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2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record. the consequences of climate change can no longer be overlooked with heat waves, droughts, and floods, destroying livelihoods around the planet. and one thing is clear. planetary heating can only be limited by rapidly phasing out coal, oil, and gas. so this man was perhaps not the obvious choice as president of this use. un climate conference, top 28, taking place in dubai. white stilton, i'm at l. java as administer of industry and advanced technology in the united arab emirates. and also happens to be head of the states oil company video, but energies are not and cannot be the on the on of the more than $130.00 political representatives from europe and the us have

demanded to be dropped as president of the climate conference to no avail. saudi arabia is the 2nd largest producer of oil after the u. s. u. a. e. iraq. iran in kuwait, also in the gulf region, are likewise ranked among the world's top 10 oil producing states. between 20162020. the fossil fuel accounted for over a 3rd of gross domestic product in the gulf states. that revenue helps pay for economic development, but it's also funding the transition to renewables. at the same time, the gulf region is already being impacted by the consequences of climate change from drought to flash floods, and rising sea levels, saudi arabia and the u. a. e. have seen huge expansion and renewable energy use. and recent years, just recently the emirates announced their net 0 target for 2050. those plans involved new clean energy investments totaling $54000000000.00 by 2030

that's a positive move. um, but we see that the policies to actually meet their targets are still not there and we see they're actually planning to increase. so for example, fossil gas consumption and they're still massively planning to increase their oil and gas production, which will also lead to higher emissions. but the gulf states aren't the only ones investing massively, a new fossil fuel project. in fact, almost all of the top 20 fossil fuel producing countries plan to produce more and 2030. then they do today. the international goal of limiting global average temperatures to $1.00 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels could be buried once and for all. that's despite both the oil states and fossil fuel companies, nothing short of money for more investment in clean energy. exxon mobil, for example, reported record revenues of 399000000000 dollars this year,

and profits of $55000000000.00. the company is continuing to invest in oil and gas . so what's preventing more active climate protection? you ask, what is it that's that's in a way the imperative of status? well, the way money works, the numbers of people who are pressured, some of the oil and gas companies because they weren't doing as well as the ones that weren't doing stuff on the climate. look at the pressure, you know, a bunch of asset owners and managers in new york and elsewhere in the world of been under to make more money. so put it down, degreed. g r e, you do agreed. instead of phasing out fossil fuels, companies are favoring investments and carbon capture and storage systems, or c, c. s, comp president job or is also promoting the technology. c, c, s will definitely be needed if the world is to reach net 0 because the systems can

remove c o 2 from the atmosphere. but the technology is still very expensive and not yet sufficiently scalable. critics like use oil producing countries and other proponents of green washing, the aim to secure our profits, while smoking hopes that efficient climate protection is possible even without a quick end to fossil fuels. it's clearly a distraction and we think countries, you know, sort of bearing their head in the sand, you know, behind you know, the promise of since this one. actually, it won't solve the problem. and we do need to focus on other, you know, solutions that can really reduce emissions. no international climate conference to date has ended with an agreement to phase out fossil fuels. in the long term. the issue is set to take center stage and this year's political debates. while the policies of producing countries are headed in the exact opposite direction, the

oil co get fossil fuels to make up a whopping 80 percent of the global energy mix. and despite the glaring downside, so many countries remain firmly committed to the sale. so 12 in southern poland population around 50000, many of its residents knew tearing the 1970s to work in the power pounds in the mcknight. coal mine these days 1st belong to the po miss energy group, pga and instead of nose i'm the power plant behind me is the biggest demetria of greenhouse gases in the anti europe in union. so gomez pumps out over $30000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide and the almost done with and cool. it's a symbol of problems. traditional dependence on call. it doesn't go out and shut it down about $30000000.00 tons of harmful c o 2 each year, making bell hot,

tougher loan, a bigger producer of greenhouse gases. the island also vakio a situation that green piece wants to put an end to, to decades. it's been cooling for the closure of coal fired power station. lots of other people got tons for months improving. we have to phase out called by 2030 if we really intend to implement the power. so greenland then got your system, it with another look at what's happened over the last few years is human. so should that us uh, j. yeah, the energy transition away from fossil fuels has complete the past, the government, fine. but i'm not saying that a good that's now. your biggest brown cold, 5 plant produce is about the 5th of polish energy needs. the operate to pd says it will be shut down and stages under the coal phase, out between 20502036. that were also close to close, open cost binding has shortly afterwards up to now pilots has not hit the climate policies, all types of enabled it to continue subsidizing its cold pumps. pg refused to talk

to us on camera or let's just visit the power plant hops because of the environmental pollution and its impact on local residents. health. thoughts upset of who am it looks as a alex we've noticed on invisible enemy in the area that is shortening the lives of people who live, hey, hope and get elected albany. what's your son? who your son? the dust itself can spread over many kilometers. get this being so it's taking years of people's lives. go increasing the incidence of asthma as well as the number of heart attacks and strokes. little bit protect us. my bill got back to the photo but a lot or despite the health risks, the majority of residents and bell hotels remain opposed to the shut down the brown co pump of the number. we are very much against the mind being closed. it accounts for lots of jobs here. the economic situation could deteriorate. was i'm interested in something without the mine bel hopped off, would be a village with 2000 people. is that much of a gun? so you know, it's a bad idea. what about the people who came here to each other?

i'm worried that no one has a plan for the future of the town afterwards. that a some yes, i'm one of the minds very 1st employees lives here. my own boy, no security. now retired, he devoted his life to the coal industry. the engine is story began with the ticking of the coal mine and 1974. is that what i wanna ship a little puzzled like because my little problem will do things and you know, talk then a group of young engineers got together from across poland. the um, cincinnati is uh they were full of enthusiasm for the project with them. no, they will not dental's. yes, he still has a passion for mining today. and so the community spirit and customs such as the annual basis, testable with it specially designed bellmarks working at the mind was the best time of his life. a bunch of these houses

zix on the make, the scientists think that the customers will vanish and when the mind closed, the vertical voltage is usually a bunch of articles. and there were very few concrete plans for the future of both of 12 and it's residents. this much is clear, one big company will not be able to replace the mining industry and attracting new businesses to the area costs money, which is why the e u has been supporting the transformation process since 2019 the private sector official agencies and n g a is need to work together, we're supposed to be a success. how is currently being discussed in a host of workshops that's available to so we work with young people with business people, with local officials and community organizations, the board improve transport, infrastructure, environmental issues. so and social cohesion are all important to them. the sky, you clunky, or sort of like to support. one problem is that the jobs in the cold industry paid

so well that many families and bell hotels could afford to run several calls with public transport badly use. the train line was muffled. not we'll have to change as new companies to move to bel hotels. you please use one of the major investors will only move if the very good transport links without trains and buses. and then we load a truck and a new stuff, a highly specialized sector, slide i t i t t. so for the stuff in the why was it the lick not 5 power plant and bell house of do support the cold industry? it's not for ideological reasons. many have started a panels on every the solar energy business is booming. also, thanks to state subsidies because of this month sells photo voltaic systems with revenue doubling every year and see the one of the for almost everyone around here has bought a solar power facility, including those who work in the mind or

a power plant or is it just makes economic sense offense. so now that will have to still depends on europe's biggest induct. he has power, plant, brussels wants to get people here on board with the use climate policies. it looks as though they come be persuaded. the this i said like this blue fire on these couple rings all exist because of one element sofa. the other substance can be both completely harmless. i think strongly poisonous. it's found in our bodies of food and also in volcanoes. if you've ever smelled a rotten egg or a fox, the culprit was sofa, but unfortunately, he can't up also makes a highly toxic gas. it's also responsible for acid rain. it contributes to millions of debts every year. extracting dining fossil fuels means we're spewing it into the

app mustang. the story of sofa is both the lumen crisis and an environmental success. so far is one of the more abundant elements in the universe. you can find it in the oceans. the crust on the talks, it got must be a venus. it's also the 3rd most common mineral and not bodies. they contain around a 150 grams of sofa, but in its solid pill form. it's both tasteless and odorless. the compounds of it are found in broccoli, cauliflower, eggs, and onions. sofa is actually responsible for the strong smell that garlic makes. what he crushed. not a sofa compound gives broccoli, and kind of allow that distinctive tastes. and if you find yourself with a particularly smelly onion, that's because of sulfur 2 is also found in water from wells or springs. another

place you'll find sofa is in the sky. little bits of sulfur dioxide up map missed here. uh, conserve is what we call cloud condensation nuclei, essentially, little platforms for clouds to build around. the house fonda is a climate scientist and reset you. clouds that can be more reflect is an inbound smartlight back to space sofa actually slows down global warming, but sofa also has a dock side. is one of the most reactive elements on the periodic table. so it changes form easily when in contact with other elements. it's also super flammable . the sofa coating is what keeps matches spinning long enough to light a candle. burning sofa can look like a health scape, like a dis, indonesian volcano. ready ready mighty a much creates a small quantity of a sofa gas. ready and this much is a mini version of the sofa pollution problem. ready those gases phones by the self

of molecules with other elements, a toxic one of them is hydrogen sulfide sofa with 2 hydrogen atoms. it's found naturally in woodland swamps, in hot springs. another enough to be solved, the gases, sulfur dioxide, something we've been harming ourselves with on a large scale for a very long time. so software relation is mainly quits by bidding fossil fuels. edwin's son, gun jada researches, chemical pollution in the environment, and also industrial activity such as refining control. you know, to me, it tells us fossil fuel is naturally contained sofa. the extraction leads to some of the sofa escaping and forming those gases. toxic gas is also released when fossil fuels of a and another source of self pollution is from metal production. some metal oles contains sofa purifying the metal combat for released sofa into the atmosphere. fossil fuel use to call around the 1950s before all this information was available

in the 1970s people started noticing that the rain was more acidic than it used to be too much. so for in clouds can react with other elements to form. sophia accosted, and i said, right, oceans, lakes and rivers become more acidic, hunting, aquatic life. it also affects the ph of soils. we know plants the free and reduced and inspect tim content th, regarding a ph. he's also going to affect how the plants are going to add, so the nutrients that they need to grow. but it doesn't need to rain down are nice to have devastating health effects. if you light a match a couple times or if you like, sitting around a campfire, you know they are placing but it isn't good for you. but if you're not doing that all day every day, it's not going to be that bad for your health. whereas, you know, if you're living in beijing and your air looks like a piece, oops, that's where it really starts creating various severe medical problems. and

a lot of that sofa pollution is caused by burning coal. it's responsible for most silver pollution than any volcanic eruption. when burned in power plants, the sofa can be removed from the emissions by devices called scrubbers. but in sufficient money or infrastructure, that means that often doesn't happen. worldwide, china has been the largest emitter of sulphur in recent decades due to its heavy reliance on call. the resulting and pollution is responsible for over a 1000000 deaths per year. china has recently taken major steps to reduce sol for emissions. ringback in other countries, the amount of coal being bond is actually going up. when you electrify, you wrote it, they need to be some energy source in what is the weak image source. that is what it. so that's called sulfur pollution from coal contributed to the near constant london fog of the 19th century. people died from ask for room bronchitis, which still playing those living near oil refineries and coal plants today. and so

for particles also form pm 2.5 fine particles that our significant part of global air pollution. but it is an old bad news in recent years that has been a very big effort to stop. i sued rain on sofa gases. much of the sofa is removed from oil and gas during the refunding process before it's sold to consumers. the extracted sofa is tended to pesticides fertilizers on sophia. it costs it as a result of most fabric sofa gases have decreased significantly and regulations of getting 20 to 2020. so the 1st restrictions on shipping fuel but in now the last tech industry, there's been more studies about the health impacts and burning the steel in ports with a couple of studies. suggesting that somewhere in the range of $20.00 to $60000.00 people globally and they die prematurely due to exposure to separate exit pollution

from shipping. removing solver from fuels has cause the dropping world wide pollution, but the still more suffering atmosphere than this should be. show while regulations are important, a shift away from fossil fuels is the only thing that will tackle toxic sulfur gases for good. the so expanding renewable energy sources is key if we want to have a safe, clean future. the shift has already started. you rip in asia in particular, a building more or more voss. so the phones some little than 50 slack, and how much is insights comprising millions of solar panels? that size isn't everything. in germany. this is either a delegation from

a law. we is visiting an agricultural project in high to know a town outside berlin. growing on this farm crops are being grown under solar panels. so the visitors from africa are here to see exactly how it works. and we have a model for measure, but that just depend on uh, using the whole, you know, so we can't do much because we don't have the capacity to have machine now the and everything like to put up to see. so i feel like if, as a government, if we can, uh do, uh, you know, the sort of from me can 10 things for beat the i agree volt, a company son farming has been cultivating fruit, vegetables, berries, and herbs here for 2 years now. so nearly anything can be grown under the solar panels. the modules are positioned at a height that lets in plenty of daylight,

but blocks potentially harmful direct sunlight. another advantage of the system is that the billing components can be recycled, a new economy plus it's a 100 percent steel and glass enabled. the last 50 years in africa. and it can all be recycled. structures can be dismantled and re sold. the material has good salvage value and is always in demand. steel isn't always made to all the materials and the modules can be used to build houses or storage shelves from baldwin high. and i'm good, that's good and kind of thing to understand. the high wind water flows over the modules. if it's raining or if they're being cleaned, it collects in a gutter system. this distributes the water evenly in the ground. it also enlarges the size of the water droplets, which allows more liquid to get into the sub soil. so the ground stays moist even in dry periods after i'm assuming you offered in africa, we also have to use drip irrigation to a vegetable cultivation. so when you go home on these,

because certain regions now just completely arid, and so we collect the rainfall there is in dispenses in small doses using a pump powered by solar energy and all the summers are also getting dryer in germany. here. 90 percent of the crops are grown with the help of a drip irrigation system. that saves water. the electricity needed to power the system is less than one percent of the amount produced by the solar array. students from the brandenburg university of technology are also monitoring the project to learn more. they're using sensors to study the micro climate. under the modules, they measure light intensity humidity and the temperature both in the air and the soil around the plants, roots us into some debts and see at regular intervals. they also measure the rain that's been collected in these containers,

wisconsin. so how can see how much the solar panels expand, the surface area protection rainwater will do the i'm 50 state and we've noticed that in colder times of year, it's significantly warmer, under the modules and in the open air, on average, it's $1.00 to $2.00 degrees warmer under the modules, and we found that during dry spells, it's significantly damper under the modules in the open air force the effects of to off, and then they have animals also feel comfortable in the shade of the silver modules . the piles are driven into the ground and are sturdy enough to withstand changing weather, so there's no need for a concrete floor. the structures serve as airy, light field sheds for the animals sheltering them from rain hailstorm, birds of prey and scorching sun. the visitors from allow we are impressed with the environmentally friendly set up. that's why it has good fresh water lake throughout the country. one 3rd of the country is what water. but when we go to

a neighboring countries, for example, between up routes, one i don't even have like. so if we're going to do a lot of this kind of for me who will be able to sell to a neighboring countries and make money into both cell economy in this supermarket and punch of strong south africa, customers can buy vegetables and herbs produced by some farming split for now only small quantities are available as they come from a small facility built for research purposes. it's located only a few kilometers away. here sun farming has been exploring how food, cultivation, and solar energy production can be combined. the researchers have been experimenting with different soil basis for the plants. yeah, it is an image in italy, kitchen, we were plenty, it's the veterans to study because it did because she knew up into wonderful in

here we are using quick off the bus and then raising the solar energy and the plant, the boat leak and get a combination no need for diesel generators to produce power. here. there are 2 vegetable seasons a year in winter, broccoli and cali. flower are grown. and in summer tomatoes build peppers and cucumbers. herbs and spinach are grown all year round. but drought is a growing problem in rural south africa. 2 winters in the northwest region are dry and cold while in the summer violent thunderstorms and hail storms rec, haven't gone crops, as does the increasingly fear sun here. agri, well takes or angry p v can make a real difference the

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