getting a tale and to ditch the combustion engine is safer. off, electric and mobility. business need to be business. i'm k, ferguson. that thanks for joining me. more than a 5th of europe is at risk of experiencing a to write this summer. parts of spain on southern friends are already experiencing water shortages with farmers expecting the worst healed in decades. the situation is especially serious as it follows the use of consecutive dr. which have to please should grind war start reserves. the average temperature in the mediterranean region is now 1.5 degrees higher then it was a 150 years ago. that's in line with the forecast scientist has made about how climate change impact the region. now addressing this problem is among the items high on the agenda as amazing of e. u agro cultural ministry is taking place in brussels today. he w correspondent, deck park is there and has been following the talks closely. jock,

farmers in europe are ready under pressure on the summer. it has barely begun. what could they be in for in the coming months? or? yeah, it's looking like it's going to get much, much worse for them, kate. that's what we're hearing. and that's why the spanish, especially along with the portuguese, the friends and the italians, a ringing the alarm bell on this. they say that the european union needs to act collectively as soon as possible to deal with this. we know that throughout the summer it seems, but it seems to be continued low rain full. obviously we don't expect very much rain full in the summer, but it's also potentially predictive that that could be extreme heat waves like we've seen in previous years that can have a massive effect on the farm is as well. for instance, we've seen in portugal, they say that around 40 percent of the agricultural activity is affected by this no rain full of high temperatures, spain. the rainfall for this last year has been 24 percent below the average, which is compounded to 26 percent. the previous year they just don't have the water

and what this is meant is that farm is all they don't have the past to land. so instead of sending that livestock lives still, cuz the, the, the, the ivr code for those sites of it's really hard is by this because the, the livestock farm is called send the, the animal sites the past. so instead of having to give the feed which costs a lot of money is very expensive. and it means that for that that costs a going up, the price of those that the selling for has to go up. but what they're seeing instead as well, which is competitive, this issue is the rushes invasion. evasion of ukraine has meant that agricultural products from ukraine are coming through into the european union, the lower prices and compound in this issue. further, meaning that i'm competing products that are being produced in the european union, the spanish says reset a saying that this is an absolute crisis under the you needs to act as quickly as possible. okay, so what kind of assistance are the farmers calling for on will the gases they are

cooling for as much money as possible? that's what the farmers want. and indeed, that's what the spanish agricultural minister entering the meeting here in brussels earlier today called for what the spanish government wants is for the european union tonight. what's known as the crisis mechanism within what's called the common agricultural policy. simple. it's a budget of money to come and i'd like a cultural policy. and within that budget, there's $450000000.00 yours per year, which in a crisis can be dispatched to other to the you members the states to try to deal with this. we saw some of that money to suppress last year, obviously because of that ukraine issue with the, with the grains. another agricultural products coming in, the spanish, supported by the portuguese and the italians and the french of saying we need this to be an attitude as soon as possible. there's a bit of reluctance in the european commission and by other e u countries as well. we think that they don't want to move too quickly on this. spain is already subsidize that agricultural sites sites as to the tune of

276000000. yours became that that might be able to support them. but it's also important to say that that money could only be despised if in countries agreed to do so. it needs universal support. okay, well the watching developments closely. jack park and brussels. thank you very much . and as we just mentioned, spain is one of the country's experiencing and especially serious right, right now, experts a long term solutions are needed to address water shortages. in the meantime though, europe largest the saw a nation of plans located in the countries, the 2nd largest se of barcelona is providing some relief. these beach in barcelona showers have been turned off to help save water. spain is facing its longest and harshest drought in decades, and the country 2nd largest city would be in a much worse situation. if it wasn't for europe's largest,

the southern nation plant built in 2009, and you over got a few kilometers south of barcelona. the plan supports about 5000000 people in the air we got around the cattle and capital, but it wasn't always like that. we made the fuel for am i doing the 1st few years in the production levels were low because the reserve wars were full of water. so we had enough natural resources. but in the last 2 years on yeah. especially since last year, january 2020 to the production level as being very high because we are in a drought for many months. water is pumped into the plan from about 2 kilometers out into the sea. after traveling through several cleaning and filtering systems, which reaches the final stage were sold is removed. but the selling aided water isn't just for drinking. it's also for farms an industry. while the seller nation accounts for a 3rd of barcelona is water needs its expensive a 1000 leaders of the selling aided water cost of $70.00 or cents to produce.

that's more than 3 times the cost of fresh water filter from the uber got the river . in my opinion, you should use discrimination only for the very, very crush of me. it's like bringing both up to the pollution and the, and the medium of what the actual because there are other sources of law of what there you can use the most important one is really great. you can reach, it breaks up quite a while. so that's, that's where use recycling. that's the most important one. the costs are not the only issue separating sea water from solid is an energy intensive process. the large chunk of the electricity used comes from non renewable sources. while the southern nation plants are important solutions into short term, spain should invest in other more sustainable ways to get water running from tops, despite droughts. now to some of the other global business stories making news has level so you know, mosque is meeting with officials in china. it's his 1st trip to the country. since

the opening of the company's shanghai production plans to visit comes on select, or con maker brussels, with intensifying competition from chinese companies. i'm gonna truck onto pounds. toyota group are planning to combine forces. the manufacturers are currently discussing the details of a merger, which they say is intended to drive the development of more climate friendly vehicles. francis causing the ribbon on its 1st electric battery plant that makes sense and it's raised to build up a sector dominated by china. is the partnership between total energy is mercedes benz on the long to present a volume of my coal aims to construct the sample factories over the next 3 years of part of a re industrialization plant. now from 2035, the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars will be found in the european union. the policy is a key part of efforts to reduce carbon emissions. but as being met with an outcry

in some quarters, including easily for 19 out of 20 new cars sold, still run on the combustion engine. when it comes to changing attitudes towards electric mobility, there appears to be a long road ahead. pro lives in the center of palermo in the morning. he drives to work like everyone else here, despite the traffic jams. so why doesn't he take the bus a pencil. okay. i think i'd still be waiting at the bus stop now. but can i ask you something or did you see any buses on the whole trip? the answer? no. so it takes just under half an hour to cover the 4 kilometers to work per throw is a lawyer. while he meets his clients, we search the city for electric vehicles in vain. there's not

a single functioning charging station in the city center to better understand why electric mobility is poorly developed in the south of italy. it's worth taking a detour to the southern side of the island to gyla for decades, state owned energy firm, and it used to refine oil here in 2019, it's switched to biofuels. but the facilities output isn't carbon neutral according to the rules. so it can no longer be used to refuel vehicles after 2035 trade unionists. rosario cut that i know is worried about what that means for the future of the area. no impulse. so no, it can't be that the workers from these big companies will end up paying the high price for all the sudden changes and ink listed on the get on the, the end up to $70000.00 jobs could be lost in italy as a result of the combustion engine phase out p a throw has come home from work,

and the family is preparing dinner. his wife donatello has also been driving around all day shopping, taking the kids to school and driving to friends houses. could she imagine switching to an electric vehicle sam, case call split last time, put off by the high cost, assuming that we couldn't afford an electric car right now, we'd have real difficulties with that. how well italy managed to move away from combustion powered cars neutral? so let me q rates his own museum of automotive history. he says, electric cars will have to awaken a love and passion among italians to succeed. because we need to create beautiful things that are in shantay, global manufacturers have to take inspiration from the cars in the past for the world of tomorrow on. yeah. like many others pro and don't have to take their car

to the beach on weekends. electric vehicles are hard to spot and that is unlikely to change in italy any time soon. i so i'm finally, if you have both a switch to this and an environmental conscience, this might be of interest. the maker of the maurice talk, the bar is testing at environments we funds the packaging. for a limited time, you'll be able to get bar as wrapped in re fi, couple of paper wrappers in stores across the u. k. the company says the trial is part of it, the efforts become more climate neutral producers of everything from chris, from chocolate and she is a how come under increasing fire from environmentally conscious consumers. let's say that she could do more to make their packaging sustainable. and that wraps up our so thank you so much for watching from where you can always check out the w. com slash business. we're on the date of the news, each channel as well from me and the entire team here in berlin is by taking

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