i, every step on the ground puts his life in danger. ukrainian farmers are still taking the risk focused on europe. in 60 minutes on w. o. what people have to say to us. mm. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d. w. o m a. how is russia's economy holding up under western sanctions? well, it depends on whom you ask. while the international monetary fund is forecasting

0.7 percent growth this year. the world bank aren't always cd, are both predicting contraction. one thing is clear though, the born ukraine has deprived president vladimir putin off his traditional oil and gas markets. new buyers have emerged, but they're getting it out a big discount. more on that in a moment, but 1st a look at what else we have coming up. the teams are floating, wind parks, the future of green energy, vegetables all year round. but what costs and behind the scenes of life as an influence or i'm paid ferguson welcome to mate. when russia invaded ukraine, western countries imposed literally thousands of sanctions. they were intended to cripple the economy. but based on some estimates, at least the blow appears to have been less unexpected. one reason for that is that russia has been nurturing other relationships instead, most notably with china,

but how reliable are those ties? malagon hota has been investigating war is a costly business, and the sanctions are hurting the russian economy. but imagine, 11th largest economy in a world, how long can russia or a food to wage this war? and what role does china play? ah, russia state coffers with flush with cash before it invaded ukraine, thanks mainly to exporting raw materials to europe. but when the west imposed sanctions after the war began, that was no longer possible. and russia lost an important source of revenue. the main purpose of the sanctions was to deprive the russian government of their opportunity to finance with the war and we see in january and in february z revenues from russian oil and gas fil a 46 percent

against the previous year. and so half of their revenues from oil, it just just disappear despite that western sanctions have been unable to stop the war. so far, many experts say that expectation was unrealistic because they're a medium to long term strategy. was like a stroke to go and structurally russia is a difficult target. and 1st of all, it's a weak economy, but shaft, it has of the problems, of course, but it's still the largest economy in the world. so it's strong enough to revisit the pressure imposed by sanction because actually by trading more with china, for example, the flow of goods between the 2 countries. last year increased by about 30 percent . russia supplies, oil and gas, while china is trying to replace what western countries used to supply from the government point of view. it is a huge market for chinese commodities. not only technologies, but equipment and common use goods. and this is why they even arranged for some of

the 3 to be in the chinese currency, but the, and even in the russian currency. because there is plenty of commodities that the russian companies are prepared to buy in china. for example, chinese cars that becoming more popular in russia and the once empty supermarket shelves are fully stocked again. but china can't replace everything as good. i like wasn't math and there is a major shortage of computer chips that names an inability to produce good ammunition, imperative and precision ammunition, which also affects the construction of modern battle tanks. conf. thompson, owls. and what about state revenue? even though russia is selling more commodities to india in china, it's not enough to make up for losing its income from the european market. that means the goal is to sell even more raw materials to china and the state visit in the spring should pave the way for this. the russian party insisted that

they would talk to the chinese leader about in your pipeline from the amal peninsula across i buren, one goler into chain. but after those of meetings, there was absolutely no new. so the chinese were silent, and i do not think they are prepared to agree to the project. the amount of gas that china will need in the next few years is questionable. right now the country is investing extensively in renewable energy, the strategy to end it's dependency on foreign countries. maybe 20 years from now, when russia builds on its own the pipeline from all to a growth mode they've been going into china. china will not need that guess they would say, sorry, our energy industry, our, our economy does not need those fossil. the sources of energy. so pressure is

mounting on rushes, state budget, a growing demand. weapons and soldiers requires money. and the russian finance ministry has already reported a deficit of 25000000000 euros for january and february alone. now the question is, how long can russia afford this war? and what happens when it no longer cap? russia might be having some success, finding new buyers for its oil and gas, but ultimately the future of energy lies in renewables. when it comes to wind power . the ocean holds enormous potential present offshore, wind parks have mainly been built in shallow waters. but there's also a lot of opportunity in deeper waters. the logistics aren't the easiest, but it can be done. take a look. i was just as wind frickin' everywhere. renewable energy ready to harvest, but we couldn't build the right turbines until now. these turbines float on the

surface of the ocean, they could deliver 11 times more energy than every one on the plan. the energy crisis saw fantastic, but does this new shiny piece of technology live up to promise it? usually also wind energy looks like this. you take a wind turbine cameras into the ground and you're good to go. not so much with lotus, as the name suggests, they float on the surface of the water. what makes the floating possible these gigantic structures below the turbine? they can weigh anything between 2008000 tons. you have quite a large volumes of air that's contained within these structures. you're getting them to to flow, right? it's the same as with ships, thanks to the end, the whole and their volume ships displaced more water than they wait. so they flowed because the displaced water pushes them up, but keeping the turbine above water is just one piece of the puzzle. the other

major challenge keeping the whole thing from tipping oba let's see how principal parcels dis, their free column structure can vary and with to stabilize it and unsettling waters . but also has another balancing system we referred to as a whole trim system. that basically has a system to shift water between the columns in the platform. and what that does is it counteracts these big forces from the winter in rotor and allows the platform center of gravity to beat vertical. so we get the tram of the platform at vertical that allows us to maximize energy production. this makes the structure stable enough to even more than 50, meet the waves and hurricane for stores. and the fact that we now make winter why float is a really, really big deal. the reason why is in these 2 maps, the 1st one really strong offshore wind zones. the 2nd, what a depth in coast to regions put them together and you see

a lot of the strong winds up blowing in coastal regions, whether c is deeper than 60 meters. and 2019 the international energy agency reckoned that these deep water sides could provide 333838 tarrot hours per year. 11 times the world's estimated total electricity needs in 2014 and the best performing one pa glover is a floating one high wind scott hot turbines generate enough powerful around 34000 coat. this park is producing 54 percent of the energy that is potentially available for comparison. global average capacity in 2018 was 33 percent for offshore wind turbine. in early 2023 there was well floating. we've talked to the world combined capacity, $199.00 megawatts, which is tiny. the biggest projects are being developed from the territorial waters of europe, the u. s. and east asia. like with every shiny piece of technology, there are a few drawbacks 1st because generating electricity with floating turbines cost

almost twice as much as thought and fixed structures in 2023. so despite high efficiency, it's more expensive. the turbine and substructure account for 50 percent and operating costs increase the further out you go. but as soon as you start playing more and more turbans and then you can really level eyes on some of those off. and for us, that is the biggest source of the near term reductions that we see the amount of engineering we do for 5 term project is almost exactly the same as the amount of engineering that we do for a 100 children project. advance up d is the dark environmental impact on these guys. for example. a lot of yeah, back from thanks. shore winds from land based off your blood offshore. wind. very similar. the change is really where those turbines are located, which animals are around those turbines. abra tots,

or potentially around your brand. so there's a lot of considerations around electromagnetic fields around collision risk, rubber bands that will be very similar across industries. but a big upside for floating is that you don't need to do this to drive, listen to the ground. massive machines that can really loud, understood wildlife, but floating turbines can be assembled in the hava and because they float just need to be direct alti ship to the farm positions. it's absolutely clear that we need clean energy. the costs of this technology are still enormous and to drive down, wait a gigantic infrastructure around below. if that's going to happen. that's a big question mark. this switch to renewables requires a whole lot of new ideas. and our next report will introduce you to a hamburg based company that uses cocoa being shells to produce bio t r, a fuel loaded for its ability to store carbon and enhance foil quality. so is it as

good as it signs? enriching depleted soil again with bio char made from cocoa being husks green and potentially very lucrative as a clinics in finance. e connex, we're sure that plant based coal is going to be a multi 1000000000 year a business shift. what can it really be that easy when de jim and entrepreneurs, felix after and his danish friend pick stain, learned how to brilliant idea they decided to used waste from the cocoa in the street to make fired shaw in the pilot factory. the 1st of its kind that product to similar to traditional charcoal, but it's purer basically by a char is all adding structure to the source. it's extremely chorus. so it works pretty much like a sponge, so it source and, and stores water and nutrients. however,

it makes them plant available. so these plans can benefit from, from an richards. they market their plant based charcoal as an environmentally friendly product. the chocolate industry produces $500000.00 tons of waste every year. in industrialized countries, the cocoa shells are i the burnt or composted in bio gas plants? that process often produces the climate damage in gas, methane. listen, it's up to element is with this plant. we're currently removing $8000.00 tons of c o 2 from the atmosphere every year healthy and it is captured in the plant based charcoal plans and coin. we hm. that we're currently working on removing a $100000.00 tons per year. that's the project we're currently planning to implement to ellen, and i'm certainly willing to do this the found as need a few 1000000 euros meeting with investors. sabrina schultz is the head of

a holding company that invests in startups. then money back. now when you invest venture capital, you're basically placing a bad sign where betting that climate technologies really will pay off in the long term lorna. he as climate regulations and see or to legislation become strict tags at the greater the potential return for business models that respond to them. we're down to determine the shifting. so it's a win win win scenario for the chocolate industry for the climate and for agriculture. in europe, the bio char is being tested, a large scale trial in northern germany aims to make fertile humours from depleted soil. the plump based charcoal is worked into a depth of 10 centimeters, cannot even be there in a minor negative offense at 1st. because the plant carbon will absorb the existing nutrients and the soil bind them and we don't yet know exactly how these nutrients are released again, twice at some are these substances bound so effectively that the plants can't

access them to the poor? does the plant carbon ultimately protect these nutrients and prevent them from leaching out to you and the os version? and at 600 years a ton coco shall charcoal is much more expensive than conventional fertilizes. that makes it a long term investment. at one time, the fruit and vegetables you age depended on what was in season and where you lived these days. fresh produce is transported from one country to the next. within europe, the under lucy region is a major export her of agricultural products. last year, germany was the biggest buyer of anti lucy and produce spending 2400000000 euros on fresh fruit and veggies from the region. as substantial increase on the year before france was 2nd with 1800000000 euros. easily to purchase more than before, spending 1500000000 in 2022. most of the fruit and beds from under lucia is

harvested and packaged in the city of ameria, where workers are increasingly speaking out against poor conditions. marcus burnish sent us this report with a clear message early in the morning, a group of union representatives intercept foreman at a green house in the hard to explain the importance of workers' rights l for lima. this is a structural problem within the industry. it has grown accustomed to having a vulnerable workforce used to poor working conditions without a proper response from the unions. nothing will change the legal world. velma black only come on like a mill. the sat union says greenhouse workers are often paid less than the minimum wage. now they're looking at a major greenhouse production company bureaus aboard. it's been on stats radar before, however,

the usa boards head says that other unions have no qualms with the company in google, mentally. and in gospel we have not had any complaints from other unions about working conditions in our maria. can i and i'm ready. assault is a very specific organization, but i wouldn't even call that a union member. oh hello. it's complaints aren't logical and they're almost always based on a false allegations of a fake news in front of it. and she knew fake news. is it all just made up? is everything actually sunshine and roses beneath the plastic tarpaulins? we asked the state labor inspector at now media. they should know. but they'll only talk to us via video call. see that the commissioner will not eat? yes, we have detected irregularities. as well as undocumented labor, a beer at the same time, it's also was pointing out that stronger controls improves the situation last year at the southern, it only comes across janese motion going by the the number of incidence was higher

in 202021 than it was in 2022 and even though even though we were undertaking more checks by nan yos, mon ranking us opposite of them. an intensive because mr. zak dorothy on it. the truth lies somewhere in the middle. the fact is, it's mainly migrants who are being exploited under the system. and there are thousands of them making their way on a life threatening route from north africa to southern spain. and maria is often the 1st stop there, the migrants are house and barracks called trouble us without residence permits, the men and a few women live from hand to mouth, fangled along what can i do here without papers? i can't get a job in a without enough. well, if you're welcome, if our, the fair, your 40 rule for valued or an 8 hour the producers association co expo blaine's politicians all the way to brussels. it says they need to take

into account already as proximity to africa issue. there is a great deal of migratory pressure here shortly. and that means we need well funded social services. yeah. more. but we have the opposite increments, you know, for caroline social services simply don't exist here. you're going confront hooked oregon 30 here is, was a legal fellow and was it there's one piece of good news thanks to increased pressure in recent months. the 1st apartments with running water and sanitation are now being built in the heart as an alternative to the chapel us. meanwhile, the plastic sea of amity, it brings its own set of problems. despite multiple recycling initiatives, it's littered with plastic waste. environmentalists are recording the garbage and a public register. politicians and authorities appear to be feeling here til like

with this illegal dumping ground to. oh no, no, but we're still here im awarding a year and a half ago. but just like the $300.00 plus other issues that we've identified and report it in the garbage is still, there is some, unlike on the beaches, we can't volunteer to clean this up to be there already is need to get involved. it requires heavy equipment to merciless bloss william us, and it didn't say like minister, the uncle, mikey nadia priscilla. the new supply chain due diligence act will require driven companies to uphold environmental standards and comply with human rights. we wanted to know in more concrete terms, what this would mean for fruit and vegetable production in our media. how the responsible federal office for export control will monitor compliance. and how retail chains are planning to act. but no one wanted to talk to us on camera so far fruit and vegetable producers say they have heard little to nothing about

the german law and are unconcerned in going to thought it said that some of the industry is very well controlled. we're not worried about a german law that wants to exercise a bit of control on this unit. experience shows that conditions here are good internally, even if there are some people or organizations or they're saying the opposite. get kidding. the field on friday results from inspections on plastic waste and labour show that there are enough bad apples among the approximately 13000 producers and 30000 heck tears of plastic at least affected parties can now report feelings to the german authority in spanish. will that change anything we'll be watching to find out these days? social media is the place. many people go to develop their own personal brands being an influence or is a legitimate occupation and one which takes a huge amount of know how and to the cation and our next report will meet homeless,

rather an influencer from pakistan who wants to inspire other young women to think outside the box. everything starts more and everything big that you'll see also start at the moment you start doing something that you love. you will absolutely. excellent. hi, my name is rosa. i'm a social media influences. i run a youtube channel and instagram loss, and i also have a platform and forecast by the name of the when i started this, instagram logging wasn't even a thing. and i just thought that there were a lot of things that were missing on the internet. people were not talking about into which will changes. i have a very happy in jersey guess with me today actually. and this is my office. so over here we have our editors and production managers working here. this is my

bought got studio. hi guys or somebody. go welcome back to another episode of happy chip. i'd read that book class in hon. mister bed here. then in this room we have another board got to do. we have a 2nd port, gus and studio for that. i just show you a site right now the set up is being done for the board. gus, i think one of the things that i'm able to do in my face and position is that i need to inspire young of him in to king outside of the box and king beyond. what did he dig into at the time that i started, there were hardly any 1000000 fluency at the time. and i think i'm very proud of myself to have been one of the 1st few women to have been that way and to normalize

took i to as that time it was art in my husband was extremely supportive. he was a very active player in what i was doing. he wasn't just there in terms of operations where you know, i needed to get somewhere or do something and he would had to do that, but mentally the empowerment that i felt because of him the motivation that i felt because of him, it was there. and also just never seeing anything that would make me feel like i'm doing something wrong or this is something that i shouldn't be doing. you know how you get money or cash as gifts when you get married. so that money i just used to invest in my business. i didn't have it from anybody else. i didn't have an investor or somebody in my family in listing. it was just, you know, my gift money from my wedding. there was no concept of making money to doing this logging because there was no influence in marketing. there was this marketing

industry and now it did i think if there's one thing i would wind, the younger generation are younger than meant to know in order to pursue their fashion, is that you can't wait for the right circumstances or the right time. i was more passionate than i was scared, so i just continued. and like i said, even if i would just get one message from one person that how i had improved or change their life, whether to my project in my business or to my instagram, just being an influencer that was successful. ah, i don't think i would do anything differently. they and influence are sure is a busy job and that brings us to the end of today's edition is made. thank you so much for watching to join us again next time until then for me and the entire team here, it's good bye. take care. ah

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