Transcripts For DW Global 3000 - The Globalization Program 2

Environment and the people. According to the World Health Organization around seven Million People die every year from the effects of absolution and as is too often the case its the poorest who suffer most they often have to cook over open fires and are rarely able to choose where they live the Environmental Protection and greenpeace says south africas most province has some of the worst at pollution levels on the planet. This is no place for children to be but most are coowners home to many families its a community located in south africas northeast in the province of. Which is rich in coal reserves the coal fired power station is right next door its a missions pollute the groundwater and they are here. Peeved my daughter is no longer alive left me a granddaughter. Shes always coughing shes been in hospital repeatedly but she just isnt Getting Better we dont know whats causing it. One of the many see end her family were forced to leave their homes and relocate twenty years ago to make way for a coal mine they were never compensated they cant get work at the power station and dont even have electricity despite all the pylons in the area electricity is a big question you know thats what you also want to know why are they not providing them with electricity because at the end of the day the pollution is affecting them. Also the Mining Companies that are right next door are also affecting them but there is nothing that this comes is getting. The coal fired power station amid sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide while the mines right next door produce toxic effluent and dust greenpeace says the province has the highest levels of nitrogen oxide pollution in the world the power station also uses huge amounts of water in a country where water is in short supply. At the university of johannesburg victor monica has spent years studying the human cost of the environmental pollution from respiratory illnesses and skin rashes to london seas and cancer the annual death toll is shockingly high. Calculated to somewhere in the region of two thousand two hundred tribute to all deaths that people who died prematurely that wouldnt have died if they were not. Exposed to to call this pollution in the entire province as a patchwork of power stations with twelve huge coal fired facilities south africa still gets ninety percent of its electricity from coal but many big corporations are now selling off their minds to smaller firms as coles reputation continues to worsen. The Small Companies do not have the funds to to rehabilitate so we are largely to see mines being abandoned. When the coal runs out and i think its a big problem that these multinationals are involved they basically are getting rid of their law abilities in in these silos. But south africa is continuing to build new coal fired power stations like the massive concealer plant nineteen german firms are helping with the construction while a german bank is involved in the financing the facility belongs to the state Power Company nasscom we wanted to ask about Environmental Standards filter systems and how much water it will use but eskom declined to speak to us. South africas Environment Ministry is looking to phase out called long term in favor of renewables in the meantime the Ministry Wants german firms and banks to participate not only in building power plants but also in reducing the pollution those plants cause. I think theres to be an improvement if were going to be investing in doing in this is it all on the queen in this it should be looking at mitigation of the problems associated with that they have to say so other use you see theres a food world place where you can dump. Parts of your business that are not acceptable in your home country but you know if my Financial Sense for some investor or for some bank which is was. An issue call approach to another country. Monica points out that germany has closed many of its own minds in favor of imported coal thereby transferring the environmental burden to others germany does indeed import up to ten percent of its coal from mines in south africa. Here at this disused mine local residents bench for leftover coal. Bunky much angle and her daughters only live right by the t n t v colliery the mine has been officially closed for decades but is still polluting the groundwater its a dangerous area parts of the mine are burning underground as a result of spontaneous combustion. Foresman is a Small Community not far from the my. Residence here suffer from the pollution and also from the uncontrolled explosions inside the mine. Much younger whose daughter was injured in an explosion three years ago since then she suffered from epilepsy last year much on who herself was injured in an explosion. Where is the only way it was on june fifth i was making lunch for the children at around one thirty then i suddenly heard this huge explosion. And i hit the ground was the now heard a pop and someone jacked me outside then half the house collapsed and a friend took me to the hospital by luck will probably know everything since then banging much angle hasnt been able to move her or him properly but shes received no compensation. Even though they themselves are dependent on coal to cook and heat their homes and winter people in communities like foresman or master card will continue to suffer from the impact of the coal industry. According to a United Nations study fifty thousand women worldwide were killed in two thousand and seventeen by their partner own members of their family thats one hundred and thirty seven women every single day and that estimate is conservative the number is likely much higher as many murders are made to look like suicides or accidents. More than a third of all women are subjected to assaults attacks and abuse in the course of their lives. In turkey violence towards women is widespread almost fifteen thousand cases a recorded their every months and societys response is often to simply look the other way. This crate of apples weighs over fifteen kilos but for my is used to carrying heavy loads. Shes a single mother of three and she needs to make a living at least its sunny and dry today. How the day begins makes all the difference if its raining or snowing i really struggle to leave the warmth of my home but when the sun is shining then i start the day in a good mood. Fatma works at a very particular kind of market all the stands here are tended by women many of them or former victims of Domestic Violence including fatma her exhusband used to beat her four years ago she must have the courage to leave him working at the weekly market has helped her become financially independent and thats the whole point explains has a two inch she set up the womens market a few years ago. And we tell each other our stories while we work and talk about how we responded we draw strength from that and the women here are strong if they won they wouldnt be here at this market in the middle of winter taking care of their families. Like in many other parts of turkey india its relatively unusual to see women working especially in sectors that are traditionally male domains and in eastern turkey those most definitely include marketplaces. The women say that some local vendors are far from happy about the female competition. Can i do housework as well as a woman can know i cant and women cant do mens work they cant climb up on to trucks and they cant recognize quality projects. Here in eastern turkey we men dont generally think women shouldnt work its up to mender and the money and its up to women to look after the household. Fatma does both she gets up at five in the morning when her three daughters are still in bed they live in a one bedroom apartment its the best fatima can afford but its an improvement on her previous life her exhusband lives in another town she still worries that he could show up on her doorstep. Convincing the eventually i stopped being afraid that he would hit me the worst bit was when he took his anger out on the children and there were times when that crawl into a corner and actually trembled with fear eventually id had it i knew we couldnt go on like that what i regret most is that i didnt get us out of the situation earlier. Today fatma is visiting a wholesale market to buy Fresh Produce she doesnt enjoy these trips its a men only zone and they dont mince their words some of the vendors way initially reluctant to do business with a woman charged higher prices than they charge men. Called the number that asked us what we were doing there they tell us to go home and look after our children. That we just told us selves women can go wherever they want we can do whatever work we want to do he is very studious up just. We didnt think it was right this is the place where men work how many women do you see here the customers im into but then we started to see it from their point of view. All the women have a history and they all have families they need to take care of. This wholesaler says that most of the men have got used to seeing women working here and he also praises fatma shes a good person he says and she can haggle almost as well as a man. So. The market where my works is popular with locals and more and more men are now buying their groceries from the female vendors. It seems male customers a few reservations than male vendors. Its all very clean its a nice market and above all its quiet. The female vendors treat us very respectfully i have to say theyre much nicer than male vendors i. Doubt she would have got back on her feet as soon as she did without the job here spending time with other women means a lot to her and the work is demanding enough to destructo from welling on the past too much. I love my work its exhausting but id never give it up and you know what i feel free here i can say this is my market no one is telling me what to do has to be no one is interfere and. As the day draws to a close as a second wind promising bargain prices to attract a few lost customers. I know. July first one thousand nine hundred seven marked the end of hong kongs one hundred fifty year history as a british colony and the beginning of chinas governance of the city. Since then hong kong has retained its status as a special Administrative Region but china has slowly tightened its control. And thats brought protesters on to the streets like in the summer of twenty fourteen when tens of thousands of people gathered to campaign against limits being put on their Voting Rights many fear that those and other supposedly guaranteed rights are gradually being taken away. Professor chung is worried about his beloved hong kong. He wants to show us how the city has changed over the last few years in his view for the worse. Chum has been teaching sociology had hong kongs technical unit. City finale thirty years he points out the station serving the high speed rail link to the chinese mainland its a Huge Investment by beijing cutting the journey time from hong kong to the neighboring city going joe to forty five minutes station. But of course you also become a symbol for the whole people without a ministry of structure or power but there were a lot of women trial extending call and hong kong is a further further the greater. China. The station is controversial one section effectively came under National Chinese control in september Mainland Police carry out possible checks in full single thora tarion chinese rule in supposedly autonomous hong kong and beijings influence is growing on the surface everything looks the same but many a worry that beijing wants to turn the troublesome territory of freewheeling hong kong into just another chinese city. Passive the job is playing out at the courthouse in west cower leung where leaders of the twenty fourteen umbrella protests are on trial. A few protesters gather outside human Rights Groups including Amnesty International claim the trial is having a negative impact on social freedoms in hong kong. The umbrella protests four years ago saw tens of thousands take to the streets for weeks on end demanding free elections beijing was outraged the organizers have been charged with disrupting public order. Chanting man is among the accused he takes a gloomy view of the outlook for hong kong. The team being is the president of the country and here. No pushing the country to a more or fourth area and the russians are naturally hong kong will be affected it unless our government building to a different existing institution and very open i dont see this. Can and his fellow defendants are facing up to seven years in jail and the umbrella protest trial is not the only example. The Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club was the venue for an event in august featuring the leader of a Party Campaigning for independence from china. It was hosted by victim alate seen here on the right after the event was over mallets work permit was not renewed presumably because he did not cancel the meeting despite pressure from beijing its the first documented expulsion of a foreign journalist Keith Richburg professor of journalism at Hong Kong University has been following the case so this map highlights areas of press Freedom China is a media black spot hong kong and orange dot mocking limited press freedom at least for the time being offered this was always a place that journalist would come to when they got kicked out of china or kicked out of indonesia or kicked out of anywhere in Southeast Asia hong kong was always this kind of free holiday and if hong kong was now starting to kick out a foreign journalist to me that was a real turning point. Himself a Foreign Correspondent richburg recently caused a real stuff with this article in which he predicts the demise of hong kong and not just because of the expelled journalist oh i think beijing runs everything in hong kong right now theres a place over there called believe office which i think is the defacto power here if i had to guess i would think the local Hong Kong Government gerry lam they probably didnt want to do anything but they were told you have to punish the f. C. C. For having that event. Professor chung takes us out of the city he wants to show us the new bridge to issue high and macau. Is another symbol of beijings power and influence. The longest sea crossing on earth linking three major cities on the pole river delta built with chinese money but profess a chunk doesnt trust chinas leadership. One thing. Too is to get people. Keeping. The best. People. That beijing has other ideas as the mainland turns up the pressure the sense of freedom in hong kong is gradually being eroded. This leaking global idea as we ascend to the lofty heights of the andes where deforestation of high elevation woodland is a huge problem. Villages in peru who are planting tens of thousands of new trees in an effort to combat climate change. In your i me is a very special first of all held once a year in the peruvian andes. Its a Tree Planting ceremony attended by over two hundred men women and children from various villages in the area. Once the festivities are over they begin their hike up the mountain carrying shovels and other tools and provisions with them plus infants. Even the come along. To our truck takes them to an altitude of over four thousand metres above sea level. They follow ancient paths once used by their ancestors the incas lived in harmony with their environment for todays population the idea is to give back what theyve taken from nature for. The past few centuries have seen the area almost completely deforested. With no effort to replenish the devastated woodlands. These people are the first generation to recognize that something has to change. And a minus one of the village leaders is here with this family. Maybe theyve been its hard to dig holes in the ground here you might dislodge rocks you can never rule out accidents you have to be extremely careful. And aware that. There are no trees left here and no firewood together. So i am glad that were planting new trees you know my friends and neighbors have all come along to help you know. Constantino oka is the man behind the project he set up an ngo called the association for an eco systems or a co one in two thousand and one he and his team want to plant twenty five thousand samplings today they have to work quickly so that the roots wont dry out. The mccord and there is no vegetation or trees the water will flow straight from the mountain down into the valley and cause landslides for it continues on to the sea. Lay there. Well the new trees we are planting will absorb the moisture that nature gives to us and rain but. What about me airlines are the only way we have of storing the water. Never the lives of. The tropical glaciers are the most important source of water in the andes for Global Warming is causing them to melt away i do growing pace. Entire swathes of mountain terrain used to be covered with polly lepsis trees a species only found in south america. Its highly resilient and can withstand extreme weather conditions. At night temperatures here can drop to minus twenty degrees celsius in both the winter and summer the trees at these high altitudes therefore grow very slowly. Over the last nineteen years the biologists from the ngo have been observing changes in the local climate. Bill who come here expect to see huge forests with a tall tree or blocking out the sun. What they dont appreciate is that were four thousand four hundred meters above sea level you look at their mark and in some places the tree line is as low as three thousand five hundred meters but here its different. I think. More woodland means more liquid in the overall water cycle the hope is that eventually this would enable the glaciers to reverse their retreat. And theres press a potential when it rains the trees ensure that the water doesnt simply disappear instead its stored by the trees roots and by the moss the grows everywhere you move will get there otherwise it would evaporate far more quickly especially when the suns shining will be carried away on the wind. And. The slower the water makes its way down from the mountains the longer it remains available in the villages in the valley all year around normally this would be the wet season but rainfall has decreased something the villages are all too aware of through. The reforestation project includes the tree nurseries managed by local people. In a modernise village the sampling zone nurtured for twelve months until their sturdy enough to be planted their survival rate has now reached almost ninety percent eco one pays the villagers money for the trees the association itself is funded by private donations. Some of the tree nurseries are now getting their own green houses in order to provide better protection for the plants and that also means new job opportunities. For the so if you put it off what is this going to work as hard to get out so its a sound opportunity for us and thats not just for me as a technical specialist but also for my younger colleagues logistically they need a lot of people if they say they say this is it that i will hes the guy they must get on this. And that also applies to the Tree Planting enterprise which involves villages from many local communities. Theyre committed to the project even if its roots will only be enjoyed by the generations to come. Thats old friend label she sounds and today were back next week and in the meantime please send us your thoughts and comments right global three thousand at g. W. Dot com. Take cash. Come to. Discover the powerhouse utopia meet design ingenuity to tackle the big issues of all time. Of a more sustainable society. 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