process. and the cost of getting the modules into space is well sky high. even if we manage to build and finance solar power satellites in the next decades, we need more solar power to combat climate change now. and they are already far more realistic ways of generating solar energy quickly without losing urgently

needed land. and all of them are cheaper, faster, and much more promising. often, it takes a creative mind to think outside the box, or in the case of our next report, the solar cell. we met a dutch designer who integrates full of technology into her work in a quest to lead a finite relationship with solar power and promote energy efficiency. her dutch designer, marianna, fun elbow. the sun is her inspiration. so all started with this. it's something, it's a small and beautiful as this is harvest energy, solar cells take center stage and her designs like in these illuminated window decorations till here i try to make instead of like making sol invisible, that it really becomes like the future that it becomes an aesthetic addition to the

work that is, is herself powering artwork, these solar window panels look like stained glass, but they also have a function and their solar powered hanging lamp called santa is designed to mimic sunset. the sun is like this beautiful thing. we're like all know very well and i mean is this moment when you're on the, on the beach or you see the sun setting is magical moment. that's kind of like what i want to use in the lights. so when the sun goes down, just son that goes on. and that's like i have everyone has his personal relations with the son, but it's also like that it the fact that it's powering object and his light is super, super fascinating. murray and fun album works out of this studio in amsterdam. she collaborates with scientists to create objects with a double function. they promote energy efficiency, such as this table, which is also a docking station. it captures daylight and it's you can

plug your phone or light or you can charge your devices from this. one of her bigger projects was for the dubai expo 2020. she created the colorful solar panels for the dutch pavilion. the solar roof provided power for the pavilion and also allowed in enough sunlight for the plants. marian's design show how verse solar panels can be. these are organic photovoltaics which is like, they're printed on pets and they don't use any like very heavy metals which is about for environments. and they are completely circular. so they're super light weights is kind of like a new generation of solar technology. marion has also come up with a solution for food production in a self powering greenhouse. it's currently on display in the netherlands at the

floor, yada holder culture expert for creation enables the production of food in places where there's a lack of electricity for farming space. this is my creation of the future of farming and it's called power plants. and you basically can grow your food everywhere on your rooftop. so you don't as a flight in from the other side of the world, but you can really grow it within your own home. so it's uses vertical farming, and this is all powered by solar glass. even though she's a designer by trade, scientific developments are important to marian's work. solar cell has evolved so much since the last dikes and their invention. and i think it's time that we start looking up in the sky where we got all the potential instead of digging down into grounds. i mean, if you could live in balance with nature and use sources that are coming all the time in our, in abundance. i think, yeah, then the worlds can be very beautiful place for my infant elbow,

the future of solar technology certainly looks bright. ah, now the sun isn't the only thing in the sky that's making hahn is poor energy. a gentleman startup using air. it says it's developed the synthetic fuel that makes use of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, an exciting prospect. put out reporter who found out more why filling up at a bullying petrol station? hey, have you heard about this? you can fill up with the greenhouse gas, c o 2 and use it to drive or fly or power to ship. crazy. fuel made out of thin air. no need to burn fossil fuels any more using something that is c o. 2 neutral, impossible. asked him. he makes this kind of soft. hey tim, how does it work?

you turning the combustion process on its head in a what we aim to do is take energy, water and c o 2 and turn them into synthetic fuel. so that closes the seo to cycle and we can create c o 2 neutral fuel austin. okay. it worked the other way around to really understand it. i think i have to go to a lab then please correct me if i'm wrong. you say you take water, it's 2 o an energy, lots of energy in the form of electric power. that electric power splits the water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen. no need for the oxygen. we only need the hydrogen. and here it comes. you combine the greenhouse gas t o 2 with hydrogen, and what's her good is fuel glue fuel that recycle c or 2 instead of

emitting it done? is it really that easy? good. i just put your scientific fuel in my car instead canal than the sun in. and if we can deliver sufficient quantities to gas stations, then you can fill your car with it. that's a major opportunity provided by c o 2 neutral fuel. on monday you can use the existing infrastructure. oh, looks and come. oh, okay. got it. synthetic fuel mix dirty god. plea. as long as the whole process is powered with lean energy. well, that's a lot to think about. it's a lot to think about, indeed, joining the conversation about going vien can be overwhelming floss you may not know where to start. that's exactly why we are here. eco,

india will continue to bring you ideas and solutions to help you make informed choices about how to care for the environment. don't forget and join us again next week, until then. good bye. ah, [000:00:00;00] a blue blue

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