john john funk knows that all is not well the river is almost dry the last 2 decades he's been recording the dwindling aquatic life of this region. well michelle you feed hungry everything is focused on china's growth and making us economically competitive but we are using up our natural resources and really no one knows how things can continue. polluted ground water and air have become commonplace in an around china's big cities everyone has got used to monitoring air quality on a daily basis. the air is good here in the mountains. really fresh in fact. you know but as soon as i get closer to beijing things deteriorate. i start to feel really unwell. feet before. this was the scene in beijing 4 years ago the footage was taken at midday but it could be nice china is the biggest air pollution in the world. for a long time the country relied only on coal but no new coal powered stations are being built anymore coal consumption has flatlined since 2013 over the last 5 years or so there's been a lot of improvements in beijing's air quality in the air quality across northern china. that's being as a result of a lot of government measures to clamp down on. the burning of coal and households to switch. heating with gas heating and also stricter emissions standards on industry. the emission levels of many industrial plants are now being tested in real time and posted online margin collects these huge amounts of data. with this new one can see who is exceeding the norms and through this effort some of the lodges plot you know some of the state on the enterprises started responding to the . to the look the people the pressure and started opening address their violations . china has traditionally been seen as the world's factory floor and has the emissions to show for us that's why margin wants to ensure international consumer goods companies like dell do to us and. keep tabs on the environmental records of their suppliers. 1st question there's always like you know we have a green policy but in china sorry i just don't know who are polluting no doubt and i still remember the 1st meeting that where we're able to tell them that look we have some data. steel and cement production are huge sources of pollution as china's economy has grown its infrastructure has also expanded in the last 3 years the country has used more cement than the u.s. did in the entire 20th century and china's building boom continues. its. basically any trends in terms of industry or the power sector here ultimately any trends in coal consumption are of importance to the whole world. and these trends can be positive china has become a world leader in solar power for example. no other country invests as much money in renewables as beijing solar power is now cheaper than grid electricity and much of the country. back in the mountains near beijing john john funk is confident that china is moving in the right direction at the moment c o 2 emissions per capita in china are less than half what they are in the us and he wants to stay that way. when you know when. people are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental problems here and responding accordingly many have understood that environmental protection is ultimately in their own best interest. but some still see growing prosperity an environmental protection as being at odds with one another with his photos john john fund wants to show just what an asset are natural surroundings are. that's all from global 3000 this week but we always look forward to hearing from you so write to us at global 3000 and d w dot com or visit our facebook page d w women. see you soon. and justice and freedom the 1st words of the german national anthem and the 3 central values that form the foundation of this country. high high conditioned i mean freedom can only flourish if everybody. holds it near

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