Grandmas who is saving these schools finally getting an education on aljazeera. Hello im come out santa maria this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week india 15 of the most polluted cities in the world are on the sub continent we take a look at the health costs to one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies its also already under pressure from a trade war now the antigovernment protests could plunge hong kongs economy into recession. Reporting from the islands in norway. And also in across. The lower everybody this week a little different on counting the cost of our correspondents and documentary makers loose on a number of important economic stories big picture stuff and given them a bit more time to do so and were starting with what has become the worlds most polluted capital city in the coding to the World Health Organization and greenpeace that city is new delhi in fact 15 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in india alone clearly it cant be good for Peoples Health but how does it impact the country and its economy to 0 documentary make and then how to matter has this feature report. Like many parents in delhi dr shell interbred already on knows that allowing his children to play outdoors comes at a cost. And is affecting our life. Was i moved to this place i was talking to and next few years we came really was some time i have to come in the middle of the night to. My daughter who was just one month old sylvias together with markets doctor and one of the most polluted parts of the city and believes the air quality is made worse by emissions from a waste to energy plant in his neighborhood these high level of pollution delhi and a part of the this plant so definitely even in delhi if you are staying one place although please visit difference. As a doctor he knows only too well that absolution can have lost and consequences on his familys health. With the time you might have a week long. I cannot continue my excess capacity for very long because after a few days i get even a cough or anything the plant management refused to respond to our clarity on its Health Impact but none of it stopped officials said in a Whatsapp Message that the plants performance met all operating parameters and is well within prescribed limits. Over a 1000000 indians died in 2017 because of fare pollution according to the global burden of disease study but the Indian Government has consistently maintained there is no direct correlation between air pollution and deaths there are multiple causes of mortality how me or been boy quality is the cause. It can be a trigger it certainly is a trigger in most of the cases but i think if you continue to do studies on this and come up with conclusive data. But an increasing number of doctors say there is a clear link between absolution and deaths there is enough Data Available their air pollution games science must continue but action should not read the reserves of scientific studies because of that 20 years and by that time we would have lost millions of people are known or thirdly to dismiss. Air pollution has been linked to a code of all lung cancer deaths in india one of its victims is priyanka jan a Digital Marketing consultant based in delhi she was diagnosed almost overnight with stage 4 lung cancer the right lung is completely damaged and the cancer has spread so much that its just not visible on the extreme when we met april this year she blamed the citys dirty air for her illness i dont foresee any other reason for lung cancer to happen to me otherwise breathing is the most important practice that youre doing every moment and thats your source of life so the air that youre breathing if that is poor that definitely is a significant contributor for any respiratory disease her doctor also believes that pollution could have led to her terminal illness does enough evidence in the world that pollution can do that and i really wonder if that was the main going to be a true fact in hokus. Priyanka lost her battle to cancer in july 2019 less than 4 months after the interview. She had just turned 27. So. And its not just the health of people thats being affected by absolution it also affects the health of the economy if you add up the number of years for the are losing because of illness because of the productive dying and you know what these are coming out huge economic cost. India as one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies and even though its growth has slowed down it aims to be worth 5 trillion dollars over the next few years. But according to the world bank the country lost over 8 percent of its g. D. P. In 2013 because of fair pollution and latest research from the Indian Statistical Institute shows that reducing pollution would help the country gain billions we could cut pollution to 0 every indian would be willing to pay about 300. 00 per year to cut that risk the total benefit would be about 3 or 400000000000. 00 per year which is about 10 to 15 percent of total income in india. Held on us we are not able to believe. Air pollution has dominated the headlines in the country for a few years now even moving Major Political parties to included in their manifestos the government is making a push for clean energy and electric vehicles among other measures earlier this year it launched the 1st National Clean air program that aims to bring down air pollution in more than 100 cities over the next 5 years but some experts think the Program Needs more teeth they need doget without clear compliance and accountability mechanism does not work should the government approach that to be collaborative to cooperate to find friendly answers that is not really going to bring the kind of push that we require to make things happen on ground. And with studies indicating that nearly 700000000 indians are exposed to polluted air theres little time to lose if we were to freeze all the legislation and do nothing now on words in 2050 roughly 130000000 people or half the population in 25 would still be exposed which exceeds that im going to quality standards brought to nab or out of clean air asia says there are lessons to be learned from how indias neighbor china has battled its notoriously high air pollution levels china. Puts air pollution not as part of an environment agenda its part of National Planning process so obviously its an economic agenda in countries like ours where where were looking at Rapid Development were looking at you know Energy Transition were looking at pics like smart cities we definitely need to integrate air weve been weve been developing policy. Industrial pollution remains a serious challenge but businesses are beginning to step up say camara of the confederation of. Indian industry well invested realizes that we do cause a bit of this problem a lot of them are coming up and say how can i be a part of the solution and this is we only see in the last one year that. The government is betting big on moving to the no vehicle emission standards in 2020 but this hasnt come without challenges for the Auto Industry which is already struggling with some of the worst sales figures in recent years the time given what extremely small in previous time were supposed to be from. Internationally countries have taken anything between here to 10 years to work meanwhile citizens are opting for private solutions to a public problem this chemist tells us that his sales of breeding a parrot us have been booming. Masks and the lies are going to become compulsory in the time to come every home will need to stock up on them and this building in a busy south delhi neighborhood seems to offer pollution Free Office Space b m 2. 5 a highly dangerous particle that is 30 times smaller than the with a human hair is almost absent from here. So were right outside one of the earliest greenest buildings and the pm 2. 00 levels here have been hovering at about 100. 00 which is about twice of indias Daily National standard and about 4 times out of the International Standard lets go and see what the building is doing now to clean up its air entrepreneur shows us the plants and technology that keep pollutants out the mechanical filtration takes care of the particulate matter and some of the harmful gases that when you bring out the gases robotics get over it but as the plants hope and reducing the indoor pollutants like volatile organic compounds and the pm 2. 00 levels have actually come down to 14 from about 100 outside thats a difference of the air purification process makes over here. If i dont also has a warehouse stocked with a purify is that cost between 400. 00 to 2000. 00 a hefty price tag for most indians is it elitist yes it is but if i can afford it if i can help my kids and my family breathe better and help them protect their lungs im going to do everything i can and asked for dr doherty on the line between his hospital and home has blurred because of his daughter none denise frequent asked him our tax. And unless the citys police. Sin is brought under control soon dr dorothy majors joined the growing ranks of highly skilled professionals leaving the city not for Greener Pastures but for tina air aljazeera is a matter with that in science and you can see more of her work and that of our documentary makers online at around 0 dot com slash people in power or have a look in the documentaries menu. Now to hong kong youve seen the protests there youve seen the depth of feeling but the territorys finance chief is now warm the economy could be plunged into recession if the antigovernment protests continue one citywide strike cost the economy as much as 332000000. 00 according to economists and dont forget the knock on effect too from the trade war between the United States and china and to thomas has been reporting for hours as they were right throughout the protest movement here is his take on the economic effect. Monsoons during hong kongs rainy season often put a damper on shopping but this year its not just the rain. Protests against hong kongs government to having a big impact on the retail sector. Retail revenues in june were down 7 percent year on year figures for july and august are expected to show drops of between 10 and 20 percent. This locksmith in Central Hong Kong says in 42 years its never be batched. Take to talk business is terrible terrible people have lost to spend i hope both sides can resolve the conflict soon so can stop hurting the economy in 3 years from worry and fear. Tourists 2 missing especially those from Mainland ChinaHotel Occupancy rights in june as the protests began were 3 percent down on normal july speakers once theyre out much steeper for still these are those who werent put off this time around but for some it was a close call home and home. Mainlanders like guests afraid to run in to protest i wont be rushing back i right away and frightened down or do you always say if i suggest that you have. It worried me when i heard about the demonstrations before i came out since ive been here its actually been fine place for me theres been no sign of demonstrations in the places ive been. Tourists losing confidence in hong kong is one thing but if International Credit rating agencies do. 2 that could be disastrous if. Continual and escalate. And become uncontrollable then that will have Significant Impact on hong kongs Credit Rating and there will be here which will collectively impact. Hong kongs current Credit Rating schools are similar to those of the United States there are a lot better than Mainland China because hong kong is seen as economically and legally independent the protest could mean a downgrade either because they make hong kong a more difficult place to do business or because evidence of beijing asserting itself would undermine the independence that many consider makes hong kong special. But the cost of doing it will be higher and that will have impact on their pocket. Already hong kongs economy was sluggish weighed down by the us china trade war april to june figures show annual growth of just north point 6 percent well down on a year ago and then there is housing prices dropped almost one percent in june with much bigger falls expected. And movable and you can expect from that impact of the political instability so. Many people are willing to enter the market in this kind of situation. Property Sales Volumes in july were at their lowest level of the year many Analysts Expect probably prices here to fall 10 percent by the end of the year although those working in property say 24. 00 teams occupy movement was expected to hit prices too but it didnt end up putting up investors from the mainland the impact of these protests could be seen. A small. 2019 protest though have already been the most widespread hong kong has ever seen the city is known for economic stability and success but it success depends on its stability. And finally some indepth environmental reporting because if you want to count the cost then the cost to our planet is arguably the most important one now for decades norway has been smart it saved money from the sale of its oil and gas and in doing so created actually the worlds biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund today worth a trillion dollars but now recognizing the damage done to our climate from the use of hydrocarbons the funder started to sell its holdings in oil and gas and is actually leaving oil with billions of dollars under the ground our environment editor at aljazeera is of course not clark here he is with a multilayered report looking at how Climate Change is shaping the landscape of norways shipping fishing and Oil Industries the far north of norway is spectacular a lot of mountains and fjords and raw beauty its an important fishing area and as you can imagine it brings in the tourist dollars this is actually the highest mountain. Particularly in the folk nile and were getting up close to nature is what you do. The problem is the wealth of little lies beneath the waters for a long time lets hope niland have been in the crosshairs of the Big Oil Companies because red geologists know that in these coastal waters lies the whole field what an estimated 60000000000 dollars and their process or their life to explore in the past this has been supported by the government and for many its a big concern. All against oil but im also really afraid of the damages that can happen if there is a big always been so i wouldnt take the risk. But things may be changing recently norways Opposition Labor Party with drew its support for next gratian meeting now theres a majority in parliament to keep the islands off limits the young people today and they are more important about the future Climate Change. About. And i think the fish wrists and the Tourism Industry is the future more oil and gas especially in the. Arctic areas norway is a nation made rich by 4 decades of oil and gas extraction the Sovereign Wealth Fund worth a colossal one trillion dollars so every move away from fossil fuels is significant and the Climate Crisis is also more real its close up in our face to have to do serious stuff the next 10 years. On educating people and already understand that thats it when we start to understand that there will be some changes on the small to even maybe a politically the side of the market will change to the mound of consumers will demand. Were happy with the very progress before those in the face and who rely on these waters and fear the potential impact of oil spills still skepticism were never gets the fully. Fully no for Oil Exploration so for me it seems like its only know intil its yes and when its yes theres no turning back at a time when the world needs to radically cut back on fossil fuel emissions it will become increasingly hard for the nation to justify new extraction contracts especially in these waters. This is what made norway rich long before oil told all scray in then millions filled drawing rocks across the lafave denial and winter off the wind fishermen here have cashed in on the annual migration south from the barents sea it is a tradition that goes back thousands of the is called his colt its got it and then its hold out to dry for several months and what you end up with is a dried fish that retains nearly 100 percent of its nutrition apprise delicacy from its me to nigeria this is what supplied the vikings on a long voyages to far off lands and still now is a big part of the norwegian economy with millions of dollars to fish comes from the barents sea and its goals to look for to spawn. And thats because of the atlantic stream to the left extreme it stops by locals and brings food it brings to the higher temperature even though its not warm but its high high enough to spawn and its a very delicate ecosystem in that fragility is spelled out by a remove Scientific Research as a changing climate and warmer Ocean Temperatures upset the balance of the marine ecosystem meaning the scray may be forced out and then its a question of where they go obviously it keeps things keep warming some of those true polar species might. Not have a whole lot of places to go if theyre being out competed by sort of these other species moving north and. Might see some considerable changes there this ca give nielsen cold 13000 kilos of cold its been a pretty good season but hes worried about the future change could change everything. Theyre called suddenly stopped because theyd be warmer and going at lower and lower ne so then being the how bad a big Program Every arab spring comes they called league their return has always been a certainty and in the says city not just for the fishermen but if the seals seabirds and whales that feed on them now this extraordinary feat of nature is under threat the outcome as it depends on the political will to act in a time of global crisis. The club and yachts in the west coast of norway where theres been a long rich history of ship building but this is Something Different to ships the Roald Amundsen the for itself once in a nearing completion and there are steps into the future. State of the this is that will take paying passengers remote parts of the world power partly bypassing what you expedition ship together is a complex process as you might imagine involving welders conferences and plumbers and of course electricians theres more than 750 kilometers of cabling to say nothing of detailed and extensive wiring for powering the ship by self generated electricity. In place yet so whats what are we whats going to be put in place and what will we see and distract your kind that can fit 20 m. Battery cells and it will be about walls for each cell or each rep here with this rx with we have behind us now we can reduce to 20 percent off the fuel consumption off the ship. The vessels thrust will come from a combination of diesel and Battery Power batteries and cells will be constantly charged by the ships engines as they run tiled rights and will be kept in on the Roald Amundsen as she attempts a Northwest Passage later this year its really important because we have got him going to 2 remote areas on the ball areas and to be able to do you know feet footprints but could give you is only the green footprints we supply the polar system with the batteries but also when we do the operation. On time. Given the shipping industry is responsible for a significant proportion of the Global Climate problem james cannot come soon enough ultimately the dream is of a ship with no need of a final hybrid. Reducing consumption is one thing but even more interesting i think is the work that is now going into fully electric. Shipping weve seen some initiatives on that as well in norway and thats an area where. The Norwegian Shipping industry might get an advantage as in i live after electric ferries can already be seen in some of the worlds ports while on shore power in others enables vessels to be plugged in so engines can be switched off while docked. Hurtigruten and now planning to convert several ships like the nord cap here drawn on a combination of fuel including bio gas made from organic waste like timber and that fish with the day when the mega ships of the world are powered solely by Renewable Energy well that is still in the distant future. And that is our show for this week but wed love to hear from you you can tweet or message me directly im at kemal i do use the hash tag. See when you do or drop us an email accounts in the costa down to 0 dot net is the address and you can visit us online as well aljazeera dot com slash c. T. C. 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