Drought in the home of africa means ever more people that are facing extreme hunger and dangerous friendship. Why Vladimir Putin has a growing fan base in indonesia. For the past 6 months, ukraine has been defending a more than 2000 kilometer long front against russias invasion, which contravenes international law. Millions of people are on the run. Thousands of soldiers on both sides have been killed or injured. Many towns and villages lion ruins, but rushes pans go far beyond ukraine. It wants to weaken the west and is seeking allies around the world to do so. Russian mercenaries active in molly, for example, threatened to jeopardize the un mission there, and d relies. The entire saw Health Region was potentially grave consequences for western europe and elsewhere too. Theres admiration for the suppose in stone. Man, in the kremlin, Vladimir Putin there on their way to russian class. Watching his taxi drivers, real estate agents, and tourist guides on the island of holly that used to doing business with russian tourists. And booley anomaly. A newsletter have to be able to speak russian on barley brothers, most of us work in tourism. And since lots of russian started coming here, its important to speak russian mcguffey as opposed to Many Russians are settling permanently on barley, 30 year old dita is married to a russian life that she is visited moscow twice. She likes russia and putin, above all, just like her friend trone. Ah, how is matthew . He has no take and he has beautiful eyes. Look, i see you at length and let his po, i think hes a good person to feel over. It takes a strong man like him to lead such a big country, woman. Yeah, lou, i love po john. Hes clever and yes, very strong. Only. Now russia and indonesia have had close relations for decades. From russia supported indonesian independence back in the 1950s. Rinaldo to actually explains, he teaches russian studies at indonesia biggest state university. Neither he, i could pick up and who won the basis of this close relationship and indonesia and russia developed partnerships and many sectors and fields of yes are my now in particular from the year 2000 onwards, the dk from education technology, that rate on the economy to fighting terrorism and bike applied ha contract thatll re sma russia has even managed to cultivate and islam friendly image. Amongst other things by investing and cultural centers, state managed media and stipends. Thats in until indonesia, which has the Worlds Largest muslim population. Now by their mosacco, moving them under britains leadership, islam, islam has become a part of russia yet that he battled russias national identity. No also encompasses islam, blah, blah. The reverse is true for the image of the u. S. Booty man. So jeff mico from the countries ruling party stresses the wars against muslim majority states, like afghanistan, iraq and libya have been staring up antipathy towards u. S. Foreign policy. For years. Many indonesians see the u. S. As a super power out for global domination and to crush other cultures when you got this are preferable. So as far as the war between russia and ukraine was concerned, russia is seen as the only country that has the courage to oppose western expansion plans that he, i overhear conversations in small stores or taxis work where people say, the west seems to want ukraine law and that is perceived as a clear threat to russia. Youre probably the was there . Yeah, you are all mental or officially, the indonesian government is neutral. President , yoko widow has presented himself as an unbiased mediator. He recently visited keith and the destruction in surrounding neighborhoods. But then travelled on to moscow by about our response is proportionate. Thats why were against sanctions. We shouldnt isolate the country. The impact on energy and Food Supplies could be enormous going on. But we dont want to pour gasoline onto a burning fire at the Language School on bali, theyre not quite as neutral as that president. There are lots of anti western and pro russian videos circulating on the internet. When they all know is putins address at the victory day parade, to mark the defeat of nazi germany. Ah, earlier fiorenza, when i see that video, i sense patriotism, strong leadership heroism, any country that was ever attacked or colonized in either like me, indonesians, where will also be able to sympathize with eliza these language students at my a puritans, military strength, and indonesia, russian propaganda is falling on fertile soil. Ah, the you estimates that this year europe has seen the worst drought for 500 years. Almost half the continent has been affected. The economic consequences, a huge, but the situation is not life threatening for people that its a different story in east, in africa. A little rainfall. Drought in the home of africa has left full point 7000000 children, undefined in ethiopia, suffering from acute malnutrition. 1. 5000000 in somalia and around 950000 in kenya across the region molden 6000000 livestock have died or have had to be snorted. Over 25000. 00 sheep, goats and cattle are being slaughtered by the canyon government and the meat distributed to families suffering from extreme mound. Nutrition in africa, animals are usually slaughtered to mark celebrations and signal prosperity. The meat is typically cooked for guests and friends or at weddings, but in some bureau, in the north of the country, it has become a sign of desperation. One quote has been shipped by full households on the one coast by then also. So it will help and im also uploading them as, as i mean, so by to live operations auto emissions today. At one point the drought is not just the problem here, but throughout east africa it hasnt rained properly for more than a year. Nothing grows here. Any more people and animals are suffering from water shortages. So kenya has decided to slaughter any animals that are already weak. One. Im not gonna lie l unless i am 30 cows and are all emaciated because of the drought. Get out if it doesnt rain soon, it will be a huge loss for me. I was just so ive come had to sell my house. Mostly women and children sit by a tree and enjoy my they would yet. They have walked for hours in the heat. In the hopes of getting help for their malnourished children. In other words, even though i might have one, i took my child to hospital for treatment and was told at white to little then im going to a patrick doc is a nurse at the nearby gila health center. He tries to help where he can, but the use of drought, the heat and the long distances make it difficult. Most families only have mays flower mixed with water to eat. So lets see what the most of the times. So was then seemed to get these other fruits because here and on to places very dry. So we dont offer any tables. We dont really know the fruit, so give or he can eat on that. Okay. So they are slaughtering cattle. This provides income for farmers food for the people and fewer animals to fight over what little water is available. But it also has a negative impact on their livelihoods. Its a temporary solution for an ongoing problem, though. Hes sending me his video because he the slice noel. So for, for today or to that, the v defending that did you have obviously the evidence that someone is going to sell and others when do they meet . So at least their household food, at least assisted no parched earth as far as the i can see the people in eastern kenyas china river region have not seen heavy rainfall for months. The majority of people here are cattle herders. They live from their animals. And so they walk hundreds of kilometers in search of water. And were going to look on a miss katie or hertz didnt manage to acclimatize when we came here while of comfort eloquent in the lab holy. Their health deteriorated massively far for koya either way. Do even if i ha, we are suffering and i because the drought, i thought most of the animals have died. My night there now or coming here in ms. India at a medical facility. Each day the women of the china river walk to a small water basin to fill their plastic containers, but they can see the water levels getting lower and lower here to the united since World Food Program fears there could be a humanitarian catastrophe. Currently, over 15000000 people of it impacted my require food assistance, the loan of africa. And if the rains continue to fail, as we are witnessing is particular over 20000000. 00 people will be impacted on whether dwelt underwood, quail, food assistance. The drought is hitting the youngest, particularly hard. Unicef estimates that some 8000000 children between the ages of 5 and 15 are at risk of starvation. They dont have the strength left in their emaciated bodies to even make it to the nearest 8 point higher food prices also mean smaller deliveries from the aid organizations. Weve seen the cost of energy go up with the recent India International situation. And even coastal production of food you something about the days of medical sun, but this will also go up. Heavy rain is with the people in the horn of africa are hoping for, but it doesnt look likely, at least for the next few months that could dramatically worse in the situation across east africa. We planes, cars trains that, oh, very noisy. In the e u alone, more than a 100000000 people are exposed to high levels of Noise Pollution in their daily lives. And its not only people who suffer animals due to particularly marine life, the propellers of the more than 62000. 00 congo ships on our seas create an enormous amount of noise which can be heard for kilometers around. And there are many other sources of ocean Noise Pollution to the dim drives fish from that feeding and breeding areas. And in the worst cases it can even kill them. 2 2 lou, the ocean is a symphony of sounds, at least where they can still be heard. We humans have made the sea noisier than ever before. And the way things are going, the underwater world is set to become one thing. Even louder with devastating effects on marine life. Oh kidding. Tis creditor late in the sense in their environment. So really finding that actually okay, lets explore some smart ways of turning down the volume in the ocean and find out why this might also be good for the climate o. Underwater sound waves traveled extremely fast and up to thousands of kilometers. Sound is essential for almost all marine animals from whales to jelly, fish. Mm. Animals you sound to communicate, to navigate, and to find Meeting Partners or pray. But hearing what those creatures need to hear is getting increasingly difficult. Some marine life is currently exposed to noise levels, the can destroy their sense of hearing, literally render them deaf or kill them. Its like, you know, logging around in a fog. Thats a pretty serious effect to for animals that depend on sound so much. So why are the oceans becoming so noisy . One factor is offshore wind farms, and when energy is generally a good thing. But installing offshore turbines creates a great deal of noise in the north sea. It damage the hearing of porpoises driving them away from their feeding and breeding grounds. And agents are most likely exceed pilots and they have to drive into the steep at by hammering or mpeg pile driving. And this course underwater noise which is more less comparable. As in stopping aircraft, the sounds emitted by the pile structural elements smashing into the sea floor travel several kilometers from the source. But help is on the way compressed air flowing through tubes on the ocean floor. Round the piles create bubbles that rise to the surface, forming a tight insulation curtain. Fewer sound waves managed to penetrate the barrier leading to a 90 percent reduction in volume. This is how things sound without an air bubble curtain and this is with an air bubble curtain. Theyre challenging issues that if to, to lift with the offshore conditions, wind, waves, weather conditions, current and so on. But thanks to tighter regulations, the curtains are now almost standard for construction off germanys north sea coast. And interest is also picking up in the us, the netherlands, and taiwan implementing bubble curtains cost just one percent or less of the total investment for an offshore wind farm. Music loud, were going in. So Wind Turbines are one thing, but theres a bigger problem. Container ships ah, International Shipping is by far the main source of Noise Pollution in our oceans. The culprit and the potential solution is the ships propeller. Domestic Pressure Cooker is work by controlling the steam pressure inside them, pushing up the temperature at which water boils. The resulting higher heat means faster cooking. I ships, propeller the opposite happens, not with food, but with water and effect called cavitation. So it, due to the fast motion of that propeller through the water. Locally, the pressure is extremely low so that ambient temperature, the water boys and creates them bubbles, creates a vapor bubbles. And these bubbles grow. And these bubbles shrink and collapse. This generates noise levels comparable to a rock concert on dry land. The solution has the potential to be good news for the climate. And the Profit Margins of big shipping companies, essentially, fewer bubbles can mean lower fuel consumption. In 2017 denmark based mask retrofitted, the propellers and engines of 5 vessels, primarily to say fuel. But their sound emissions also dropped by 75 percent. This add on device improves of vessels flow in the water, which according to its maker means less cavitation and fuel savings of up to 8 percent. But installation isnt cheap. And shipping, firms are rarely obliged to make. The changes with cargo price is currently very high. They prefer to keep ships in operation rather than investing in a retrofit for many ships. That could be savings possible, especially due to the fact that each ship needs to go to dr. Dropping each say, each a 4 to 5 years to incentivize ship operators. The port of vancouver has cut port charges for certified quieter vessels by as much as half but the loudest defenders are seismic air guns. The fossil fuel industry uses them to locate new oil and gas fields in the ocean. Their sound waves are as loud as a spacecraft and can be heard hundreds of kilometers from the source. For days, sometimes even weeks or months, these tubes fire out compressed air every 10 seconds. With every blast, 2 thirds of all soul plankton larva, within a kilometer of the explosion, dropped dead. They insure the health of the ecosystem here ones are credibly wasteful. They are way too loud for what they need to do. I rightly the fossil fuel industry is itself conducting research on more environmentally friendly methods for its surveys. One technique is called marine viber size, which generates the required signals via vibration instead of an explosion. The result is more of a constant hom, rather than a big sudden blast and air gun. So strong a good a flip your arm off. Whereas a virus eyes on land, you can put an egg underneath and, and roll. Great. Initial models suggested the impact on marine life would be just 10 percent of that of an air gone. The likes of exxon mobil total energies and shell may have their eye on another advantage. However, marine viber size can also map oil and gas in shallow waters. But doesnt this sound paradoxical, more sustainable methods to find more fossil fuels . We really should not be, we just should not be searching for oil and gas under the ocean anymore. We, you know, we really need to make this green transition. Thats the main solution. There are plenty of options for reducing marine Noise Pollution, but more progress is needed on the regulatory front. In 2011 germany introduced one of the worlds 1st noise limits in place to protect north sea marine life. Air bubble curtains are now standard, there in the industry is doing fine. Taiwan is introducing a similar regulation. Quieter is better for the environment, but without incentives or new laws, the industry has few reason to change flu when tropical storms move across el salvador, the country can be hit by up to 50 centimeters of rain per day. Thats more than in many european cities all year. Storms are becoming heavier and more common. Climate change is wreaking havoc with the country. Rising sea levels, drought, hurricane. A local Environmental Initiative is encouraging action in el salvador small changes for a big go, protecting the habitat, if those people and animals paradise. On the brink. For thousands of years, mangroves lined this pacific coastline. But rising sea levels have decimated vast swathes of them. Conservationists from the salvador and center for appropriate technology. Already see the grim reality of Climate Change, yet them ugly that the governor movies mangrove sprite up just last year. Over and over there were old mangrove forest. But look, now you only sham animals. All these mangroves behind me are over 30 meters tall because the city hasnt gotten this i yet it will say, but levels are rising, like i got on your a fan of up another. The people who lived here had to abandon their homes, like so many in el salvador, they had no choice but to flee rising sea levels. Realities such as these compelled ricardo, nevada, to fight Climate Change from a relatively young age. He founded sessa 40 years ago, with people in the region he works to raise awareness of environmental issues. I say more close and sound, and also memory care that were not just aiming to raise Awareness Among others, but also amongst ourselves, angela. We believe that such those project to reduce plastic himself and everything that causes pollution and rising temperatures are all important when it comes to reducing Climate Change for the maria to look ahead. Congo play mod decal. Many wild animals species here are endangered. And now their habitats are being destroyed. Wcl among the got it all in my lodgings is a global problem, but its caused by the worlds richest people who consume far more Resources School and generate more greenhouse gases. I mean diesel mackwood it this way. The worlds elite owes poor people, m a massive environmental debt already, and its the poor people who suffer most from Climate Change. And that meant that, that the ma over this inequality is reflected in the lives of many women in the small communities around san salvador. Sister is training them how to fall mechanically. Despite l. Salvatores fertile so