India and China will save the planet. What can we learn from both countries?

[@andrethorpe6183]

Both China & India were once significant civilizations that influenced global trade...both in recent last centuries experienced imperialistic aggression and in the last few decades have begun to rise again as a global powerhouse of significant influence. Both have significant cultures that frame their societies ability to endure adversity and rise above the disadvantages that affect their development.

[@Anonymous------]

What exactly India exported that influenced global trade, can you name just one thing, only one thing, any? Opium produced by British colonial government was the only globally influential export commodity ever from India, is this something you are proud of? We all know China has many inventions (e.g. mass steel production, fine textile machines, printing machine, paper money, gunpowder, transocean ship technologies, arch bridges, canal, water paddy rice farming, etc.) and products (e.g, silk, chinaware, tea, paper, gunpowder, etc.) that greatly influenced the whole world, without Chinese inventions there couldn't be any industrial revolution in Europe which modernized the world. What inventions by India greatly influenced or modernized the whole world? Please study ancient history, China was the only one that had massive international trade with many parts of the world, but where was India? India has always closed itself to outside, it had almost no trade with other civilizations, only when the Indo-Europeans from Central Asia migrated to the regions now northern part of India then India got out of stone age. Indo-Europeans introduced metallurgy and other technologies to Indians. Even the Indian Classical Sanskrit language is based on Indo-European Vedic Sanskrit. Please be realistic, be truthful, don't boast or spread disinformation.

[@pomodoro385]

Indian civilization is old, but India the country was born out of British colonization, and India continued territorial ambitious over Tibet was what led to India-China dispute.

[@80sidd]

@@pomodoro385 yes 2 face Chinee are so trustworthy 😅

[@arofficial3344]

​@@pomodoro385 "India and territorial ambitions" you could not have lied more than this. 😂

[@pomodoro385]

@@arofficial3344 India's territorial claim is based on British colonial expansion. The region bordering Tibet were independent tribes annexed by British, later denied independence by India thru military will, now known as Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Nehru even wanted more than the line drew by British, ordered troops to establish outpost beyond Mchanon Line, which led to 1962 war. India also claimed Aksai Chin which was not disputed by British.

[@valerievankerckhove9325]

Recently someone online asked me why I hope to see India rise so much when I'm a pro-China half-Chinese. I explained that China and India are two neighbors trying to cross the same river. Any path and any ideas found by one will benefit the other, even if they are competing. By learning from each other, they can reduce each other's mistakes and pains by half. China and India share many similar challenges: a huge population to bring out of poverty, the need to modernize while preserving their traditions and cultures, and achieving all this without wrecking the planet. The fact that they have adopted different paths is that much more beneficial: China through its top-down, technology and engineering-focused approach, and India through its more bottom-up, grassroots ecological initiatives approach.

[@piyushdevnath293]

True ❤️

[@mahendrarathod1656]

only difference is you can't trust Indian's,

[@Gman979]

Fact is Chinese don't view Indian as their enemy but the same cannot be said of the cowbelt Indian.

[@Santanibalak1]

​@@Gman979 Words don't matter actions matter so my pro china friends go and do your homework who is doing what

[@etbuch4873]

@@Santanibalak1 , If you have been watching WION and FirstPost for some time, you will see what mentality those self-celebrated Indian elites think, when you ask others to do homework.

[@anthonydsouza7174]

If China 🇨🇳 and India 🇮🇳 can settle their differences on border issues and other minor problems these two countries can change a lot Not just for the world but to the Peoples of both countries.

[@chrisbell238]

China must stop acting like an huge AHOLE. Re naming Indian cities Chinese is a slap in India's face. Good news is the world is uniting against China - and the games are over

[@Anonymous------]

China will continue to rise and improves the world, while democratic India is so super corrupted it's hopeless.

[@PascalCoppens]

I do hope at least India and China can join forces to save the planet.

[@PascalCoppens]

India used to be corrupted as China was. China is getting better as is India on tackling corruption. These changes take time.

[@Anonymous------]

@@PascalCoppens Today's India is as corrupt as Kuomingang, we all know why Chinese people joined as communists and kicked out Kuomingang from China.

[@ongbech]

India does have the right to pursue economic development and lift its people out of poverty. Rather than focusing on blame, it's more productive for Western countries to engage in constructive dialogue and collaboration with India and other developing countries to find solutions that benefit everyone. This could involve providing financial and technological support to help developing countries transition to cleaner energy sources, sharing best practices for sustainable development, and working together to develop global agreements and initiatives to combat climate change.

[@pahatpahat9566]

Democracy means one pod cast too many in India where verbosity simply overrides everything on its path! Truth or otherwise, rather like the West, especially US and UK who are using their past reputation to tell half lies!

[@joandelur4407]

Next two hundreds years history has an appointment with China and India..thank you Pascal for share your advises about World changes from an open mind point of view. 👍

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks

[@joandelur4407]

@@PascalCoppens you are wellcome! thanks you for your work!

[@kirtigupta9753]

India is doing some outstanding work in water conservation and afforestation. Please do a video in them.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for suggesting

[@cpt.knight8647]

It's good that you showed those huge solar power plants of China, however the biggest solar power plants are in India.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for that info

[@dayeah765caoni3]

powered by cow dung?

[@cpt.knight8647]

@@dayeah765caoni3 No but there are various Biogas plants, that use Cow dung and other organic waste, saving money which can provide poor slum dwellers like you free electricity.

[@Volv0x.]

Still in villages in India people made homes with clay Africans also do same. 1st it's non-polluting, materials can be reused and it's such a good temperature maintainer. During Summers neither the insides gets hot nor in winter it gets as cold as buildings.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thx for sharing

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

Clay & cow dung layer mixed or on top of clay structure, it makes the structure more strong/strengthing and also helps keep lizards, cockroaches, termites, mosquitoes,etc away.

[@gingermintrose]

Reforestation has been at the forefront of China and India's sustainable climate policy. China alone has reforested the size of Belgium! Welcome back, Pascal!

[@hubreydavid7864]

China can Co2 into Graphite.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@antwango]

BooooooM! At least some people are awake! China is at the forefront of Green! China is contributing much more to Green and Recycling and EVs etc... China is doing their part in offsetting while being the worlds factory and manufacturer! What is the West's excuse! This is the biggest question coming to bite the West in the arse.... What is the West's excuse for anything.... be it geopolitics or environment, its always double speak and double standards! you are not allowed to look at Russia even to be friends while the collective west can get away with supplying and arming ukraine to the teeth openly lol would not be surprised that china is helping saudi arabia in trying to green the deserts as well as developing "The Line"

[@Mr-hn2bp]

UN actually predicted India population surpassed that of China this month. Their numbers are over 1.45billion. When you do the rounding, they are both 1.5 billion.

[@rishabharyan-tf7rx]

But still they don't want to give us permanent seat in security council 🤷

[@systemtools8077]

@@rishabharyan-tf7rx They dont want India to rise, in future United States will use China against India

[@IwasUnknownUser]

Indians are occupying the world by exporting large populations to the west and other countries. They are the favorite immigrants in those countries.

[@menghao5949]

Diwali clothes -> Out going clothes -> Indoor clothes -> Holi clothes -> Finally pochha 😁

[@kirknancoo7961]

Costa Rica and other small countries have also been switching to use of renewable energy. So they, like India, are leading on this issue of reducing CO² footprint and adaptation for climate resilience.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Trackos34]

The way you represent india map is best.

[@anish9622]

Learned something new today thank you for this awesome video after the long time Pascal ❤

[@PascalCoppens]

Glad you liked it!

[@mr.cosmos5199]

Good to see you back ❤ But first, China and India must not destroy each other 🎉

[@PascalCoppens]

That is a prerequisite indeed

[@mr.cosmos5199]

For the time being for the sake of achieving mutual prosperity,they must put aside their differences until such time.

[@OlJackBurton]

Because both of these countries are destroyers?

[@PhiloSurfer]

I am slightly more sanguine than you. Now, India can see how evil and self-centred the US is. And India should know by now that if it grows and, like China now, and its economy is going to overtake the US economy, then it will also suffer the same unwarranted attacks by the US. Hopefully, Russia can bring China and India together, just like China bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together.

[@aayushtiwari4357]

​@@mr.cosmos5199 ☺ we're not USA we've worked too hard to reach here bith have this "common sense" You know both india and china are also one of the biggest trade partners of each other 😐 sweetie you always underestimate Asia we're the land where human civilizations took birth be it mesopotamia, indus valley or yellow river civilization problem is Oversmart West things everything will happen only their way but it's not present senario in Present

[@janicetone1624]

Thank you for the facts. Really missed your presentations the last few months. You provide a rare chance to build bridges of understanding.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@raymonddon8875]

im indian and living in india... we love and support china!

[@mypersona8270]

Yeah ! It's so true we always try to reuse every single thing in our home doesn't matter who is rich or poor.😊 it's part of our culture to not waste anything. We worship land , plants, trees ,soil, animals , sky, sun, moon etc in shot everything that mother nature has given us.😊 In many parts of India many farmers don't sell their land bcoz soil is our mother & nobody can trade their own mother.❤ U can also see animals in streets freely wondering, people offer them food & it is forbidden to use violence on any animal in normal cases. Since india is a land of diversity so each animal is sacred to any the other community!

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

Also worship Rivers, forests, planets including mother earth, food,etc (there may be few more but i remember just these for now) in our Indian/Sanatan culture.

[@valvaiamish3235]

All countries tell India to reduce CO2 emission , but when India ask for Uranium For nuclear plant they refused it. India produce Electricity by Coal. If they get enough Uranium for nuclear plant then India will reduce Coal burning and it will automatically Reduce CO2 emissions

[@maniganapathy4595]

Mindless overconsumption by West is environmental terrorism, they have also been shifting pollution to china and India by making them producers at sub human wage, new slavery, West should pay fully for environment

[@horridohobbies]

When we went to Xinjiang 10 years ago, we went into the desert (which is very flat) and we saw miles and miles and miles of windmills stretching all the way to the horizon. We drove for *two hours* in the desert seeing nothing but these windmills. Imagine that.

[@PascalCoppens]

I went there too at that time, even earlier in 1990 and the difference with today is huge.

[@ThangboiOM]

Great to see you back. Great lens as always,

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@sjgghosh7677]

This was a well researched and detailed explanation of what we Indians (and hopefully Chinese too) think and trying to do.

[@chitmengkhong4057]

Very good Mr. Pascal Your analysis of the Indian, or rather, the Hindu philosophy of conservation, even minimalism is well grounded One error there though, we are not changing our style but rather, we are REVERTING to our roots, discarding the recently imbibed Abrahamic take take consume consume way of thinking 🙏

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for adding this. I did mean changing lifestyle of the world by taking India's tradition as example.

[@thethreespikes9737]

​@@PascalCoppens The biggest problem with Abrahmic mindset is that it sees things in black and white. Either you are against us or with us. If you subscribe to our ideology than you get heaven otherwise hell. Thats not how Hindu philosophy works. Hindu thought is the most liberal. It believes in let us all grow together. universe is a one big happy family. Hindu believes in what you sow you shall reap. Your Karma will decide. Hindus do not believe in absolute evil or absolute good. They believe in people are often oscillating between the two. Poverty did shake our morals to low. Invasion of Abrahmic religions and Colonialism almost broke us, and made us lose our cultural heritage and philosophy. But now we are going back to our roots and philosophy. All thanks to Modi. Other wise Hindus felt guilty for their own oppression. We believe in middle path. If it were upto Russia and US world would have witnessed third world war.

[@YOUTUBE_AMERICA]

​@@thethreespikes9737 but people in West sends missionary to convert hindus in india

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

@@thethreespikes9737 Yup, For all these years after multiple outsider's specially lsIamic invasion, christian missionaries & british colonisation,etc We were made feel guilty and apologetic even just for being Sanatani and keep holding tight our roots of this ancient land even if some may remained in distorted form. We see that things can be grey too, we have no necessary rules of do's dont's to follow aka not see world limited in black or white but free to see, think, understand beyond that, we don't believe in Any living being is absolute devil or absolute great..we believe there's part of some evil & god in everyone, so to end evil or make evil not dominate over divine part of person's inner-most self/persona we must get rid of evilness inside (and not rid of the living being itself) and let happen the self-realization of own inner divinity by the person.

[@tivo3720]

As a Indians we have no grudge towards china as in ancient times both the Chinese scholars, Indian scholars, monks , traders used to visit both of countries. We have learnt from each other from the ancient times,and helped each other too .... But problem with China is with the land . It's occupied our land and even now claiming our land as their territory. That's the only problem. Chinese govt needs to give back askai chin region to India and stop it's claim on arunachal where the sun rises first in India.

[@SHUBHAMSHARMA-sy7jv]

He never talked about tibet though. No Indian claims it either. Just Arunachal Pradesh and Akshai chin

[@FirstnameLastname-cl4op]

@sam sam yeah but time changes, we cannot go by that approach bcz Pakistan, Afghanistan and half Iran was also the part of India in older times, but we don't protest or show aggression to claim that land back

[@BeGaruda]

@sam sam The thing is the history you are talking about is a communist propaganda history, If you are really intersted in history read through it you need to go deep in it to find the truth

[@deb5996]

​@samsam-lo5eeactually, no. Tibet's culture was really close to India from ancient times. Many famous Monks in India were from tibet. China after CCP take over actually plundered Tibet a lot and it's a fact.

[@dalitnahipehlehinduhu6569]

​@sam sam by ur logic we can claim entire indian subcontinent from Kurdistan to mayanmar Hills...

[@nshirish2010]

The fact that india and china has most gdp contribution and most literacy rate before the whole west is discovered

[@musicandairplanes6330]

Oh yes, China and India have been here for thousands of years. USA which you include saying West has only been a nation for 245 years, the world benifits the USA have contributed are tremendous! So now suddenly after the USA has given China and India all these innovations India and China are going to save the world? Hardly!

[@benishan3]

Ancient GDP is based on population size, not real data. Neither was there any literacy rate data. If written record is any proof, India produced very written literature compared to other ancient civilizations. Most are oral folklore. Example, India didn't even record its own history until 1200AD onwards when Muslims arrived.

[@lovemsoni1844]

but what i saw in india is PM Modi launched a scheme called kusum for solar power and is slowly gaining momentum

[@jakerkz]

Greetings pascal, it would have been great if you could have touched upon the subject of water conservation that is happening in India. Could refer Andrew millison channel for info.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for adding it. You are right

[@siewkonsum7291]

Pascal, so glad to hear from you again! 🎉

[@PascalCoppens]

Me too!

[@pratyushsingh6539]

Very Informative video

[@hockkeetan7161]

Pascal, you mentioned the polution in shanghai many years ago, it was true between 2013-2015 but the situation has changed now. for the last few years, air quality has imporved tremendously. FYO, i have lived in shanghai as a foreinger for the last 23 years.

[@PascalCoppens]

I know. It has improved. I should have mentioned that too

[@senturi9645]

Very impressed with your knowledge of Bharat (Vedic etc ) ❤

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks

[@donaldliu]

Thanks for your professional analysis and vlog sharing...Best Regards from Suzhou, nearby Shanghai, China

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks Donald!

[@alokrsba84]

Thanks for giving reality every 🇮🇳indian.

[@bhootbhagao5716]

In India this is known that Humans are different than animals in just one feature - we can raise the consciousness of our mind . In all other terms the humans are similar to animals - animals do have soul ,mind and a part of Ishvar ( hindu God) within them . That is Vedic philosophy. That said , India does have a pollution problem - just like every other country . So the problem is actually the consumption based economic models that were created in west to support capitalism . Indians are not that much capitalist , instead Indian government should try to create an alternate economic model for our businesses, so we could avoid getting in the trap that the western society faces today.

[@Life_Is_Yog]

A great view on world as whole... I think whole world who cares about our planet should do their part on bringing these two nations together instead of creating misunderstanding and dividing them.

[@PascalCoppens]

Agree

[@Element67]

India has world's largest electrified rail network. India has world's largest solar farm. And India is committed to achieve 100% green energy target by 2050. Recently 5.9 million ton lithium reserves have been found in India, which will going to important role India's booming EV industry.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for sharing

[@chrisbell238]

Awesome! Rise India Rise! We (Americans) welcome you as a great power and don't worry about your fuc-boys neighbors. We are on it.

[@pahatpahat9566]

Largest electrified rail network? Ha! Ha! Ha! Maybe the largest rail passenger on the roof-top!

[@iSanjit1996]

@@pahatpahat9566 With 85 per cent of Rail Kilometres (RKM) already electrified, Indian Railways is making rapid progress towards completing Mission 100 per cent Electrification and becoming the largest green railway network in the world. Go do so some research butthurt chinese bat

[@chrisbell238]

@@pahatpahat9566 that is not innovation. that is making something others invented bigger. YES - we know Chinese are good at stealing and reverse engineering. NOW tell me an innovation - go ahead, still waiting

[@PinkR_Tulip]

It's great to see you back on your content.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@dalitnahipehlehinduhu6569]

Now this is called a research...ur neutral mann researchers like you are needed for the society.. although gandhi's Hinduism is different to true hinduism but mann u did very good research instead pf judging.. Shared it❤

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

@@arpana1639 Haa aur wo anek path Karma yog, Raaj yog, Bhakti yog, Gyan yog, Dhyaan yog, Astaang yog,etc hai..Yog (the union of body, mind, soul, and spirit) is rediscovering who we are and returning to a life of joy, bliss, freedom. As our philosophy recognize that we each have different personalities & preferences, so there's these different yog path or sets of spiritual practices, to reach ultimate spiritual goal.

[@hongqingxiang3374]

Thank you for sharing your perspectives & analysis🙏🙂🙏

[@PascalCoppens]

My pleasure

[@hongqingxiang3374]

@@PascalCoppens

[@atulmamtora]

World needs to wake to fact that India paper tiger.Lots of hot.

[@tango3667]

If that statement pleases you. It's ok. Your opinion is not going to change anything . India is growing.😂

[@mahendrarathod1656]

I think you can trust Chinese who will save the planet,

[@ninetieskids1133]

Just a few words for Chinese "Baby calm down, calm down, your running too fast, when u fall it will b a great storm" on the other hand appreciation goes to INDIA in MODERATION and CONSERVATION, Jai Hind.

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

Yeah, Save the planet By manufacturing more & more unnecessary single use cheap plastic craps/goods.

[@cyjn198]

So glad you are back.!!

[@PascalCoppens]

me too!

[@sanathgunawardena832]

Very informative as usual. Thanks Pascal

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@sctonio1466]

It's difficult to understand why some westerners are quick to blame China and India for exacerbating our climate crisis. Even though their side is the most rabid of climate deniers and misinformation, they would still pin blame to China and India. If only they knew that a lot of laws and policies passed by their government are actually against their interest and the environment. Is it really far easier to blame a foreign country than your own corrupt government and greedy corporations? So far, of all the countries, it seems Australia is the worst of all. It's unbelievable to witness a person condemning China and India for the climate crisis at the same time denying the crisis is real. Whatever fumes those Aussies are breathing, I am certain it isn't healthy.

[@jivvyjack7723]

Yes. And all the efforts of India and China would gone in a flash if the US starts another war somewhere. Someone should measure the GHG output from the one year of war in Ukraine.

[@aayushtiwari4357]

Thank you for covering n sharing this we indians worship animals n forests and we consider whole world as our family one day we resolve disputes with neighbor china and we could re establish harmony of ancient times

[@vijaysharanski9546]

Wonderful.

[@PascalCoppens]

Many thanks!

[@senjayabrata]

Yes. Surely ❤

[@hikmet4841]

Thanks a lot 👍 hopefully we'll be discussing those issues in coming months in Türkiye ✌️

[@PascalCoppens]

Election coming up...

[@huang5723]

Hello Pascal, welcome back. It is good to have you back again. Thank you

[@PascalCoppens]

Thank you too for watching!

[@cheese-df1yx]

Great to see your new video! Great 👍!

[@PascalCoppens]

Thank you 👍

[@chitranjankumarkushwaha4259]

Love your lecture brother namaste love from Bharat.

[@beekesh1643]

Pascal, I am from India 🇮🇳 , I think that u are good humane and generalist, we want peace with China , India and China are two ancient civilizations which can lead the world.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks

[@bbtiwari6837]

Awesome unbelievable congratulations 👏🎉 Sir appreciate your kind assistance 🤗🙏😷

[@november9700]

Love your video! 🎉🎉🎉

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@1001Balance]

Lets have a look at CO2 per output. The catastrophy in the making is if India grows on coal

[@RahulThakur-hb5zo]

This is a great video 👍🏻. Very insightful observations which are never available in the similar and repetitive content poured in by news channels and usual geopolitical content creators.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@shravanideshpande2058]

India ❤❤❤🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Erocchi]

I think the flood was in Pakistan, not in India. Try to collect the correct info.

[@deepanshu00730]

Assam region had heavy floods including Bangladesh. Also China had floods.... Huge rescue operations were carried out....

[@alexanderpo185]

Well.. USA and allies are busy and focused on strengthening their military more than saving our ecological conditions 🤪🤪

[@PascalCoppens]

sadly

[@Time4Peace]

I fully agree with your analysis. The world will have to look to China and India to cooperate on the global challenges as US will be bogged down by powerful climate change deniers Over time, it's inevitable that China and India will realize that it's ridiculous for two most populous neighbours not to synergize with each others. The pressure of supporting their huge populations and the effects of drought and flood will ensure their collaboration. But a few factors will delay that process. 1. Western media are prevalent in the Indian media space. They divide India and China capitalizing on the border disputes. 2. The ruling and media elites in India are mostly trained in the West. Many have worked overseas in the West and have children and families there too. Hence, India has an inclination towards the West that inhibit criss border cooperation with China. However over time, the pressure to engage with each other out of necessity will be felt. And when these two economies collaborate, they will make a huge difference on climate change and global prosperity.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for adding. I do see change happening in India, but agree if India and China would work together this would make a dent in the universe.

[@alanmeier9389]

India needs to become a full blown authoritarian state like China for any major co-operation between the two. My bet is India will side with the US more and more going forward. I come from the west and I would vote for the west not trading in any way with any authoritarian government anywhere in the world. true democracies should not invest n or trade with non democracies. We should have a tech ban on them all as well.

[@Time4Peace]

@@alanmeier9389 You need to learn to think more critically. Is Tim Cook, an appointed CEO an authoritarian leader? He is accountable to Apple stakeholders. Tim to Apple is like Xi to China. Tim does not interfere with operations in other corps. Xi doesn't to other nations. US does with endless wars on others. It's between peacemakers vs warmongers.

[@gopalroy1550]

What i liked the most in your post, is about the point where you mentioned about over consumption..this is in relation to sustainable development or sustainability. Also, population plays a very important role, because larger population puts more pressure on the available resources. Chaina has been successful in controlling population growth. I feel India needs to do more to check the population growth.

[@mutyalammapalemps892]

People already born we need to guide to consume less

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

@@mutyalammapalemps892 Indian ppl has way way lesser & No extra or unnecessary over consumption unlike Ppl of Western nations, Actually we will need many multiple earths if every human starts living lifestyle of some developed western nations ppl.

[@ChiefJoey5971]

Very good video

[@pratikpatil5168]

Goal achievers

[@alexma3939]

❤

[@georgelee6951]

Valerie you are right on the Money , what I am going to copy from the Book of Proverbs it applies also to Countries , Nations , Regions and neighbours. " Two are better than one because they have a better reward for their labor . For if they fall one will lift up the other ; but woe to the one who is alone and falls and has no one to help ...

[@g_agaming2173]

🇮🇳INDIA BEST IN EVERY SECTOR🇮🇳

[@stevewang2]

Needs to install more toilets.

[@g_agaming2173]

@@stevewang2 yes need to install more toilets in Europe

[@iamyourgodofworld]

​@@stevewang2 98.21% of the population of India has toilets so come up with something new next time okay Mr/Mrs Chinese

[@iamyourgodofworld]

​@@stevewang2 needs to install some democracy in china

[@kirtigupta9753]

​@@stevewang2 Is it ? Indian households have 98% coverage. How much is your country having?

[@ramulusr7393]

Gandhi did have the most outsized impact on India. He spent a large part of his life wearing lioncloth despite being the most powerful leaders- he decided that he will not give himself the luzury of clothes when most Indians were poor and couldn't afford to clothe themsleves. Many of his contenporaries were trying to ape the british and wearing saville row suits to show themselves as belonging to the ruling class. His example continues to this day- even if a politician is corrupt in public he will try to wear modest clothes else he will be thrown out of power.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for adding!

[@KimSoonHo-ku3yy]

I know the water problem. I live in Mira Bhyander municipality of Maharashtra, India. In our society we have to buy water from water tanker lobby for 10-11 months a year at Rs3000 per tanker, even during rainy season. Since the past 5-10 years we have been hearing that water is going to come from Surya dam. Now it's July 2024. If it's come in the next 2 years we would be very lucky.

[@richardwhitehouse8762]

Really interesting and stimulating. Thank you Pascal. I've managed somehow to miss quite a few of your vids recently, so it's nice to find you again. As someone from the UK, I was feeling a bit uneasy on this topic. It is blindingly obvious that we all need to work together to save the planet and really it doesn't matter who has the good ideas provided someone does. Unfortunately, as a imperial power our mindset was always "how can we extract maximum economic advantage from our colonies?" Sharing ideas and best practise requires a degree of humility and openness which I'm not sure comes naturally to us. And we are not at the helm of dollar-controlled hegemony....

[@joandelur4407]

Excellent video Pascal, almost as you have us habituated, deep, clear, plenty of info, professional, almost an excellent approach for those asking themselves about the topic 👏👏👏👏👏👏 👍

[@frankyuan3418]

insightful

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

Somethig that gets overlooked all the time is that, cheap fast comsumption from west is actually directly forcing the local governments in the global south to keep their environmental laws complacent to polluting industries. If any local government tightens up their laws or the implementation of it, they will shift production to keep producing cheaper and threaten the job market. So this is not something the producing countries alone can control, if the buyer only flock to cheap polluting production. So if you are from the west, buy less, invest in products after really reasearching and see if the company is fully transparent about its entire supply chain; if it isn't, its probably flaunting regulations. Productiom cannot cover all bases without responsible consumerism co-operating with the effort.

[@devivinod]

India should have stringent rules for factories , the cities are buying foreign lifestyle that’s no good

[@ADITYAKUMAR-mb5ht]

Sir please make a video about how educated Europeans treat Roma's or gypsy people

[@PascalCoppens]

That indeed is not something as European to be proud of.

[@ADITYAKUMAR-mb5ht]

@@PascalCoppens sir i used to believe that educated Europeans were very much liberal,human but after knowing the reality of gypsy community,native peoples particularly in anglo sexon world i realised that even after becoming a developed society their mind is still not developed and their mindset is all about 15th or 16th century AD... And these things literally made me hopeless regarding a better World 🌍...

[@yangliu5727]

you are really positive guy.

[@PascalCoppens]

I hope that is not a bad thing!

[@yangliu5727]

@@PascalCoppens I live in shanghai for 11 years now, i feel climate change really affect me very much. but anyway, i hope CCP are doing hard jobs to deal with it,

[@abc_cba]

If we as Indians and Chinese reduce our dependence on Rice consumption, we can cut down heavy on the carbon emissions by almost ⅓ of our total CO² emissions naturally. Millets, Fonio, Teff can be an excellent option for us. Plus, they're gluten free.

[@monojitchatterjee3185]

But rice is tasty!

[@gamingwithkiran9610]

I don't think that See the problem is not carbon emission but excessive emission than consumption So we don't really need to change things that are hard to change(rice eating culture in india and china) but we should focus on things that can be changed fast like planting trees,creating emission norms,promoting renewable energy and also encourage people to use cycle or walk for short distance travel Creating new type of houses that don't need air-conditioning in summer These things are more practical and people can easily adopt

[@wilsonh9145]

Very good!

[@4-SeasonNature]

Excellent video.

[@PascalCoppens]

Glad you liked it!

[@Edward4Plantagenet]

Problem isn't that India or China don't want to change emissions or care less. We are more concerned than Chastising ones. Problem is, USA Europe filled atmosphere with Carbon (Without any cost and got developed), now they are saying invest on Eco friendly things. The Poor people in India, Africa, China, SE Asia, South America can remain poor for 50 more years. Why?? We (Climate Criminals USA Europe Australia) won't pay for our mistakes, but we all clean environment with our own money. Developing country Should take care for its Public OR Pay for someone else's mistakes. 100 billion dollars were promised, no developing country got it. Common but differentiated responsibilities was agreed but now they are turning back on it. Infact, They are proposing carbon Tax on developing countries. Hypocrite m f s.

[@antonyip]

a river in China will be divided into smaller administrative block with a dedicated "river officer". his/her contact info will be posted along the river block they guard so that people can report situation like pollution even damping rubb in river to them. 😊

[@tstcikhthys]

Very astute indeed. I really like how you said that the planet doesn't care about what the per capita emissions are or whether the West has polluted more in the past, so it'll "give a chance" to China and India to pollute as well, which is a silly and childish argument I hear all too often. BTW, please be careful not to confuse _America_ (which is the continent that consists of North and South America) with _the US_ (which is a country in America; hence, United States _of America_ being its name).

[@jaec5680]

💪

[@nomercy1041]

I LOVE VIDEOS LIKE THIS FAR BETTER THAN BS MOVIES

[@tjinc002]

But the India aspiration is to replace China as the world factories when that happen or if that happened I don't think that India can claim the highroad as you're saying right now.

[@jivvyjack7723]

Agreed. And I don't think Indian government could ever have such a tight control over their big corporations as China does. China dares to shut down factories for not complying with the "green" rules. Not sure India would be able to do it. Being a democracy, they always have to make sure not to jeopardize their positions of power. And corruption is still a huge problem in India.

[@mowgli5837]

Who told you that is India's goal to be world factory? Nope. Not at all. It is a temporary requirement or shall I say and illusion. Not a dream by long shot. There's a bigger game Mr. Modi is playing which is deep rooted in Indian civilizational values/desires/requirements. And that is btw very incompatible with export led economy model in today's world.

[@randommedia3441]

@@jivvyjack7723 environmental laws in india is much strict than china.... Even some important project get delayed over 60+ years because of environmental concern but it will never happen in china, like they submerged a whole ecosystem for three gorges dam... If this project was proposed by indian government im sure that they could never get sanction from environmental ministry....

[@jivvyjack7723]

@@randommedia3441 60+ years ? 60 years ago, environmental laws all over the world were still so basic. The Indian Constitution was only amended to include environmental protection in 1972 and all their various environmental protection legislations dated from then, with most from the 1990s. If anything is delayed 60+ years, it is due to corruption, plain and simple. A simple google search will tell you how many large dams there are in India, the number of villages displaced and the land area submerged. All dams will have that impact.

[@randommedia3441]

@roro changes will bring new ecosystem , i know there is water is storing not the acid... But what about extinction of lots of endangered species? Who will bring back near existing or already extincted species... At the same logic why world is fearing about global warming, what happen when whole artic and antarctic melt down, just sea level rise by 120meter... And 4-5 degree hike in global temperature.... Just half 1/4 of worlds land masses sink under ocean.... So what, changes will bring new ecosystem... Am i right?

[@SillyLittleAshTree]

I'm confused, i don't understand where you draw the line between anthropogenic climate change and natural climate change and how you define both. I also got the impression you don't differentiate between pollution such as smog and climate change.

[@ishaanrohmetra3447]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019, as a part of his election campaign promises. During his campaign, Modi announced a plan to develop 75 new waterbodies or rejuvenate existing ones in every district of India, with the aim of improving water availability and combating drought. The project was called "Jal Shakti Abhiyan" (Water Power Campaign), and it aimed to create water conservation awareness and ensure the effective implementation of water management practices across the country.The plan involved a range of measures, including the construction of check dams, ponds, and wells, as well as the revival of traditional water harvesting systems. The goal was to increase the groundwater levels and ensure better access to clean water for communities across India.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for sharing!

[@liranyang7033]

Compare the amount of products produced in India and China for the world’s consumption.

[@GeetikaRenuNigam]

Actually Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is considered the Father of Hindutva not Gandhi. But the Hindu ideology is thousands of years old.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for adding this

[@liranyang7033]

Look at the recent development of solar energy in China.

[@rajeev6149]

Only addition 2ur brilliant analysis is that china was part of India itself and China is made on Indian land if u move before 2000Year, bigger Q is will India again have border with Russia bec in d middle there was no nation named china. And may be Europe africa arabs were a part of India too which ofcourse u may disagree/deny. So handfolded request if u can pls pls make a video that will India liberate enslaved China and bring prosperity by having an original border with either Europe or with Russia. God bless u sir.

[@PascalCoppens]

That is new to me. China was indeed not the name of the nation at that time. It was named after the dynasties.

[@vbredy650]

It is time to talk peace and development between India and China. Let us propose the idea of 100-100-100, i.e. India army will be 100 miles into India side from LAC, China army will be 100 miles into China side from LAC and this status will last for 100 years. Missiles and more missiles, all for what? India and China, two of the largest and most populous nations in the world, have a complex relationship with a history of conflicts and tensions. However, it's important for both nations to strive towards friendship and cooperation, not just for their own benefit, but for the betterment of the whole world. One way to achieve this goal is by making the border between India and China disappear, symbolizing the breaking down of barriers and the start of a new era of cooperation. This can be accomplished by having the armies of both nations stationed 100 miles away from the border, creating a buffer zone for peaceful relations. Additionally, creating a thousand points of exchange between the two countries would allow for greater cultural exchange and understanding. People from both nations could visit each other, learn about each other's customs, and do whatever they wish. This would help to break down stereotypes and promote mutual respect, leading to a more peaceful world. In conclusion, a friendship between India and China has the potential to greatly benefit not only the two nations themselves, but also the entire world. By breaking down borders and promoting cultural exchange, we can work towards a more harmonious and peaceful future.

[@Crom21]

Congrats on your newly renovated home.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks! I live in a 200 year old house (was from my grandparents) in center of medieval city and wanted to restore and keep as much as possible. Big project, but happy it is coming to an end.

[@ryanyc9619]

Really missed your positive point of views. Many videos I'm showed by KZbin have been like, negative.

[@PascalCoppens]

It is a disease of the times.

[@trusfratedbunny2215]

22:15 That's pic of African kids and Not indian coz Indian kids don't eat like that with forks & spoon in both hands..We r taught to use only bare right hand to eat and even when use spoons occasionally then that too hold just in right hand & not in both.

[@PascalCoppens]

My bad

[@5555Manish]

No one can save planet, except two person....Yu n Me...

[@g_agaming2173]

🇮🇳INDIA PROVIDES MORE JOBS WITH BETTER SALARIES🇮🇳

[@KING-ni4ze]

Another Chinese Bot

[@jonathanau8735]

One thing is certain, if the two emerging giants could coexist peacefully, the world would have peace and prosperity, they would become beacon of hope. They will certainly save the world. If not, the converse being the case, our children and generations to come will be doomed.

[@sootuckchoong7077]

Trump said Americans should buy things made in America. He asks why should we Americans be buying almost everything from China, even having our American companies having the factories in China? Trump don't seem to understand why!

[@PascalCoppens]

Not rocket science though! Biden said same thing at his 100 days state of union

[@olderchin1558]

Fossil fuel can't last forever anyway. China is just doing the logical thing. China will continue to use less fossil fuel because it is investing in nuclear and it is electrifying its transportation. And India don't use so much energy because it still largely rural. It will be forced to follow the rest of the world in transitioning to electrified transportation even before it get rich.

[@hiteshadhikari]

U dont really know ground realities , do you?

[@olderchin1558]

@@hiteshadhikari Enlighten me with your wisdom.

[@echosmith5256]

@@olderchin1558 India is much further ahead in electrification of mobility than other countries of comparable GDP per capita and will emerge as one of largest solar module manufacturers by next year. Already 10% of new vehicles sold in India are electric - but mostly 2 and 3-wheelers (12%, and 30%) not cars yet (2%) - which is again quite ahead of the curve compared to peer countries (i.e countries with gdp per capita in the 2x to 0.5x range of India). Similarly with railway electrification we have the highest rate of electrification of all large countries - 85% - and due to reach 100% next year. We were also one of the first countries to do a nationwide ban on single use plastic. In 2030 you will see a very different equation as these initial seeds start achieving scale, considering India a follower in this new wave of green growth is basically ignoring everything that is happening on the ground.

[@olderchin1558]

@@echosmith5256 I agree. I have read about many Indian EV start up. I believe India has a greater need to move forward with electrification than others. India has little fossil fuel resources of it's own and get plenty of sunshine. And air pollution in major cities like Delhi is horrible like Beijing once was.

[@ashwadhwani]

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