let's bring in kelly mccann said she's an energy expert at the german institute for economic research one just does not need the switch to renewables is expensive and ineffective what needs to change to make this political agenda economically viable well i would say there are of course costs as you mentioned it already but we also see that there's a lot a lot of investments ongoing into future markets on the one hand the renewables the cost for new of us have got this is also because of the german energy transition and on the other hand we see that the investment credits also saw. and this is this is a valuable thing we have to close but of course many things have to improve especially the policy direction because right now as you said the emissions are too high and we have to phase out coal missions also the transportation sector have to go. if it's not really working out here in germany how can we be an example for the rest of europe. we can be an example for the rest of europe if we can show that the cost for renewables will god down further because the huge costs we have already p

let's bring in kelly mccann said she's an energy expert the german institute for economic research claudia one we've just heard does not mean the switch to renewables is expensive and ineffective what needs to change to make this political agenda economically viable. well i would say that of course cost as you mentioned it already but we also see that there's a lot a lot of investments on going into future markets on the one hand to renewables the cost for new ones have gone down and this is also because of an energy transition and on the other hand we see that the investment creates also jobs. and this is this is a valuable thing we have to close but of course many things have to improve especially the policy direction because right now as you said the emissions are too high and we have to phase out coal and the emissions also the transportation sector have to go. if it's not really working out here in germany how can we be an example for the rest of europe. we can be an example for the rest of europe if we can show that the cost for renewables will god on further because the huge costs w

now for more on this i'm joined by york matters he is the head of the research unit of international economics at the german economic institute in cologne. you're going what will it take for this dispute to end who will give in first here what do you think. well that difficult to judge my thing to donald trump administration now try to maneuver themselves into a negotiation position with china on this topic go for an intellectual property troposphere rights and threatening terrorists is one of the options to negotiate this and might this have just been the right strategy here i mean because there haven't been other countries that have been lamenting china's trade practices and the theft of intellectual property so is good this be the right way to go this strong and aggressive position well i think diplomacy would be of the better because if you threaten something and nothing happens you have to fulfill your threat in order to be credible so this threatens trade war. potentially global skate and this is really dangerous also obviously for the export oriented german economy so it's a dangerous way to walk right i mean you menti

german g.d.p. alone and the french research institute of calculates these helpful insects are responsible for two hundred billion euros a year in worldwide economic output but in recent winters almost half of european b. colonies have died out the varo a destructor mites are largely responsible but other environmental factors also play a role in parts of china thousands of farm workers even have to polish pollinates trees and crops by hand. when the cherry blossoms are out it's time for wu ching you know to start work on something that's normally taken care of by nature the farmer pollinates her trees by hand it should be doing this work but here in the honey one region of southwest china there simply aren't enough of the beneficial insects to go around. so it's not been our year olds were simply too low the trees were flowering well but only produced a few fruit seed at the heart then we heard about hand pollination we checked it out and then started doing it ourselves. and pollination is a painstaking task first farmers have to find flowers which have only just opened the pollen dust has to be fresh and clean and removed very carefully. and her

german g.d.p. the french research institute c n s says insects are responsible for two hundred billion euros worldwide in global economicoutput but half old european be colonies have died out many scientists claim mites. monocultures and loss of habitat also play a role u.s.p. populations are shrinking by thirty percent a year they've become so rare in parts of china that thousands of farm workers have to pollinate trees and crops by hand. when the cherry blossoms are out it's time for us to start work on something that's normally taken care of by nature the farmer pollinates her trees by hand it should be be's doing this work but here in the honey one region of southwest china there simply aren't enough of the beneficial insects to go around. there's not been are you were simply too low the trees were flowering well but only produced a few fruits yet at the heart then we heard about hand pollination we checked it out and then started doing it ourselves. hand pollination is a painstaking task first farmers have to find flowers which have only just opened the pollen dust has to be fresh and clean and removed very careful