It. Should. Be costly. To. G. W. Californias landmark give economy law goes into effect put it all shred big changes for tech firms like hoover and what expense for freelancers some of whom say theyre already losing clients. Also on the show french workers are up in arms over Pension Reforms for young tech entrepreneurs in the country is doing right by them. And well talk to american author Jeremy Rifkin who argues the u. S. Needs to massively overhaul its economy to become greener. This is your Business Report im stephen bears in berlin its good to have you with us california both one of the Worlds Largest economies raking close to the u. K. In total annual output or g. D. P. Thats what multinational firms pay close attention to regulations in the state and thats why the world is watching californias new gig economy law which went into effect wednesday the measure aims to protect freelance and contract workers by requiring many to be reclassified as employees but theres a lot of controversy around the law. The New California law says some independent workers will have to be treated as employees that means theyd be entitle to minimum wage overtime payments and benefits including health care before the law took effect workers for Companies Like it were classified as independent contractors as a result right hailing company uber and Korea Company post might launched a joint legal action against the state of california they argue that the law is unconstitutional and will kill the gig economy which makes their Business Models possible by also say they cant afford to pay Social Security and health plans for those who work for them meanwhile some contract workers have complained that their clients have dropped them as a result of the new law cap biased jobs were 1st tiled as a wife or workers to pick up a little extra to make ends meet but for many workers theyre now the sole source of income despite the long hours low pay and lack of security or benefits. French trade unions have called for more strikes this month after president Manuel Mccall pledged to continue with his plan to reform the countrys Pension System because of the government wants to compromise with unions they want the government to abandon its plan to install a uniform retirement system in place of dozens of industry specific plants nationwide strikes have crippled public transport in recent weeks further strikes would come as schools and businesses start back up following the Christmas New Year break. Them across may not be the most popular man on present streets but things of different station in paris thats a start up campus thats home to hundreds of small tech businesses and where young entrepreneurs say france is doing everything right by them. Paris is trying a fresh approach to start ups in this unconventional work space young entrepreneurs are encouraged to think outside the box to 34000 square meters station f claims to be the worlds biggest startup compas with a 1000 firms president eManuel Mccall hopes the accelerator will help ours compete with silicon valley. Nicko says that it wasnt this was said in to assess it and we have a unique situation we have startups in large us european and Asian Companies shot of the projects right from the start having all of this under one roof is unique. At this german startup they keep their boxing gloves close in hand but they prefer to leave the actual sporting side to their clients theyre working on an Online Platform for athletes and they say paris is the ideal environment. For french government has made it very easy for Foreign Companies to set up a business here lucky that the french president is young dynamic and committed to startups so that. The french government wants to lure global entrepreneurs with tax breaks and by cutting red tape thats why this is talian startup set up a Subsidiary Office at the station f. Compass they help holiday makers find a skipper for sailing trips. Anybody to create a company very very quickly. And to start a business or 2 governments you they want to keep growing and to could be present on the International Scene to do to facilitate. Still trail San Francisco and london station f is helping powers to stop it self as a tech hub. For european aircraft manufacturer air bus has overtaken boeing to become the Worlds Largest plane maker by the livery the 1st changing of the guard since 2011 thats according to industry sources the airbus exceeded forecast sales to deliver 863. 00 aircraft in 2019 nearly 8 percent more than the year before u. S. Rival boeing is still hurting from the grounding of its 737. 00 max which is expected to continue well into this year the news comes despite air bus cutting its 2911. 00 go in october citing industrial problems. And one of the biggest trends well be following this year is how Climate Change is affecting the boardroom an Economic Policy or the most ambitious Climate Change strategies so far was presented by u. S. President ial hopeful Elizabeth Warren just before christmas and it promises to be as much about the economy as about ecology and the plan will mobilize nearly 11 trillion dollars in public and private funds that huge injection and Energy Infrastructure would supposedly generate over 10000000 new jobs and 28. 00 and the payoff would be National Power of National Power grid that is totally emissions free within 15 years so the plan says the scheme is just the latest expression of the Green New Deal in america the idea that an ambitious and quite expensive complete green overhaul of the u. S. Economy is necessary a reporter all over salad in washington met up with one of its strongest proponents economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin he says markets are already beginning to drive a change lets listen in i think what people dont understand is the entire civilization is made out of fossil fuels fertilizers and pesticides and Construction Materials are synthetic fiber are packaging. Food additives and preservatives are power and transport are like everything so whats happened now ever is that we are now in a pivotal turning point for this fossil fuel based industrial civilization. We have now spewed so much Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere to maintain this Industrial Way of life that we are now finding ourselves in real time Climate Change frigid winter of 70 below 0 and blockbuster winter snows massive flooding across our land masses in the Spring Summer droughts and wildfires in every continent hurricanes and typhoons across the entire autumn every year around the world our scientists are now telling us we are in the 6th extinction of life on earth so you are essentially describing a situation where the change will come from the economy rather than from politics is that right and which role will the markets play this year the level lies cost of solar and wind has just plunged below natural gas and way below nuclear and coal so whats happened is were seeing trillions of dollars of fossil fuel assets all the pipelines that will never be used all of the exploration rights that have been paid for by the old industry which will never amortize out all of the fossil fuels in the ground which we never taken up because theyre more expensive so what were seeing here is a massive collapse of the fossil fuel civilization because the market is speaking. U. S. Author Jeremy Rifkin speaking with oliver salih there that cleaning up the transportation sector will be a major part of any Green Initiative and also a Public Health need for many cities around the world take calcutta and india a new scooter start up their hopes it can provide the model for cleaner highways for. The bright yellow taxis and donvan comms will tell you you are in called no no university as the city of joy. But the city also faces major difficulties like lack of public transport and traffic pollution and. Electric scooters could help reduce to burden of pollution especially if. For the last majority of indians didnt have a life and that was the market that we wanted to tap we did a little bit more research and found out that electric school does weathersby this 5 kilometers an hour doesnt require a license to write and that was the aha moment. Did you not founded his rental Scooter Service in kolkata over 2 years ago with 60 scooters. He runs a feat of 85. That rental Service Works while. Clients can pick up and drop off the scooters accept different points across called good on average a scooter is used by 3 to 4 right as a day. Is perhaps one of the body goes lions have worked except to different congers of the city. They did have was act im going to have several things to do in a day i intend to buy for the full day are i didnt i leave basis i invariably end up spending less than if i had to take a bus a cab on the tram oh well says i that come what they have that corporate customers like this food delivered and get even better rate a strategy which it does. We also raised the visibility of east coasters. Political thinking about polygamy the if you talk more to course i dont clearly new. Friends who are using their own bikes to do this job to spend a lot on maintenance. Biggest benefit to me just going to a sites. That is them go out he would think that over 60 percent of the he goes in kolkata august and isnt good but it is hard for businesses to find investors for a mission freed rental systems since this is an extremely new modern bands are on willing to finance it as the founders of expedience however devoted consider changing that approach. And thats it for me and the d. W. Business team youll find out more about these and other business stories online at d w dot com slash business and you can also find us on social media like facebook and twitter leave you with a quick look at Global Markets thats it for me Stephen Beardsley in brooklyn thanks for watching. Enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful. Ethiopia has come a long way in a short time as a new peace deal with air traffic a new Prime Minister apparently determined to bring accountability for the human rights abuses of the bosses of my guest this week here in brussels disease free just haile mariam deselect. Conflicts are. 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