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Sustainable. >> translator: the development of the new capital has to become a move towards building cities that are healthy, efficient and productive, that are designed to be a place where the people are close from any destination, where they can walk and bike from everywhere because there are zero emotions. >> reporter: officials describe it as a garden of eden built along the contours of the natural landscape. it is expected to be completed in 2045 and the government says it will be more than 3.5 times the size of singapore and home to nearly 2 million people. officials and developers claim...

Cold and disorientated, they search... it is easy to see why there is so much concern about what is happening to the natural world. the un calculates a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, and just look how global wildlife populations have already declined. they are reckoned to have reduced by... look at that. 69% since 1970. here's another way to look at the challenge. a staggering 75%, and three quarters, of the surface a staggering 75%, three quarters, of the surface of the earth has already been significantly altered by humanity. what does "significantly altered...

Staggering 75%, and three quarters of the surface of the earth has already been significantly altered by humanity. draining wetlands, damming rivers or building towns and cities. this isn�*t just something happening in far off countries with exotic ecosystems, like rain forests or coral reefs. if anything, the natural world is under even more pressure here in the uk. according to the nature charity, the world wildlife fund, the uk is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. in fact, the uk is reckoned to have just 53% of its biodiversity left. i reckoned to have just 53% of it...

Isn'tjust building towns and cities. this isn't just something building towns and cities. this isn'tjust something happening in far—off countries with exotic ecosystems like rain forests or coral reefs. ecosystems like rain forests or coral reefe— ecosystems like rain forests or coral reefs. , ., . , ., coral reefs. even in this once small enalish coral reefs. even in this once small english woodland, _ coral reefs. even in this once small english woodland, you _ coral reefs. even in this once small english woodland, you might - coral reefs. even in this once small english woodland, you mi...

The un calculates a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, and just look how global wildlife populations have already declined. they are reckoned to have reduced by... look at that. 69% since 1970. here's another way to look at the challenge. a staggering 75%, and three quarters, of the surface of the earth has already been significantly altered by humanity. what does "significantly altered" mean? we are talking cutting down forests, clearing land for farming, draining wetlands, damming rivers or building towns and cities. this isn'tjust something happening in far—o...