martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment t is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. °qwueeewep@1@xxxxxxçÑçÑñ >> atat the turn of thehe 21st ccentury, severalal thousand tos of scientific s studies on cliimate change e all lead to oa single revolutionary

martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment t is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. °qwueeewep@1@xxxxxxbq narrator: 2008, discontent turns ininto confrontationon. around the world people e take o the streets. ♪ music momar: they use tear gas, electric batons, plastic bullets. it was a very, very hard day. narrator: protests like these in dakar and senegal spread to many other cities. there were similar riots in egypt and in india. in haiti the president was overthrown. the reason? high food prices. one of the major causes: climate change. villagers are leaving their homes simply to survive.

martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment t is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. a a >> this week, global 3000 heads to thailand, where environmentalists are fighting to reinstate mangrove forests in disused breeding ponds on the island of koh klang. we go to chile, where a dramatic algae plague has destroyed millions of a a creares,s, a left fishehermen fighting for their livelihoods. but first, we're in pakistan. minimum wages, employee rights? not in pakistan's brick factories. here, people are modern-day slaves. despite a worldwide ban on slavery, estimates suggest there are 45 milli

martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment t is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. 8úxú: severine: there's so many ofof you. [laughter] um, my name is severine. he gave me a few more directorships than i deserve, but we'llll let the ship sail for now. um, push. i'm severine. i'm coming to you from northern new york, from the adirondacks, on lake champlain. audience: whoo, whoo! severine: that's my land, um, that i love. and i think in this room are some people who love land. [cheers and apapplause]

martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment t is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. °qwueeewep@1@xxxxxxbq 07/25/16 07/25/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from the democratatic national convention in philadelelphiathis i is democrcy now! >> validated everything we thought. everything we believed to be true. this was rigged from the beginning. they werelly abobout doing everything to set it up so she would win. amy: as the democratic national convention opens here in philly, as congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz resigns as party leader following the release of leaked e-mail