[music] announcer coming up on 21st century. Harnessing solar energy in india. From lebanon, women carve a new independence and shape their own destinies. And from a Young Filmmaker, protecting the planet through his passion for trees. The worlds first canal top solar project. S. S. Rathore the state is located in a place where we get 300 days of suitable sunlight. Announcer in india, 35,000 solar panels stretching almost 4 kilometers provide both jobs and energy to the poorest. Announcer and cut Greenhouse Gas emissions to curb the rise in global temperatures. Narrator gujerat in western india is steeped in centuriesold traditions. But today, its leading a revolution in new energy technology. These changes have transformed the life of 23yearold parth purmah, who lives in the city of dodara. Growing up without his father was a struggle for parth and his mother. Narrator despite the setback, ranjan behn was determined to educate her son and provide a good life for him. She managed to fund parths secondary education with the little money she earned from cleaning homes in the city. Narrator every company specializing in internet technology, parths expertise, required a college degree. After 3 or 4 years of job hunting, parth was on the verge of giving up. Then a new possibility opened up when a friend told parth about a company in the neighborhood that was hiring people to work on an Innovative New solar power project, the first of its kind in the world. [indistinct chatter] narrator that meant laying pipes for the steel structure to support the solar panels. Within a year, with support from indias Prime Minister narendra modi, the Company Created the worlds first canal top solar park. It stretches for some 3. 6 kilometers over a canal that passes through the city of vadodara. Rathore the state is located in a place where we get 300 days of suitable sunlight. Narrator s. S. Rathore is the chairman and managing director of sardar sarovar narmaga nigam, ltd. Rathore the wind position is also such which is favorable to solar production. Narrator rathore says its the perfect mix to harness the suns rays to generate power, boosting the states electrical output and at the same time reducing its dependency on fossil fuels, which contribute to global warming. This has enormous implications in india, with its population at 1. 3 billion and its hugely increasing energy needs. Building a solar park without using up valuable land took creativity, says director of canals k. V. Sangui. K. V. Sangui the advantage over here is that we dont have to acquire the land. So we are using the canal top roof, which otherwise, i mean, has got no other use. We are using putting it to the use for the hydration, and, indirectly, you know, its, uh, saving the water. This reduces, you know, evaporation. Narrator the solar park employs an array of 35,000 solar panels, generating 10 megawatts of energy. Most of the energy is used to run the company itself, which initially depended on the National Power grid for its energy supply. So now that power can be redistributed cheaply to the local community. And people like parth and his mother have improved and more reliable electricity. Narrator on a larger scale, introducing solar power into Indias Energy mix has the potential to greatly reduce the level of Greenhouse Gases released into the atmosphere. [applause] in line with the commitment made by United NationsMember States at the Climate Summit held in paris to keep the rising global temperature below two degrees celsius. Narrator a. K. Malik, chief engineer at gujerats national grid, backs a global shift away from fossil fuels. Narrator now that the park has been completed, parth works as part of a maintenance crew, to ensure maximum radiation is captured from the sun and stored in the cells of all 35,000 panels. Narrator parths mother says that the 100 he earns each month cleaning solar panels has made a big improvement. Narrator ranjan behn was finally able to quit her job. Narrator ranjan behn encourages her son to further his studies. Narrator its something thats been driving parth since he graduated from high school, and a goal that his company supports. Narrator parth realizes that solar energy is the wave of the future and specializing in this field could help him to fulfill his dreams. Narrator the success of the canal top project in vadodara has prompted the government of india to offer incentives to other states interested in building similar systems throughout the country. [women speaking arabic] announcer women in lebanon taking control of their own destinies. [overlapping voices in multiple languages] announcer a Young Filmmaker shares his passion to save the planet. Sebastien pins and his forest, with his own images and in his own words. [birds singing] [sebastien speaking french] announcer coming up on a future episode of 21st century. In Chinas Guangdong province, recycling electronic waste, or ewaste, is a multimillion dollar business. Some 80 of the people who live in the city of gui earn a living by ripping apart old electronics, especially mobile phones and computers, and salvaging valuable components to sell on the lucrative ewaste black market. But the communication revolution brought about by these hightech products also has a darker side. Kaiser kuo you know, we should really be mindful of nowadays pele get r of their old phones all the time. Announcer kaiser kuo is a director with baidu, chinas largest internet Search Engine company. Kaiser sometimes they end up in, uh, cities in coastal china, were dismantled in very, very unhealthy and unsafe ways, that would expose not only the people doing the disassembling to toxins, to dangerous chemicals, but also pollutes the air and the groundwater. Cbq hello. Youre watching nhk newsline. Japanese foreign minister has met with Aung San Suu Kyi in the capital. He is the first japanese cabinet minister to meet her since