A deep dive into the green transformation for me, for you, for the plant. Oh, the economy has been growing steadily for over a century, creating prosperity and security. But everything has its limits. We need chip, we need energy, we need food, but were gonna need it for centuries and centuries and millennia embers longest cubans around and all of these things need water. Masa environment when food, the days when we had abundant Water Supplies are gone to fall by its is on and many regions of the world water has run out new and metal, no water at all, not a drill through that. The economy versus humanity versus nature on that a joke than it was this. We have a right to clean water debate globally, 70 percent of water goes to irrigation. You presume . Look, you need water to make agricultural uses a hell of a lot of water. Water will be the new gold they are not matching the reality of the disappearing water with their desire for economic growth. Weve always known water to be plentiful, but thats changing because of the climate prices ah. With water becoming scarce, this series asks, what happens if we have no more water . For years, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact research has been warning about the effect of the Climate Crisis on the water supply. Thats handy that wont i find many schools. My phone falls when i let it go, a part of i dont need to do an experiment on, but i already know what will happen. My video is simple because we understand physics i from. So if we increase c o 2 in the atmosphere, then we will warm the planet and, and a woman planet means more water vapor, more drought, more periods of intense precipitation a business. We dont have to do an experiment to know what availability is decreasing, map of it. As it gets even warmer, we will need even more water for agriculture to drink and for industry was in us canada. We can see this very clearly with tesla test, which needs a relatively large amount of water locally up a whole lot. And of course, this has to be balanced with nature because what we do now, i will have a lasting effect. Its height for its gig, a factory, and brandon borg outside of berlin. Tesla wants access to especially valuable ground water reserves. Pretty excited as muscling water from the region. Yeah. Thats your internet. Its so much whats a look around you, but the local, what does appliances of kilowatt for further developments they, none of us are completely wrong. Its like water everywhere here. This seemed like a desert here. Yeah, its ridiculous. I am bank. Teslas application hasnt yet been approved, but its just one example of many german industry now seems to be waking up to the increasing scarcity of water to natalie. Sh handy toyota and spy 1000 us since for 1000 the dry years in 2018. 201920. 20 we also showed companies how important water is of the needle and now there is a big rush to permit the seat of that. And we must really be aware of the tree water supply now from them so that we dont sell at office for cough. Does fast as current water is sought after commodity and the chairman of the federal working group on water. Professor martine gamble wants authorities to use restraint. When allocating water rights, your hum, feel a goes under a good its and so we have a lot of big offers or with the global water shortage, or the biggest Water Companies in the world are knocking on our door. Or its not big names that everyone knows if they will want to get water from us because the quality is simply excellent afford suitably. Coca cola is planning a controversial project to extract water and luna berg. Germanys Largest Beverage Company has been bottling its vio, brand water, and the northern germantown for years. American name, even though some good was allowed at the owner of the time, you already have approval to draw 350000 cubic meters from the aquifer, which is the same amount we put in the application for a 3rd. Well, not to double the amount of water were taking for doping. Kurt, coca colas quest for water leads to hadnt stat just outside luna berg the company has drilling a well 190 meters deep into the earth here. Putting the mayor in a dilemma to progress how were b for coal, from the old wells fargo from b, submitting the does in berlin. The question is simply, how do we sell it . Or rather, how do we communicate a citizen . Is that the ground water that is actually there to ensure the supply of public Drinking Water is partially being given to the beverage industry. So and then we have to tell citizens when they get in return about an off 100. A 100 awful resistance is stirring in the region of luna borg more and more people are protesting against coca cola more than 1000 people recently took part in a demonstration organized by our water luna, book the initiative fears their water is being sold off. Yeah, dan luna bogus. My name is Marianna Thomas felt and i am also a member of our waterloo own as mercedes and what i want to stop this. Wow. I want to prevent coca cola from taking any more and they will say okay, and we cant produce anymore the in dr. Marianna tim as fed has been involved in the Citizens Initiative since the beginning of 2020 local politician yanns buttah issues. Water extraction permits. Deven, coca colas. His decision will last for decades. Less and b and shined through up the annette knob, the ground water authorities and luna book 1st determine whether extraction is possible with us and then we make a decision with that can also mean that we have to make a decision that the town doesnt like that the yoke of mind that mr. Neighbors water rights are up to local administrators. But the state of lower saxony, where luna blog is located is also dealing with this issue. Neither jacksons confused camera. Saxony is quite diverse. Of we have regions where there is a lot of water, your tenant, a big area like low a saxony they, there are also regions like the northeast of are states that have less ground water vinegar since there is so little right if there is more to mom, yeah, but for example, because farmers have to irrigate their lives, they should brickman mostly the effects of the warm dry years can no longer be downplayed. The consequences can be seen everywhere. And its especially severe in the region around luna board is that tie . It says on things paula, this, poland is usually much below donna, flatly, the water level is very less eager. Once gatos coincidentally of nas alba, basically were worried about the legacy were leaving to the next generation. The generation was that follow water is the foundation for all relying of her. So alice leave in the future. Germany will have to learn to get by with less water for other parts of our planet that day has already come or worse. Since i need at least always actually really sad because in many parts of the world, coca cola does succeed. And then people can only by water in the supermarket at high prices. Scale in mexico for example, by ashby sun, crystal ball in southern mexico has a large coca cola plant. Well protected behind high fences and barbed wire. Mexican Health Authorities say more of the beverages consumed here than anywhere else in mexico to leaders per person per day on average. As long as coca cola has enough water business is good for the people of san could he still ball however, life is very different. They are left high and dry. I just, i up front look, here is the force it. And there is no watch or a tool. Not a drawing. Absolutely, no. Oh, yeah. Wow. Yes, the breath. Its like this every day. The whole city everywhere in the city, people are complaining in every neighborhood because they have no water. Yeah. Else darciall one at amandas boss gaze also has no water. Vasquez is a gardener. Without water, he has no work. He whose on orita young life and then with that one, we have no water and werent have any until monday. Then we will have water from the top again to then we have to make do with the water for food and then its unbelievable even. And on top of that, how would the dry season is just beginning at the am for the sick . Take care of water today because it is important for to morrow. This sine tells us that the lake was let go. Lets see. Is it dinning 2nd now . Wow. Good, whole let takes water out 24 hours a day. I said for soft drinks and water that they bet is selma talk to little soon. But if we wrap it up for to other cities countries, im stacy, this is thank half water. You see why the lab work because they seem to be to allow for the under pulpit of sand cristobelle dont have access to that. Only water from does not guarantee they have to buy water and plastic bottles. It c l, the name of the brand translates as sky, but its a product of coca cola, bottled from the ground ikea, you know, there, and hes mac said emma corner, were gay. Silica the Water Authority here is called con, hogwash or let you know it tissues permits. And coca cola has a license for many years or better because we had a president who used to work for coca cola to look for cynthia fox. And he made sure they got all the licences okay. Called exclusive rights to the high quality water of a once water rich region, no doubt, and extremely lucrative business. Reco fuller, excited. The ed you must do me john bush. Impulse me literacy. I work. Coca cola pumps more than 1200000 liters of water every day. Those they have 3 wells from which they produce all their products, then they like distribute them. So the water from San Cristobal ask is that all the surrounding neighborhoods dont have enough water. Allison debra. How quickly is the water supply changing in the region . How long will the reserves last . Nasas Grace Mission can provide information about developments in San Cristobal. The region has been losing water since 2011. 60 per cent, faster than the rest of central america. On average, the data cannot determine coca cola role in the disappearance, or if it has one. We asked coca cola for a comment and the company said its aware of the water problem, which is why it helps local residents install water tanks as well as re in water and other collection devices. The people who have hardly any water left want change. Also that us get em was, is vicky they, can we won the Coca Cola Company out of fia akiva to leave the last you laugh. People are rebelling against the powerful industries. Huge thirst for water. Its david versus goliath. Was italy . Yes. That is what we want, but you know what . Its like to fight a monster on the monster is huge. Not yet. Its a war for water. And because there will be normal alotta, southern mexico was, wants the countrys most water rich region and will eventually lose its water reserves. Just a few hours flight to the north lies phoenix. This city of over a 1000000 people in the south west u. S. Is as dry as dust a rapidly growing metropolis in the middle of the desert. The economy is booming and micro chip manufacturer intel is building a gigantic plant. Here it is the largest private Sector Investment in arizonas history. 20000000000. 00. Really unbelievable of a where we drive around here, we just see the scope of this place. It just stretches and stretches and stretches. And its hard to see where one plant ends on the other plant begins. And this water facility is about the size of a facility that youd see for a small city who micro chip production requires a huge amount of altro pure water. But intel has been expanding in phoenix for more than 25 years. Anyway. Why invest in the middle of the desert . We are here in the middle of the desert. It is warm theres. Theres no question about it. So why build in the desert . We take many factors into consideration when we decide where to build ah, favorable Business Environment is certainly one of those. A strong workforce educated workforce as another. But thinking ahead about an infrastructure, including utilities, water is very critical to us as well. And when we evaluated arizona 25 plus years ago, we saw that the state had done that and was looking ahead and preparing for that drought in the future. Every drop counts. Thats why intel is investing in this state of the art Water Treatment plant to further purify the water, the City Supplies 25 plus years ago. What we decided to do was to fund the building of a facility that i believe youll see later called the o b r f. Fact its, its here over my shoulder. You can see it in the background. And what that facility does that partnership with the city is it allows us to send some of our water from intel to the city where that water is cleaned, to reuse standards, and then it can be reused for irrigation. Other applications, parks, golf courses, et cetera. In the city, and it can also be cleaned and put back into the aquifer, which the city has done for many years over the past couple of decades as well. This Water Treatment plant is located next to the companys waterworks, intel financed it together with the city to recycle some of the waste water from production b and that we are in arizona. We are in the middle of a drought. We have been for many years. Theres just not a whole abundance of water to get the Water Conservation is really important for the state of arizona. For info its plants like this are going to be needed in the future to basically squeeze every last drop out of that water. A herculean task. But will it be enough now looking good, we just need to get more rain. Me to fill of reservoirs up. Right . The fan sure that we have water in the future. Why is the industry investing in one of the driest places in the world . Scientist and journalist a brom loosed garden is also curious. Why are corporations moving to regions that have hardly any water in the United States . Especially there are still these weird, perverse incentives that do keep the flow of population going in the wrong direction in a way, you know, the city of phoenix, the Fastest Growing city in the United States. We, weve made water cheap in the southwest. If you own a house in the city of phoenix, you dont pay very much for your water. Even pay less than somebody in philadelphia, pennsylvania pays for their water despite the fact that your water in arizona is incredibly scarce. But those price signals, thats the market at work. And so the market in that situation is telling people an incredibly water, scarce region that they can afford all the water they want. And that its really not that valuable does in tell, know about the lack of water. How are its people dealing with the Climate Crisis . We are in the middle of the worst route that weve seen here in the south west and in any of our lifetimes. How do i see it . Personally . I recently did some landscaping in my backyard. The grass came out, the artificial turf came in. So i think were all learning how to adapt to this new world and say ok if there is going to be less water available, you know, not only what can, what can we do as a company . What can i do personally to make that a little better . This region is running out of water and its running out of water very fast. And so there is that information is not making its way through to the City Planners to the elected officials, to the, to the governor. They are not matching the reality of the disappearing water with their desire for economic growth. Those things are, they are there at odds right now, and that is the definition of unsustainable rural areas in the western us provide more insight on the water crisis. Weve seen all the struggle said people face in the cities to conserve water are going through some real herculean efforts to, to use water efficiently. And then we come out here, we see this reading of the desert, a strange sight, a kind of mirage in the desert. Once completely parched ground turned into vibrant green fields. As far as the i can see, kilometer after kilometer desert artificially irrigated. Welcome to the imperial irrigation district. One of the largest agricultural regions in north america. And coca cola is here to the imperial irrigation district, known as i, i d holds the largest and oldest water rights on the west coast a good morning. How you doing . Good rubber. Welcome the i b robert shatt lar of the i. D wants to show jeff im an yeti, his agricultural associations fields. Many of the water rights from the Colorado River belong to the i. D agricultural association. The idea knows the value of its water without water, so everything here would disappear. I these main concern is the protection of its water rights, and these have been argued or for the years, but we, we still have these water right. That for, for this water, for mainly, for agriculture purposes. Yes, sir, in this appellate industry, but its really important that we keep that because we are providing food and fiber for the nation. Without water, there is no agriculture, but how effectively is agriculture using the Precious Resource and what is it being used for . To grow feed crops, for example, this here is alpha hay which is used for cattle. And what were coming up on is couple fields of alfalfa. And what we see here is the sprinkler irrigation system for the imperial irrigation district is right at the end of the Colorado River. But it is 1st in line for the water, right . It has the senior water, right . So it has access to a tremendous amount of water to grow alfalfa in the middle of the desert. This is to me, a gross misuse of this, of this great, right . That they have this great, unfettered access to a tremendous amount of water. And about 75 percent of the alpha that is grown in the imperial irrigation district is exported to china. So that is like taking Colorado River water and shipping it to china is the agriculture industry, even aware of the situation, the enormous Agricultural Sector is keenly aware of how scarce it is because they fight to the death for it, and they lobby for it. You know, in state houses and in washington and um, you know, and they, they argue um, you know, vociferously for what they need. So theyre keenly aware, but perhaps less willing to sacrifice their share of, of that water distribution