The Changing Climate S2: The Next Solutions

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The Changing Climate S2: The Next Solutions

Will vertical farming be feeding our future?

The outside looks like a cargo container. The inside looks like a spaceship.

Either way, it’s not an ideal farming spot. But it’s where scientists are growing 40 million vegetables on cloth.

They’re using technology known as vertical farming.

It requires less energy and significantly less land while improving food yields and eliminating agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.

CGTN’s Gabriel Yue Yin brings us this story of what future agriculture MAY look like, and whether this could be a climate solution.

 

 

What do you need to know about ‘Green financing’?

Weather news is the new investment news? When the climate becomes a financial issue, what’s the financial strategy to mitigate the risk?

Here’s all you need to know about the fast-growing sector of ‘Green finance.’

Hear from the Tobias Adrian of the IMF on how this change is impacting the way people invest.

CGTN’s Gabriel Y. Yin has more on this episode of Climate Talk.

 

 

Diamonds in the Air

A diamond is forever, so the advertisers would tell us, but so is the pollution it costs. It’s a dirty business by any standard – and adds harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

So what if we told you about a start-up company that says it’s producing the same sparking gems in a laboratory — that actually help CLEAN the air?

CGTN climate reporter Gabriel Yue Yin visited “Impossible Diamond” in New York City, which touts diamonds – formed out of thin air.