of the researches and scientists all over the world are in a race against time. they are peers and rivals with one daring goals to help smart nature. the boy likes watching it on youtube. dw documentary the this is why city denny. and why many like me love it, despite everything, it just is changing. hello and welcome. i'm so i've got the body and you all watching eco, india, and i am shar, much like my city. your city is changing as what some of these changes we might

like, while the others not so much. some of these changes out of choice while the others are forced by fact of the lifetime of change, which are making our cities increasing. or in the store to solar capacity is currently all of a 70000 megawatts. and why is this got to across different cities and villages across several states in the country. so far that has been no sitting in there that has been entirely sold out. but not anymore a 3 megawatt lawns in, in jazz, historic city of sachi, in the centre, more stage of whatever this is changing this sachi in month of the diesel is 1st and foremost famous. but it's but this to pause, which make it a unit, schoolwork edited site. but now sachi has another claim to fame. isn't yes, both solar city. it draws all its electricity from a 3 mega. what sort of blonde, which cost the central government, the equivalent of some $2000000.00?

in addition, that down is equipped with solar powered charging stations, water kiosks, solar street lights, a new lead to dozens, rooftop solar systems. one of these is being installed on drop it on so that these, these are diode and welcome to the johns to save money. now what's that god that might have a story that it would produce, speak a lot of energy. does it have to be 15 units per day and i only use it $5.00 to $10.00 units purchase a 1000000? i thought i would give the rest to the sound. pretty good. so i'll recoup the costs and we, i mean, i don't remember a lot of the guy he gets to see 500 rupees. that's about 6 utilized a month. he's hauled his electricity bills. the source of the project is based on a private public partnership modeling. and vis or do use c o 2 emissions by some 14000 tons for you. all the public buildings in sachi, which has a population of 8000 now have rooftop solar panels. other states are lagging behind

in combat as an are in a big state, like with the dish been stored who felt so the capacity of imprinted rented to was only about 460 megawatts august without your due for the 300 megawatts by printing . even though we do have subsidies and incentives available, say end of the national toyota program, but don, getting those in the right manner and investing in this thing, the consumer to red mr. evans and making them understand the benefits. so going for a particular solution is something that is p as a designated solar city, such as a showcase project and is a pine you engineering energy use. but the general public still has a lot to learn about solar technology dot that on so that the has many questions about his new solar unit. here to get up there should at least tell us how to clean

it in montana. and how often, even if we were supposed to clean it, but they didn't tell us how already look, how much does the test stuck with on, you know, we've had a 2 years ago, the government loans education program in conjunction with the solar city project, the public has thought about the importance of saving energy, the role of the new, but energies and also about the economy benefits. and the idea is that all the individuals are to be made aware of how to minimize your consumption. and is there any way in which you can use it coupons, you can design your houses, you can design your dynamics in which you have at least of consumption of energy be, is the student and thought time store owner the costumer to bought in the outreach program. but he's not convinced that an online training is the best way to get locals onboard with both of those high performers. easy,

but it was an online process. so some people have difficulties, even though most people are well versed with online processes these days. people in villages and rural areas, county, if it had taken place offline, more people could have and or i think southern parties, i've been teaching people about renewable energy, getting them to change their habits and transforming down the size of sachi. clearly gone to happen over night because he loves seen dr. a solar powered tv, the well, him switching to an eco made sense because it saves him money. looking at the composite, there is a 50 percent benefit. the sooner than better, he's much more efficient then be that you got to be a cup of guy that was to solo baldwood. charging spaces was set up in sachi in july

for the time being. the charging infrastructure is only rudimentary and few people still have made the switch to electric vehicles, but exports understand the challenges and keeping side of the peak of pick to any don session course with non video process. um, you know, what country is you will just and as you said, the entire country is organization into each stage. different. think those bids sections of society was done. dition and defense bid says, so why it was like, the dogs is showing that you that relatively more than bonds stages, the mobility and the industrial sustainability of the transition has been unfolding in such e, the mood is optimistic now that it has good solar city status it's looking to move away from fossil fuels across every sector of the economy and become a net 0 city. starting with a 5 mega bought solar blonde that's with many supply,

the agricultural sector. we are not investing on to only the present consumption, but we are also looking at replacing the complete agriculture comes on shuttles because in the long run we are looking for a net to 0 city. so this is not the 1st that the one to be declared as sort of 15, but we want to make it 1st net 0 city and about as the country's 1st solar city saw to you can lead the way for other places in india and also point out the main difficulties of cause, john splitting the projects to a largest city when be a challenge and it's set for homes, beautiful gases, goggins and water surrounding all of which city are you thinking off? well, if you look up the capital of denmark on the internet, these images will pop up. it looks beautiful or right. pretty perfect. why would anyone want to change any of this? well, he has why?

on the 2nd of july 2011. this is what copenhagen looks like. dead jobs floated in the stormwater after the ones that are powers in the are kind of brain a quarter of the assignment asian woke us. the sick in the aftermath. and one even died of a blood infection. but it didn't stop that in full out of the last 6 years. the city has seen i've known the cloud both, but it's conventional stormwater system con, do with new somewhere on the wall is full of similar stories and it's getting was copenhagen and leading several cities around the world that getting a redesign as climate change is making. reading for less deductible and more dense, sometimes a brave, like designing playgrounds to flood. i went deep into the heart of copenhagen to find out how exactly you flag proof of city of this scale. if i was, it was 5 years ago, this 3 who don't have been to, but instead that may have been an s u. v stuck in congested traffic. this square is

one over on $300.00 spots and copenhagen chosen for me cooper. it used to be a busy roundabout that has now become a wooded area in the middle of the city. it's one part of the plan to don copenhagen into a kind of giant sponge for the next 100 years after the devastating 2011 fletch. if he has it, i met a young adjustments in the head of the cities cowed both management plans. who do i mean that they wasn't able to wake up, call the position to decide the at that time that's read a need for getting a lot out of the city very fast. they ask all the time how to do it. ready in a table weight, it could be expand to sewage system or could we do it in multiple way? maybe they had the rain bought at surveys and at the same time make it as soon as the waste for a more reinstate the most part of us. it seems to get more meat and these are facing city. so young steam work done to sound about into water cause green component of the code. best buy has been plan invisible side control in plain sight

. that's a small pump. because the by more than an east of water continues to come and the cost is. ready road here in a lot of ponds for hers in the, in this connected to the see these little link phones are being built on across the city to hold excess water from land phone. but it's not just on some projects a smaller but still hold water like green roof less noticeable a wide spread climate. it's looked like ordinary drains, the bigger and in areas with the higher risk, all based on the map, young steam device of how the city is likely to flood in a code. both event, much of the 2000000000 euros given to the water department is going 20 meters underground into the backbone of the project. the tunnel. with this kind of dense of an area, you cannot solve the problem adjustment green solutions. this is jessica 1000 costs

. we look for the city water department on a giant tunneling project. 500. you can do all sort of things on the surface and all of this you can remove maybe 3050 millimeters of rain. but if you're getting 150 or 200 meters of writing, you need a big system. so really transport water away. there's no way volts. it can get into the hava without making a tunnel like this. the new tunnel network is 3. me doesn't die meter and runs for 18 to them. it goes across the city. the donald's would carry water from the bones and the roofs to us the harbor. but they still have another function for the rest of the your to watch. so it can be stored here instead of in the sewage system and slowly release them to the problem that keeps the water quality in check. and so people in copenhagen can swim in the harbor and the canal system through the and the tunnel step in again in a storm. if you have a heavy storm wave stop cutting, flooding industries, we just opened it up and the can, the transport all the water through the pumping station into the,

into the hub. okay? so it was simply empty, the strange that will still be was the industry. so, i mean, it's not completely dry, but we'll go from from half between half and one meters down to, to 10 centimeters. essentially this maximum. mm hm. and how much water can this whole system deal with? the, the, the amount of water that can be transported in the system is determined by the pump station you have at the end of the pumpkin, the live at 20 cubic meter per 2nd. 20000 meters per 2nd. now, however, you will, expressive, and as soon as you have it, have a storm allowed and you stop getting was in the streets, it will stop and it will just keep em to the many cities are in the process of measuring that on sponging is not every city has as much free space or as beef near or post some, a much more dense, i'm still developing. so many are calculating how to climate proof themselves based on their own differing needs. beijing, for example, has a water shortage problem,

and it's designed to live on retaining what china is actually leading the world with over 60. or if it's all the 600 cities planning a redesign, john joseph deallocated, nearly 800000000 euros for the project over 5 years. and has between roofs and rain gardens. but it's still struggling with flooding and 2021 because it's not easy. the indian city of, of chan name on by and what to you, i holding against the setting during the month. so i'm water shortages for the rest of the of the 2nd part is not a problem or i am copenhagen has is really high what the table of so that's what the, every way, that's why i'm on a bus that's about i'm on my way to an old park in the center of the city, calling calvin park, and that integrates both green and great infrastructure. this path works on 3 levels. the 1st is the rose garden under which water from the surrounding areas is stored. the stores can also function that as a risk water resource during the drive period for the cost to keep the cost of the

product clean. if this store is saying is field, we'll stop feeling this pulse brown. see over here. this is at a lower level than everything else, so it can receive water easily and be filled up as soon as the water starts to overflow. when it could look like this. and then there's the one. when it is a mess of code, both a wall comes up here to close off this compounds. and this thing behind me will go into a giant based on that stalls. the a few of the projects have been financed by taxpayer money, but most of the funding is linked to consumption through a levy on the water bill of tombs and companies. and if it costs explodes too much, then we decide, okay, we don't do it. but then there might be some more damages locally. mm hm. and you informed the citizen that they have to protect their feelings. but even with this much investment adapt ation to changing reinforcement only go so far with this kind

of kind of be able to handle the worst case scenario. in terms of flooding and stumble, you have to decide what kind, what size of storm, and that will always be a storm that is bigger. or does that say it's so is the probability and the protection of climate change. so how often will this happen? but there's always will be a rain fall that could be even bigger. so you never protect a 100 percent. but it gives us having protection from the front of a certain probability and then you would lose so much. so your investment is compared to your risk of loss, and that's the size of investment we're making. that might sound like resign pragmatism, but copenhagen's been implementing it's cloud based management plan for more than 10 years. are those cities or know those watching very closely waking up the cost of investing now to lower the loss in damages, climate change, it's likely to bring around the world cities and dec level as are made for each of

the new guy just in the market. every few weeks, an easy access to all of them. sounds exciting, right? like, well, it's not as exciting is what we do with this e waste that is generated in the was the hard largest generated of us in know, was in 2019. and even though a majority of this comes from the cities, only countries 3 percent of this erase is the cycling to some extent. and cities don't even have any plans of fixing this, but not anymore electronic devices that have become obsolete at besides all, no good things blonde in going but do in the state of them and non do key. and his themes take, get off the appropriate recycling and disposal. many users simply throw their own devices or even batteries into the normal trash with dangerous consequences. safe press on. they won't let the company i'm ask people to just throw re useless

battery using their garbage thinking that they are smart inside of this. but if $100000.00 people did the same thing, they might, it would be $100000.00 veterans and a little if they reach the dump, they would lose the ground water to be a foot length and eventually infiltrate the product. the side that are going to do it on the land and bucket and if be consumed, those products would be very harmful, not only for human beings, but also for any livestock audit. marty, i do have them. i wonder why they pop eaves like what stored here is among the fastest growing the streams in india. according to the latest global, easiest, one of the more than 53000000 tons of ears were disposed of worldwide in 2019 india accounted for more than 3000000 tons. and the amount is set to increase because new products are coming to market all the time with shorter use it cycles active as complete. or what do i want to move you to the demand for electronic

devices increases in years boss. and you could use an electronic product, but at least 5 to 10 years, according to what nowadays, that's degrees to one yet. that's the main reason for us to look at all america. so what to do with the huge mountains of discarded appliances i push on to open, i clicked in splunk, the theme 1st thoughts the easiest by type, separate things, household appliances from consumer electronics, or another group takes care of all devises related to data processing. the data and then that is the data destruction processing stuff with electronics like desktops and laptop, there is going to be data data. so part of our job is to destroy that data. some products like that's the docs and the laptop desktop leaf. up to a toby spend focused on a. c the company process 900 tons of east la, still positions opened up with and says,

speeding cycle devices to retailers and who would see those views is one way to ensure more sustainability. c but it's not just entire devices that can be done to the market, but also in the region, compliments on value. there's all materials, a gold, silver summary, and metals like gold, silver fill out the num, impala d. i'm not in high demand, but they are difficult to mind. so to meet this need to renew up in mind, other than that is we extract those random matters from best products and get them back to the market. to get caught up in this process, we get some hazardous waste, like lead fluorescent lights and see if the and we have processes to separate the disposal of all of these types of to be able to separate overseas of india has now tightened up regulations for manufacturers equipment now needs to have a longer shelf life, but specialist companies like percent all now coatings are essential for reducing today's mountain soft electronic waves. the status of the merits was all

about cooling down the planet. and it has since the agreement, a lot has changed in cities across the was including side as it says. many cities have seen unprecedented high temperatures, even each week, including a city like fat as that has been incased in concrete, but other bar headed to the fence capital to find out about the efforts of cooling down, cutting down c o 2 emissions, and reducing equities. violent outlet is satisfied with this years being harvest on the biggest rooftop farm and parents the whole low defense you know, move for you. the most people who come here is surprised. they say they don't feel like they're in the hall to empower. just remove all

paris is undergoing a transformation. many are sick of the traffic jams and air pollution, which make the summers almost unbearable. the french capital is hoping to be climate neutral by 2050. so trees are being planted on public buildings and vertical force are cropping up. rooftops are turning into massive vegetable plantations not far from the eiffel tower, but on to our lives. rooftop farm is the biggest of its kind in europe. 1.5 picked here for the equivalent of 2 soccer fields. 250 grams. make sure you put the lid on probably in their fruits and vegetables are delivered to a supermarket. that's just 2 kilometers away. short distances mean lower c o 2 emissions. it's

a win win situation for the environment. but what about the quality of the products i'm beverly and because on the one hand, the goods here to record because everything is post by, but on the other hand it's a very polluted environment. yeah. would you be, would you be all of i have to admit, i am not that interested in produce, has been cultivated in the city. i prefer fruit and vegetables produced in the countryside, especially because parents is very polluted. the french institute for agricultural research is hoping to dispel some of the depths on this roof. there are boxes for fruit trees and a piece of fellow land to test what grows here naturally. christine oakley and the institute are looking for a way to promote urban agriculture. she thinks that they produce growing on parents . ruth is harmless. some german colleagues at the berlin

university discovered about 10 years ago that as soon as you passed the 3rd floor, you're no longer in the zone polluted by traffic. she says these roof farms also have an educational function. a c was for there at least 3 or 4 generations of urbanites who don't have any education or direct contact with rural agriculture. so most of our children, grandchildren don't know what cultivating the tomato or style it entails. too much in center. that's play phone component to the rescue, the vegetable farm in the middle of a typical concrete desert in the paris suburbs. very good. how are you? the 3 of you go to work if it's there a bit shy. that's what puts in it though he is less worried about air pollution then the contaminated ground by heavy metals for instance. but he's found

a way of getting around this in so i'm thinking about as the story was broken up, the lead was thinking slowly, especially if i don't use any plants that would retain it or do anything. if i don't use spanish labs led as carrots or beat root that drop the lead, it was thing down with the principal pieces of who he has planted edible flowers. instead, he says that tests have shown that they have no lead residues and chips loved them . so that won't open for us, take a tiny little grain, it tastes like leaks that level. it's pretty incredible and we'll see what i don't see. i said, as you know, many urban farmers are convinced that there are solutions to fight the problems that arise in an industrialized city. and the state is funding, visionary projects and farms all over france. there are already over $300.00.

that's it. but me know, tony in paris but in all of the big cities of france and even europe, there are more and more rooms being built. yeah, so many architect to are already thinking about how to use rules so that you taishan and create green roads, mental health. but for one day off that the digital visible alonzo ali and his colleagues are planning to double their rooftop space in paris. this is where they see the economic and environmental future as we talked to our cities were developing and changing for the better. but tons out of got also into this liquid is hot, but new to mess. but also these are changing again and this time around these changes actually do seem for the better. only time will tell us what you're telling me are any, what changes happening in your city? i would love to know. you can email us or reach out to me directly on my social media. i will see you next week until then. take care. good bye. now most gosh,

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