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#PlanetA #RightToRepairBill #EWaste
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Video editor: Andreas Hyronimus
Supervising editor: Michael Trobridge
Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read More:
UN Global e-waste monitor report:
ewastemonitor.info/the-global-e-waste-monitor-2024
All about EU's Right to Repair Directive:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240419IPR20590/right-to-repair-making-repair-easier-and-more-appealing-to-consumers
More about Berlin's repair bonus scheme:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/presse/pressemitteilungen/2024/pressemitteilung.1483940.php
An exploration of Western European consumers' replacement of electronic products:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344922002919
Interesting study on use behavior:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652620354287
Comparing prices of repair of products:
https://api-depositonce.tu-berlin.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/52218eb6-e2f4-4ee5-b28c-799cd87b5e8b/content
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Repair city Berlin
02:05 The EU's repair push
04:30 Repair café visit
06:36 Does repairing make sense?
07:25 ReBuy factory
09:40 Is this enough?
#solarpowersystem #solarpanel #recycle
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#planeta #solarpanel #solarrecycling
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Kai Steinecke
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge
Camera: Luis Carballo
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Fact-check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Meta Study Recycling Solar Panels sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652624011090#bib126
LCA Assesment of Disposed and Recycled End-of-Life Solar Panels mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/19/11025
NREL Polymer-free Panels ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10443029
TNO Release Encapsulant https://www.tno.nl/en/sustainable/renewable-electricity/solar-modules-mass-customization/silicon-solar-panels-circular-design/fully-recyclable-solarpanels/
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:54 Difficult solar recycling
3:12 First step: Heat
5:51 Mechanical sorting & alternatives
8:21 Chemical recycling
10:32 Economics
14:19 Redesign solar panels
15:25 Conclusion
#planeta #electricaviation #aviation
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#planeta #agrivoltaics #solarpower
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#planeta #floods #dwenvironment
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#PlanetA #Singapore #WaterCrisis
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Tim Schauenberg
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge
Video Editor: David Jacobi
Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
United Nations Water, report on Singapore's strategy:
unwater.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/sdg6-case-study-singapore_eng.pdf
Isocarp Institute, Singapore's Water History:
isocarp-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Review10_Water-and-the-Cities-The-SIngapore-Story.pdf
International Water Association Fact sheet on Singapore:
iwa-network.org/city/singapore
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:35 The challenge
01:56 History
03:32 Step 1: Imported Water
04:57 Step 2: Desalination
06:09 Step 3: Local Catchment
07:18 Step 4: NEWater
09:22 Policy and Education
10:14 Conclusion
#planeta #exhaust #pollution
#planeta #labgrown #food
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Reporter: Janek Speight
Camera: Joe Wright
Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge
Fact-Check: Holly Young
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read More:
FAO of the UN’s “Pathways towards lower emissions”
openknowledge.fao.org/items/b3f21d6d-bd6d-4e66-b8ca-63ce376560b5
Socioeconomic and demographic drivers of red and processed meat consumption
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974628
Farmers and the agricultural labor force
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?oldid=431368
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:53 Alternative Meat & Dairy
3:35 Livestock’s Environmental Impact
5:20 The Taste Test
7:45 The Transition Issue
12:02 Conclusion
#flooding #riverrestoration #wetlands
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Report: Anne-Sophie Brändlin
Camera: Marco Borowski / Mathias Wolff
Video editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann / Kiyo Dörrer
Fact check: Jennifer Collins
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:43 We messed up rivers
02:57 Training forests
06:04 Revitalizing old water courses
10:55 What’s the price
12:26 Transferring knowledge
Read more:
The flood situation in Europe:
https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/press/news/details/fragen-und-antworten-zur-aktuellen-hochwasserlage-in-deutschland
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-analysis-indicates-european-cities-and-countries-highest-expected-losses-future-flooding-2023-06-21_en
How we have messed up rivers:
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/human-activities-impeding-flow-two-thirds-worlds-longest-rivers-2019-05-12_en
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/topics/water/extreme-events-climate-change/floods/flood-prevention#more-space-for-rivers
http://lrlr.landscapeonline.de/Articles/lrlr-2014-3/articlese4.html
nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1111-9
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018WR024433
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7980
How river and floodplain restoration reduces flood risk:
https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/better-flood-protection
ecrr.org/River-Restoration/Flood-risk-management
https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/topics/water/extreme-events-climate-change/floods/flood-prevention#more-space-for-rivers
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/floodplains-a-natural-system-to-preserve-and-restore
https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/healthy-floodplains-have-a-key#:~:text=Important%20ecosystem%20services%20they%20provide,habitats%20and%20biodiversity%20and%20recreation
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/nature-and-biodiversity/nature-restoration-law_en
European networks restoring wetlands
https://restore4life.eu/
https://www.spongeboost.eu/
#PlanetA #UrbanPlanning #FreeCarZone
#CCS #FossilFuels #Emission #PlanetA
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Beatrice Christofaro
Camera: Marco Borowski
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer
Factcheck: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:53 What are CCS and DAC?
2:45 Where the technologies stand now
3:32 The CCS promises begin
5:32 The price stays high
7:12 What the CO2 is really used for
8:57 The cost of DAC
11:22 Big plans to expand DAC
13:04 Conclusion
Read more:
Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage, IEA
iea.org/energy-system/carbon-capture-utilisation-and-storage
Direct air capture, Climeworks
climeworks.com/direct-air-capture
Big Oil Pivots Away From Renewable Power on Low Returns, BloombergNEF
about.bnef.com/blog/big-oil-pivots-away-from-renewable-power-on-low-returns
Gorgon carbon capture and storage: The sting in the tail, IEEFA
ieefa.org/resources/gorgon-carbon-capture-and-storage-sting-tail
A Process for Capturing CO2 from the Atmosphere, Keith et al
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435118302253
“Net zero” oil company: Climate action or oxymoron?, Carbon Market Watch
carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/net-zero-oil-company-climate-action-or-oxymoron
#planeta #greatbarrierreef #corals
#PlanetA #GravityBattery #EnergyStorage
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Jonas Mayer
Camera: Killian Bayer
Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Joanna Gottschalk & Michael Trobridge
Technical support: Andreas Madreiter
Factcheck: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
BloombergNEF research on options for long-duration energy storage, including gravity batteries: about.bnef.com/blog/lithium-ion-batteries-are-set-to-face-competition-from-novel-tech-for-long-duration-storage-bloombergnef-research
BloombergNEF New Energy Outlook 2024: about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook
IEA’s introduction to energy storage: iea.org/energy-system/electricity/grid-scale-storage
IEA’s Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions Report 2024: iea.org/reports/batteries-and-secure-energy-transitions
Julian Hunt’s research on underground gravity energy storage: mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/825
Julian Hunt’s research on gravity energy storage in high-rise buildings: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544222010052
Life-cycle assessment of gravity energy storage systems for large-scale application: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352152X2100551X
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 How it works
03:25 New and big
05:49 The cost hurdle
07:45 Going underground
09:40 Pistons, ski lifts and skyscrapers
10:38 What now?
planeta #indonesia #nusantara
#planeta #arthistory #volcano
#planeta #dwenvironment #drivinglicence #publictransport
#planeta #supergrid #solarpower
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter, video editor, graphics: Adam Baheej Adada
Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read More:
Insights to Europe's interconnectors:
ember-climate.org/insights/research/breaking-borders-europe-electricity-interconnectors
Principles for Interconnector Development:
greengridsinitiative.net/_files/ugd/67825b_9855d6c1dfa54e449bf99be50d5e672b.pdf
On Smart grids:
iea.org/energy-system/electricity/smart-grids
Chapters:
00:00 A crazy idea
00:56 Why interconnectors are great
03:26 The Aussie dream
06:47 Politics and trust get in the way
09:02 Billionaire dramas
11:00 Conclusion
#urbanplanning #berlin #groundwater #planetA
#nuclearrecycling #nuclearwaste #nuclearpower
Credits:
Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Camera: Marco Borowski
Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Fact-Check: Jeanette Cwienk
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Special thanks for a background interview and expertise to: Gregg Butler, Dalton Nuclear Institute of the University of Manchester
Read more:
Recovering and recycling of nuclear waste, explantation by ORANO:
https://www.orano.group/en/nuclear-expertise/from-exploration-to-recycling/world-leader-in-recycling-used-nuclear-fuels
Five fast facts about nuclear waste, U.S. Department of Energy
energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel
Processing of spent nuclear fuel, info page by World Nuclear Association:
world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/fuel-recycling/processing-of-used-nuclear-fuel
Different spent fuel management strategies, International Atomic Energy Agency:
iaea.org/topics/spent-fuel-management
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:04 Nuclear power in France
1:57 Step 1: Fuel removal
3:57 Step 2: Cooling
5:09 How does nuclear energy work?
6:40 Step 3: Separation
7:44 The plutonium problem
9:36 Step 4: Vitrification
11:05 The downsides
13:57 Other ways of recycling
14:34: Conclusion
#planeta #flooding #watershortages #berlin
A quick clarification: The temperature on screen for Brazil at 8:04 refers to the perceived temperature. The actual high was 42 C.
#planeta #heatwaves #climateshelter
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Author: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Camera: Henning Goll
Graphics: Adam Baheej Adada
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Fact check: Jeannette Cwienk
Read more:
Climate shelter network Barcelona:
https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelona-pel-clima/en/specific-actions/climate-shelters-network
Dr. Ana Terra Amorim-Maia paper on climate shelter network:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016920462300155X
Record temperatures for half the world’s population:
interactive.carbonbrief.org/half-global-population-saw-all-time-record-temperatures-over-past-decade
Future heat:
c40.org/what-we-do/scaling-up-climate-action/adaptation-water/the-future-we-dont-want/heat-extremes
Heat action plans in India:
nrdc.org/sites/default/files/india-heat-resilient-cities-ib.pdf
Heatwave in the Sahel:
worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-sahel-heatwave-that-hit-highly-vulnerable-population-at-the-end-of-ramadan-would-not-have-occurred-without-climate-change
Rio at 62ºC:
dw.com/en/brazil-heat-wave-hits-record-temperatures-rio-at-62c/g-68621375
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Climate shelter background
04:22 Adaptations in climate shelters
07:16 Other adaptations
07:42 Global issue
08:51 Vulnerable populations
10:37 Conclusion
#planeta #trees #paintingtrees #sunburn #insects
How come?
#planeta #plantmilk #dairymilk #dairy
#planeta #dyingforests #barkbeetle #spruce
#planeta #solarenergy #concentratedsolarpower
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Credits:
Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
CSP project databases:
solarpaces.nrel.gov/?utm_medium=domain-switch&utm_source=csp&utm_campaign=solarpaces
cspdata.com
NREL best practices study:
nrel.gov/docs/fy20osti/75763.pdf
Status of CSP plants installed worldwide:
mdpi.com/2571-8797/6/1/18
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:18 How CSP works
02:49 Technology race
05:07 Crescent Dunes
07:03 Comeback?
10:51 Conclusion
#planeta #maldives #artificialisland #googleearth
#planeta #sweden #decarbonization
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Anne-Sophie Brändlin
Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann / Kiyo Dörrer / Michael Trobridge
Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Special thanks to: Lars Zetterberg (Swedish Environmental Research Institute) and Gustav Ebenå (Swedish Energy Agency) for insightful background interviews.
Read more:
Sweden's climate goals:
https://www.krisinformation.se/en/hazards-and-risks/climate-change/swedens-climate-goals#:~:text=By%202045%20at%20the%20latest,than%20they%20were%20in%201990
https://www.2030sekretariatet.se/in-english/
https://unfccc.int/news/sweden-plans-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-2045
Sweden's heating sector:
https://www.energiforetagen.se/4901de/globalassets/dokument/fardplaner/roadmap-heating-sector-summary-dhc.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217304140#:~:text=The%20first%20Swedish%20district%20heating,heating%20systems%20during%20the%201950s
https://www.energimyndigheten.se/en/sustainability/households/heating-your-home/district-heating/
emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJBPA-02-2019-0020/full/html?skipTracking=true
Sweden's carbon tax:
https://www.government.se/government-policy/swedens-carbon-tax/swedens-carbon-tax/
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/pol.20170144
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Cleaning up electricity
03:22 Fossil-free heat
05:42 Sweden's carbon tax
08:45 What's left?
11:08 Lessons learned
#planeta #tornado #tornadodamage
#planeta #landfills #composting #methane
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Albert Steinberger
Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz
Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Global Waste management Outlook 2024:
unep.org/resources/global-waste-management-outlook-2024
World Bank Publication: What a waste 2.0:
datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html
Global Methane pledge:
globalmethanepledge.org
Study: Quantifying methane emissions from United States:
landfillscarbonmapper.org/study-finds-landfill-point-source-emissions-have-an-outsized-impact-and-opportunity-to-tackle-u-s-waste-methane
Environmental Protection Agency (US): Facts and figures:
epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/national-overview-facts-and-figures-materials
Chapters:
00:00 Garbage Fires
00:50 A Global Problem About to Get Worse
03:27 Design and Engineering Solutions
06:19 Reducing Organic Waste in Dumps
09:36 Dumpsite Restorations
11:10 Conclusion: The Bigger Picture
#planeta #laundry #heatpumps
#planeta #urbanmining #construction
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Dave Braneck
Camera: Marco Borowski
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read More:
Metabolic on urban mining: https://www.metabolic.nl/news/urban-mining-and-circular-construction/
Drees and Sommer (EPEA) on Heidelberg project: dreso.com/de/en/company/press/press-releases/details/urban-mining-heidelberg-on-the-way-to-becoming-europes-first-circular-municipality
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:54 Rebuilding Heidelberg
3:21 Construction’s big waste problem
5:01 Striking gold in the city
7:21 Not as simple as it sounds
8:44 Making urban mining the norm
#parisolympics2024 #olympics #heatwaves #planeta
#climatechange #barkbeetle #PlanetA
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer Video Editor: Frederik Willmann Camera: Marco Borowski
Supervising Editors: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Fact-Check: Alexander Paquet Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Background information on Harz National Park (in English):
https://en.harzinfo.de/pure-nature/the-forest-calls-initiative/background
https://www.nationalpark-harz.de/en/protecting_nature/forest_development/
Managing bark beetle outbreaks, Policy Brief by Forest Europe:
foresteurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Policy-brief-Managing-bark-beetle-outbreaks-in-the-21st-century.pdf
Study on Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe: State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management researchgate.net/publication/353546784_Bark_Beetle_Outbreaks_in_Europe_State_of_Knowledge_and_Ways_Forward_for_Management
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:38 History of the forests
1:25 Why spruces are everywhere
3:30 Enter: The bark beetle
5:19 Bark beetle central
8:31 The forestry’s approach
12:12 Conclusion
#planeta #nuclear #radioactive
#PlanetA #EVbattery #recycling
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Credits:
Reporter: Kai Steinecke
Camera: Florian Kroker
Video Editor: Markus Mörtz
Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann & Michael Trobridge
Fact Check: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read More:
Different types of battery recycling
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744654
Current challenges and opportunities of lithium-ion battery recycling
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X21006267#t0005
Forecast lithium-ion battery recycling market
statista.com/statistics/1330758/lithium-ion-battery-recycling-market-value-worldwide
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Mechanical Battery Recycling
02:27 (Black Mass) Chemical Purification
05:58 Problems with Upscaling
10:27 Conclusion
Thanks to Chef Jesse Griffiths and Dai Due restaurant in Austin Texas.
#planeta #invasivespecies #hogs
#planeta #fossilfuels #energyefficiency
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Adam Baheej Adada
Video Editor: Adam Baheej Adada
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Fact-check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
How reaching net zero could be easier than we think
about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-net-zero-will-be-harder-than-you-think-and-easier-part-ii-easier
More on heat pumps:
sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/heat-pumps
Nick Eyre's paper:
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12053-021-09982-9
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:49 THE chart
02:47 Wasted energy
04:10 Why so much waste?
06:29 The good news
08:58 Conclusion
#planeta #labgrownmeat #desantis #florida
#planeta #hydrogen #europeanunion
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Kiyo Dörrer
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Special thanks to: Belén Balanyá, Thierry Bros and Robert Rozansky for insightful background interviews.
Read more:
Hydrogen infrastructure buildout:
globalenergymonitor.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GEM_Europe_Gas_Tracker_2024.pdf
Clean Hydrogen Monitor 2023:
https://hydrogeneurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Clean_Hydrogen_Monitor_11-2023_DIGITAL.pdf
EU hydrogen strategy (2020):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020DC0301
Hydrogen lobby:
corporateeurope.org/en/dirty-truth-about-EU-hydrogen-push#:~:text=Together%2C%20the%20top%2025%20hydrogen,lobby%20register%27s%20top%20100%20spenders
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 EU's hydrogen plans
03:16 Reality check
04:25 It isn't the best solution
06:19 It isn't so easy
08:40 It isn't available (yet)
10:30 Lobbying galore
12:33 Conclusion
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #radioactive #germany #PlanetA
#planeta #electricplane #aviation
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Video Editor: Henning Goll
Camera: Henning Goll
Supervising Editors: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Fact-Check: Jeannette Cwienk
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
All about electric aviation: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666691X2200032X and link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13272-021-00530-w
Forecast on hybrids:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7481836
Performance analysis on regional e-aircraft:
theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/global-aviation-performance-analysis-regional-electric-aircraft-jul22-1.pdf-1.pdf
Study on infrastructure needed for electric aviation (Heathrow): sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162522000853
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:08 Why electrify
03:20 Taking to the sky
04:05 The big battery problem
05:03 Re-design
06:19 Infrastructure changes
07:41 Other challenges
08:33 Where are e-planes?
09:40 Scale and conclusion
#parisolympics2024 #olympics #heatwaves #planeta
#planeta #invasiveanimals #hoghunting
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Camera: Ryan Dowling
Video Editor(s): Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Many thanks to Dai Due restaurant in Austin, Texas, and to Kurt Wilkin, owner of Skol Ranch.
Read more:
Feral hogs in Texas:
https://feralhogs.tamu.edu/
Feral hogs in USA:
invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/vertebrates/wild-boar
Invasive lionfish:
fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/ecosystems/impacts-invasive-lionfish
Invasive species around the world (IPBES Report):
ipbes.net/IASmediarelease
100 of the world’s worst invasive species: portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2000-126.pdf
Chapters:
Intro: 00:00
Hog history: 00:54
Other invasive species: 02:56
Hunting: 04:16
Other methods: 06:25
Cooking and eating: 07:01
Conclusion: 10:13
#planeta #jeans #recycling #clothes
#planeta #farmersprotest #agriculture
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Beina Xu
Video editor: Markus Mörtzt
Supervising editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Fact-check: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
"MSP Guarantee Alone Will Not Improve Farm Incomes", India Spend: indiaspend.com/governance/msp-guarantee-alone-will-not-improve-farm-incomes-896244
The Common Agricultural Policy: An Overview
europenowjournal.org/2020/11/09/the-common-agricultural-policy-an-overview
"How farmers’ protests in Europe and India share common ground", thehindu.com:
frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/agriculture/farmers-protests-in-europe-and-india-common-goals/article67888471.ece
Analysis: How do the EU farmer protests relate to climate change?, CarbonBrief
carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-do-the-eu-farmer-protests-relate-to-climate-change
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Why are the farmers so angry?
03:10 What's going on in India?
04:05 Is the system rigged?
07:21 Green deal - but who pays?
09:19 What can we do about it?
#ewaste #electronics #righttorepair #PlanetA
#SaudiArabia #FossilFuels #renewableenergy #planeta
Disclaimer: After our deadline in April 2024, reports emerged that Saudi officials had greatly reduced the proposed size of The Line for budgetary reasons. At the time of publishing, those reports have not been officially confirmed.
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Janek Speight
Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Factcheck: Jeannette Cwienk
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Saudi plan to artificially raise oil demand:
climate-reporting.org/undercover-saudi-arabia-keep-burning-oil
Saudi Arabia's giga-projects:
https://www.pif.gov.sa/en/our-investments/giga-projects/
Karim Elgendy:
twitter.com/nomadandsettler
Jim Krane:
twitter.com/jimkrane
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Birth of an oil nation
02:28 Clean energy goals
08:05 True intentions
#planet a #flying #aviation #googleearth
#planeta #nuclearwaste #asse
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Follow Planet A on TikTok: tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en
Credits:
Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer
Video Editor: David Jacobi Camera, Henning Goll
Supervising Editors: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Joanna Gottschalk
Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:
Information on Asse II by the operator BGE: https://www.bge.de/en/asse/
The water in the Asse II (German): https://www.bge.de/de/asse/themenschwerpunkte/themenschwerpunkt-das-wasser-in-der-asse/
Lower Saxony parliamentary investigative committee report from 2012 on political misconduct regarding Asse II (German): https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/18/CD09100/4.%20Materialien/K-MAT%203.pdf
Examples of waste documentation compiled by Greenpeace (German): https://www.greenpeace.de/sites/default/files/media_type_pdf/1967_74_Asse-Begleitpapiere_m_Kommentar.pdf
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:33 The former salt mine at Asse
2:38 Going underground
5:28 The problem with the water
7:16 Instability of the mine
8:04 How could this happen?
10:40 The big removal
13:40 Local protest
15:04 Conclusion