Closely this impact was bad and good so that we can week an informed decision about your choices how welcome to equal india that one way of tackling the problem of overconsumption and the subsequent winston generally is for people to work with the environment where they live the people in our next story live in a remote region of india with extreme climatic conditions its not easy to make a living and transporting the regular supply of food and other essential uses a lot of energy in their bid to help the end by small sustainably growing wild petit a potential before providing them with a new source of nutrition and. Conditions are cool up here in the mountain desert of long haul speedy in the indian state of him. Winter is approaching that you realize 4000 meters above sea level and temperatures can drop really below freezing in winter. Conditions here can be harsh and Climate Change is making things much harder 2 years ago heavy snow fell in september by being out of. Part of the har
So what exactly is overpopulation. It is defined by carrying capacity a slightly complicated concept which basically means the number of individuals on ecosystems resources like food water and species can sustain indefinitely but demographers have consistently got it wrong. There almost. Because we have. Natural resources. So were not quite sure what the odds carrying capacity is because the variables are constantly changing one things for sure its not the population element thats going to be the problem. Already in the developed world the population has largely stabilized begun to decline and the developing world is on track to follow. Education and access to contraception are driving the numbers down even if cities dont look like it yet. Its deception the crowded and there. Is planners havent really taken into account population growth and anyway and then theres the 2nd point which is actually kind of the bigger impacts on the environment and a link to consumption. Could say. As seen
A controversial election victory means what that means for people struggling under a crippled because. Says that by the end of this year it will have slashed 29000. 00 jobs thats a 5th of his workforce and thats not all there will be more job cuts next year. And so exciting weekend soccer action and Germanys Bundesliga by a lever whos just pouring goals. On stopping them on their way to 2nd place in the. Extent of the remarkable unbeaten streak. Welcome to the program british and european negotiators will today resume talks. Secure opposed regs its trade deal with an agreement in the balance the latest round of talks is taking place in brussels head of an e. U. Summit later this week the e. U. Is offering tariff free access to the Single Market in exchange for britain agreeing to e. U. Rules on state environmental and labor regulations britain will leave the Single Market trading block at the end of this its. Joined by g. W. So lets nominate brussels summit havent made any progress wel
U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy
In one of the Fastest Growing jobs categories, we created a certification program. You can earn one of these certificates and build a consortium of Companies Including walmart, bank of america, intel, hulu, and others, so that once you earn this, it is basically a light degree. For us, one of the very important things is each of us has a responsibly to address these issues in society. I think our view is that if we come together and work cross through and ideally private partnerships, we can magnify the impact we have. You will continue to see more of our efforts there. Ian you heard kristalina say we need to g20 to not just do no harm, but they need to coordinate. You are saying the same thing for the private sector. Are you finding that that challenge is more of a lift, both within your sector, companies that have historically been very tough competitors, as well as across sectors when you dont have the connectivity . Ruth i think we are seeing that single Point Solutions are importa