Check them out, out of date, smoke production, use disposal, and then more production, everyday life in the modern world. It always, its a tremendous amount of valuable resources, including finite ones, like oil, gas and precious metals. Our disposable society creates tons of trans. Dangerous, however, emphasizes some killer patterns. Everything is a cycle to grow and when they die, then nutrients return to the soil. And then the cycle begins again. Can we create such cycles so that the products we use today become the resources of tomorrow . Yes, we can. In this killer economy. The air conditioners, refrigerators, laptops, smartphones, its hard to life without electronics. Consumer demand continues to grow every year, but the rate of obsolescence is also growing. Electronic waste is piling up with 53000000. 00 tons of waste generated every year. Its the worlds fastest growing waste stream. And on the global scale, this is, it is like as much as 1400, i suppose said a weight of 1400. I
peru s president, dina boluartay, has called for a national truce, after clashes between police and protesters led to 50 deaths. now on bbc news, it s time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreement to help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe? that s global question sri lanka: surviving climate change. applause. welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful tropical island as it marks 75 years of
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environmental challenges. and for copp 27 agreement, help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe. that is global questions sri lanka, surviving climate change. as it marks 75 years of independence from britain. i have a panel from here and sri lanka were going to be answering questions from my audience here. i ve got a panel from here in sri lanka who are going to be asking questions from my audience here. let me tell you who s in the hot seat for this edition of global questions. ruwan wijewardene is deputy leader of the united national party, and is the president s right hand adviser on climate change. he recently launched a climate prosperity plan to tackle the crippling effects of the climate crisis. professor mohan munasinghe is an eminent sri lankan climate scientist. he was vice chair of the un international panel on climate change when, as an institution, it was awarded the 2007 nobel peace prize with al gore for efforts to combat climate change. an