Colleague entity in nigeria. Hi there felicia and hello to you all from lagos im now taibbi in the Climate Change is a matter of grave concern here in nigeria for a number of reasons well have more on that later but first heres a look at what we have lined up on the show today. To the way made from wheat bran in poland. A solar soup can step brings light into kenyan classrooms. And one example of why morocco ranks high on the Climate Change performance index. Will begin today show in poland which is currently hosting the un Climate Summit in that country interest in and support for green issues is on the rise and this is evident in the number of environmentalists friendly start up and they continue to grow among the many bright ideas recyclable plates bowls and even cutlery made from wheat bran lets find out what thats all about. These sacks of full of wheat bran yes she visit family has been running grain males in zambia northeast of wool seoul for generations he used to think brown missing the sense. When you grind weight around thirty percent of what you get is actually bron in terms of volume takes up more space than the flower thats a big problem for males sometimes you even have to stop production because you have nowhere to put it all. Some people eat bran but here they have a more inventive use turning it into biodegradable disposable plates instead of using plastic. Yet she visits a trained engineer began doing his own research and development he needed a lot of patience to work out the right mixture of humidity pressure and temperature. It took me six or seven years to get the first plate right and father paid for it. And then took a further two years until we had enough money to set up the machinery. The result was a production line like no other in the whole world. Five years later one ton of brand makes about ten thousand plates and bowls. And did the engineering saw and. I didnt build the machines myself but i did design them right down to the last detail that was my idea. The Company Found a moved operations to the polish capital warsaw to make the most of Marketing Sales and customer contacts an old friend there helped souths providing advice and organizing grants from the e. U. Eventually that same friend then joined the company as managing director. Shes helped to expand operations. Now we have a great marketing. Plan for our followers on social media because the product its own lies told the people that people would love to share our video of. The organic plates and not only used in this warsaw cafe theyre sold all over the world. And major customers also contribute their own ideas such as bowls that can be filled for four hours without leaking this one here doesnt make the grade. In the bank on the thickness of the thought here is why felix i would really like to pardon me no one is really thin you will be like them to fifteen so you have to go to five. Yes she visits is dealing with the problem in his Research Laboratory in summer of he constantly develops new products at the request of his customers such as these schnapps cups they were made for a festival after use they biodegrade within three weeks. Its the same with the plates. The factory also makes disposable cutlery bran is mixed with the lactic acid based plastic to make the faux stable a compromise that customers can live with. This year the start up has had delivery problems for the first time in its history demand is so great that the thirty strong workforce can barely keep up even with the eight machines running around the clock. Disposable items such as plates or cutlery that are bar degradable thats the future of. The inventor from sambro fish one of the winners in the emerging Green Economy a new production line is already on the way its set to start running in february. Of a Climate Conference in cars always leaders from around the world are discussing a global strategy for dressing Climate Change. Africa please an Important Role here since the continent is experiencing some of the effects of Climate Change we need much of it there are calls to provide more support for groups like the Africa Renewable Energy fund and the african dark patient in each case is dr richard menarche is a coordinator for the u. N. And vironment Africa RegionalClimate Change program he believes africas development should not be outsourced instead a countryman should be given more weight in the climate debate eco correspondent had a chat with duck someone that. Thank you very. Much is. It was a report from the u. N. Economy commission for africa unique out of shows that africa actually spends three beyond each and every year in building Climate Resilience specifically the area of operation africa is one of the continent that actually ratify the paris Climate Change agreement more than or a continent about forty seven countries out of if you father occupied the parties agreement which means that theyve actually recognized they head into what unity that actually in this agreement. You actually the constitution for africa Socio Economic transformation and development but this is happening on the change in climate so you must be able to embrace Climate Action in such a way that is see it as solutions to the problems that the continent says it but also as an opportunity to create a world for themselves so what needs to be done is to leverage on inclusive frameworks and Partnership Bring instead a new state actors and ensuring that enabling policies are put in place but at the time same. Im also leveraging on his skills of you on get a talent on day. You to come up with an enterprise call if theres a driving Climate Action i why do you simply doing is connecting farmers who are producing vegetables to Solar Energy Even those so that they can be able to assess solid as an affordable cause but at the same time hoping add value to what a producing which is a Climate Action but also it will create an opportunity because when value is added others begin today kenya is losing five hundred million us dollars of the result of whos had his losses. On a change in climate its also economy challenges will continue to be exacerbated when i tell you all Food Insecurity challenges of unemployment these then means that Climate Action should become a Socio EconomicSolution Provider i recall joe and clean energy at a competitive advantage of the continent got the continent of africa has thrown us of the five days of sunshine im tapping into solar energy into high tool into we provide opportunity for the continent not only to see Climate Change and seize the opportunity but ill tell you from im transform and change lives. Climate action is a solution not only to drive Socio Economic transformation but create i was about seventeen million jobs for you and changed your life for the better then used to be a mindset change experts a lot of the ute to know that it can be able to leverage eschewed your talents and engage in Climate Action from an opportunity perspective because every challenge provides an opportunity for comfort i would say in every adversity there are seeds of high or even greater benefit Climate Action provides an opportunity and great i benefit. Talking about innovation i next report is about a small invention thats trying to make the world a better place it looks like an ordinary suitcase but packs a lot of potential. Yes because it holds twelve volts u. S. Press nonprofit delivers a solar suitcases to remote areas in africa where they help to improve learning conditions for schoolkids lets take a look. In kenya many villages are without access to electricity. People there mostly rely on kerosene lamps for light but fuel is expensive. And the smoke irritates the eyes and lungs. This is where the Nonprofit Organization we care so come say. It constructs portable solar suitcases. They provide light and power for rural schools. In. Each case contains a battery solar panels an l. E. D. Lights this ystem powered six lights for seven hours. For these pupils the system has been a life changer. And. The head teacher says more students make it to high school now. Since two thousand and fourteen the organization has provided over five hundred solar suitcases internationally. Like that. If you want. To tell us about it. Is it on the web site or send us a tweet. Or a bit. More stories. Carbon dioxide is a colorless and odorless gas that is admitted on a massive scale from the combustion of fossil fuels its a major contributor to the greenhouse effect and Climate Change. But syria is also a potential source of carbon rich compounds like those used for making plastic up to now theyve been mainly obtained from crude oil but if they can be made from Carbon Dioxide instead it would both help the climates and replace oil to some extent this is been the subject of Intense Research and now the first products made from recycled c o two are on the markets. It looks like theyre pouring a perfectly normal road surface here in the german city of crayfish but this is actually a high tech surface on a new Sports Ground the material can withstand enormous pressure but at the same time its elastic. The mixture for the surface is almost entirely made of plastic and that required a lot of petroleum. But even here step by step more environmentally Friendly Materials are being used says mark should say hes the head of a firm that produces a chemical for the material. What sets this apart is that we have a chemical component in the binder thats based on Carbon Dioxide and that increases the binding sustainability has been limited. The blue surface layer is pure plastic for the substrate beneath it twenty percent of the petroleum normally used to produce it has been replaced by industrial grade c o two. We shouldnt talk it up too much of course its still Artificial Grass and not natural lawn that would be the optimum but weve been Playing Field hockey on artificial turf for what feels like a hundred years so its important to us to try to do at least a little bit for the environment for the. Alternatives to Petroleum Research and Development Divisions have been on the case for years german polymer and that he says Manufacturer Co best show is already far along that path. For the. Past two years the firm has been producing chemicals with recycled c o two in this reactor so far in small quantities. Things and yes and just think of the first planes the first cars back when they were only a few cars and planes now we have the first batches of e. Coli all where weve actually been able to cut back on petroleum we want to scale up the process long term to make more plastics more materials we have it. In the research here these chemical compounds are used as components in adhesives and binders theyre also being tested as a base for phones. There are already products for which up to a quarter of the petroleum has been replaced by recycled c o two. P. V. C. Much more important though is to find the right amount of c o two for each product if its not the Olympic Games how much c o two can we put in because for the products we are bringing to our customers we want to find exactly the right materials and get them onto the market quickly good. Not far away the Max Planck Institute in real time is researching fossil fuels and developing concepts for capturing and realizing c o two with the goal of sustainably reducing the enormous Greenhouse Gas emissions from industry. For example chemist Walter Lightner wants gases released during the steel refining process channeled directly into the neighboring chemicals industry i believe you see all is not true to our vision is that we dont extract the carbon from the ground as fossil fuels then refine them and then just release the c o two into the atmosphere were working towards close to cycles keeping Carbon Dioxide in the cycle with the help of Renewable Energy just like nature does it would so we did not which is all. Compared to the c o two that industry produces the small amount three utilized in the sportsground surface. Are negligible but at least some of the Global Warming gas has been processed for the adhesive in the grey plastic substrate and thats not the only application. Other things wed like to introduce to the market are chemical components for soft phones used in the Furniture Industry or in the mattress industry but were also thinking about very different applications such as fibers for textiles or insulation for houses or refrigerator. A few days after the surface was laid at the k. Felt hockey club the finals of the german womens youth hockey championships were played here the players who competed for the title probably werent aware that under their feet was recycled Carbon Dioxide. Thats definitely a clever idea that has to be developed further now lets go to another important part of our ecosystem soil its the link between air water rocks and organisms and is responsible for many different functions in the Natural World that we call ecosystem services. Changes in climates all recognized as one of the major effect is responsible. Affecting sustained development. It takes hundreds of years for just a centimeter of soil to form. The top layer called humus his home to countless organisms bacteria fungi worms and insects they help break down the organic matter made up of plantain animal residues producing fertile soil. Beneath that come subsoil in mineral matter and finally bed rock. Soil as part of the water cycle it helps trap pollutants. So it also produces the plants that humans and animals rely on. Healthy fertile soil is good for the climate plants taking water through their roots and Carbon Dioxide through their leaves. Some of the carbon ends up in the soil. These massive carbon reservoirs remove c o two from the air. Organic carbon helps make the soil fertile and boosts agricultural yields but monocultures and other modern cultivation methods harm the soil. As a result more fertilizers and pesticides are used in the end the soil is depleted in less fertile and it returns carbon back into the atmosphere its believed that fifty to seventy percent of soil carbon stocks have been lost in this way. This process is accelerated when wetlands are drained so that they can be used for farming or so that their peak can be harvested. Wetlands are important to ecosystems and play. Vital role in Carbon Storage restoring the wetlands is one solution another is leaving crop residues on the fields or by planting clover for example which isnt harvested and instead allowed to decompose. Crop rotation growing different plants one after the other on a field makes soil more fertile and boosts organic carbon stores. Healthy soil retains water better and is less susceptible to flooding and the russian and that helps prevent desert if occasion in the fight against Climate Change healthy soil is part of the solution. And now to morocco which is among those leading the way in the effort to limits Climate Change the country is set to meet the National Tall gets in the Paris Agreement marker aims to get more than hoff of its electricity from renewable sources by twenty thirty the countrys Ambitious Energy plan includes major government initiatives but also private projects like the one run by foot simos a harbor h. Engineer has developed small by a guest i just is that can replace costly and environmentally hall full propane gas. As she puts it not only does buy a gas generator clean energy is also available around the corner. The inventor oversees the installation passionately for to my berry developed a buyer digester the times again it was time to buy a gas one is being is told here at a family america in rural areas bottled propane gas is the main source of power for cooking heating and pumping water its hardly a sustainable whose source. I thought to myself why not replace the gosselin those with a system that basically exists already but just needs modernizing might make it viable. I dont want a prion i need to have a viable system in place so that its sustainable in the long term. Volatile. She calls her bio Gas Production systems buy you dont plant west for example is simply put into the dorm and then gets for mentored in a Second Chamber underground that process produces methane gas and energy resource. Farmer Mohammed Zahir e is one of the faster but heres a buyer dom until now he too used to go to the gas to run his operation but this natural gas system is much more suitable for his organic farm. He want to be independent in every respect and this buy or die just to will give us an independent power supply on a. Particular behaved developed the by a day just as part of her ph d. On was disposal shes now set up her own business and has one employee shes completed successfully in a number of competitions for new startups its highly unusual for a woman in the skills of a to society. Agree. Isnt easy you need a lot of time courage and stamina. To never give up in the face of a challenge and that has allowed me to overcome all the various obstacles so. How walk takes her all over the country at a workshop near casablanca she found someone who helps her time high ideas into reality. For timur behavior has also developed a composing device organic quest is not only an issue for farms restaurants in the city also have a lot of leftover food and need a sustainable solution for its disposal. James. I like working on specific projects that provide Practical Solutions for real life problems like an outback. But its great when you can see the solution if you maintain it straight away and when you get to make people happy. She set up the prototype of a new machine in the backyard of a large restaurant and group of High School Students has come along to man about the process of compost and in here for team of the race explains how her system works and whats the advantages. For one thing theres no need to transport the garbage to the dump and the west doesnt smell anymore either. It takes around four to five weeks for it to turn into good quality compost thats a lot quicker than normal. Well come to the end of this edition of it called africa environmental magazine got to you by channels t. V. Question t. V. And thanks for watching and to be sure to tune in again next week for me in lagos its bye bye have a good week and ill go for you to felicia. Same so youre n. T. And for the rest of you out there we love hearing from you so do pray is all right and share your ideas with us or let us know what impact Climate Change has on your life well find the dress in the credits and ill see you next time. For. 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