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[00:00:00] almost the entire country is in a zone of high
[00:00:03] fire danger, air humidity has dropped below
[00:00:06] 15%, and a dry wind fans the flames in
[00:00:10] a matter of minutes.
[00:00:12] Constant obstacles to grazing livestock, obstacles to collecting
[00:00:16] pineapples, to collecting firewood, even that which lies on the ground. We cannot
[00:00:20] clear our forests, they want them to burn, what
[00:00:23] is happening now, is this what they want, for everything to be destroyed, they
[00:00:27] want Spain to turn into a desert.
[00:00:33] These heatwaves are further evidence of the increase in the global average
[00:00:36] temperature, which has already approached the 1.5° mark
[00:00:40] above pre-industrial levels. This trend is causing serious
[00:00:44] concern in Europe. We are the fastest-warming
[00:00:48] region in the world. Caused by human activity, climate
[00:00:51] change is undoubtedly the main cause of heatwaves,
[00:00:54] wildfires and other extreme weather events, such as
[00:00:58] floods and droughts.
[00:01:05] This year, there was a lot of precipitation in winter, especially in the western
[00:01:08] regions, immediately after the rains this led to a kind of exuberant growth
[00:01:12] of greenery, but then something remarkable happened: spring
[00:01:16] was abnormally dry and hot, which led to
[00:01:19] widespread desiccation of vegetation in these areas.
[00:01:22] That is why there are so many wildfires here now,
[00:01:25] this is where the consequences of drought are manifested in this part.
[00:01:31] The EU has mobilized record forces to combat wildfires.
[00:01:35] The main difference this season is the transition to a proactive
[00:01:37] strategy. Until 2022,
[00:01:40] the European Civil Protection Mechanism only worked
[00:01:44] post-factum. Aid was sent only when the fire was already raging, and
[00:01:47] the resources of the affected country were exhausted. Now,
[00:01:51] international firefighting crews and aviation are pre-positioned in
[00:01:55] the most vulnerable regions to eliminate the threat at
[00:01:59] its inception. But the main systemic vulnerability of Europe in
[00:02:02] the face of large-scale fires manifests itself year after year. In
[00:02:05] most of the affected countries, from Spain and France to Greece and
[00:02:09] Italy, there is no unified departmental vertical
[00:02:13] along the lines of the Belarusian Ministry of Emergency Situations. There is simply
[00:02:16] no unified force to eliminate disasters there. Several
[00:02:20] factors hinder the creation of a unified Ministry of Emergency Situations in Europe: the jealous
[00:02:24] autonomy of regions, the usual division of functions between the Ministry of Internal Affairs
[00:02:28] and the Ministry of Ecology, as well as
[00:02:30] the cost of maintaining a permanent staff of rescuers.
[00:02:33] Restructuring this system requires a complete change of legislation
[00:02:37] and overcoming bureaucratic resistance. However, the colossal
[00:02:40] scale of modern fires is already forcing Europeans
[00:02:44] to reconsider this approach despite the financial
[00:02:47] and political costs. Italy is the only of
[00:02:50] the four most affected countries in Southern Europe that
[00:02:54] has not officially requested emergency international assistance through
[00:02:57] the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. This is despite the fact
[00:03:01] that the area of burned territory in the country is a quarter larger than
[00:03:04] the average and corresponding indicators over the past 20
[00:03:08] years. The dispersion of fire sources saves
[00:03:11] it, however, even if they do not merge into a single megafire,
[00:03:15] the scale of each individual one is a real
[00:03:18] challenge for local firefighters. At
[00:03:21] such a temperature, we simply cannot put it out, there is not enough
[00:03:25] aviation equipment, because, apparently, half of Sicily is burning, we
[00:03:29] just. We did everything we could, I've been on
[00:03:32] duty for 40 hours, but we still couldn't stop the fire,
[00:03:36] the heat and wind are just squally,
[00:03:39] until recently, the summer was considered relatively calm in
[00:03:43] Greece, however, the situation sharply escalated, due to strong
[00:03:47] winds, the fire suddenly appeared in the vicinity of
[00:03:50] Athens.
[00:04:13] Difficult days still lie ahead, August is traditionally
[00:04:17] considered a difficult month, I sincerely want to ask all our
[00:04:20] fellow citizens to be extremely careful, unfortunately, even
[00:04:24] now, as we speak, many fires break out due to banal
[00:04:27] negligence.
[00:04:30] Disaster headquarters are growing day by day, it got to the point that
[00:04:33] in just one day, the fire services of Greece recorded
[00:04:37] more than fifty new fire outbreaks.
[00:04:40] European countries were affected by the simultaneity of fires in
[00:04:44] different parts of the continent. Winter was mild and wet, which
[00:04:48] caused vigorous growth of grass and shrubs. Summer drought
[00:04:51] turned this dense vegetation into ideal fuel for
[00:04:55] megafires.
[00:04:57] What once seemed an anomaly now, unfortunately, has become our
[00:05:01] reality and will remain so in the future. The element we
[00:05:04] are facing has destructive, unprecedented
[00:05:07] power, but there is nothing exceptional about it anymore, because this
[00:05:11] nightmare will... repeat again and
[00:05:13] again.
[00:05:16] Well, ultimately, one of the things we know about climate
[00:05:20] change is that as the Earth warms due to
[00:05:24] greenhouse gas emissions, in almost all regions of the
[00:05:27] globe, we expect that periods of extreme heat will become
[00:05:31] more intense, prolonged and frequent.
[00:05:34] In many regions, we can also expect changes in the nature
[00:05:37] of droughts or an increase in their number. So, for example, in
[00:05:41] Europe, we expect drier weather, all of
[00:05:44] which will lead to a situation where in the future, conditions
[00:05:48] conducive to the spread of such wildfires will become
[00:05:51] a more frequent phenomenon.
[00:05:54] Due to an aging population and the migration of young people to cities,
[00:05:58] many farmlands have been abandoned,
[00:06:01] the land has become overgrown with wild shrubs, which has deprived
[00:06:04] the regions of natural protective barriers. Europe
[00:06:08] is experiencing one of the hottest periods in history.
[00:06:42] in June and July, however, according to the latest scientific
[00:06:46] data, this is just a warm-up. New forecasts published by
[00:06:49] the World Meteorological Organization paint a grim
[00:06:52] picture for the period from August to October. El Niño is gaining
[00:06:56] strength, adding fuel to the fire of an already burning planet.
[00:07:54] Anna Vladimirovna, these universities can already sum up the final results
[00:07:58] for admission to state-funded places, but as for the secondary specialized level
[00:08:01] of colleges, admissions are still ongoing, what are the current
[00:08:05] trends, what can we talk about today? Yes, today we can
[00:08:08] already sum up some interim
[00:08:10] results of the admissions campaign at both the
[00:08:14] vocational and technical and secondary specialized
[00:08:16] education levels. At the level of vocational and technical education,
[00:08:20] as of today, approximately
[00:08:22] 74-75%
[00:08:25] of the control admission figures have already been applied for by applicants.
[00:08:28] There are certain trends for the most
[00:08:31] in-demand professions, which makes us very happy. For many
[00:08:35] specialties and professions, there is already competition, including for
[00:08:39] construction, which makes us happy. And if we talk about
[00:09:30] 75% of the control admission figures, of course,
[00:09:33] it is given to our industries, which are very important for our
[00:09:37] country, these are engineering, processing, construction
[00:09:40] technologies, agriculture. agriculture,
[00:09:43] veterinary medicine, and we are very
[00:09:47] happy that there is already competition, those
[00:09:50] modern new technologies that are being applied
[00:09:54] in the economy of these industries
[00:09:57] simply attract our children, and
[00:10:00] drones alone are worth something, right? When children on
[00:10:03] such a large combine, when they launch this drone, and then directly in
[00:10:07] the cabin, on the onboard computers, they see...
[00:10:10] will not happen without working
[00:10:55] hands, this is how interest is seen
[00:10:58] here, still, I see that the trends are such
[00:11:01] that bloggers, IT specialists are good, but our
[00:11:05] youth still chooses more earthly professions, absolutely true,
[00:11:08] this trend, it is not only this year, we have been observing
[00:11:12] it for the last few years, to judge the competition, you know, every
[00:11:16] year there are different situations, absolutely different
[00:11:19] professions are in the top, why this happens, it's hard to say.
[00:11:23] 77
[00:12:42] such training workshops
[00:12:45] have already been created, another
[00:12:47] 53 training workshops are planned to be opened at enterprises,
[00:12:51] all this contributes to the fact that training...
[00:12:55] for working professions and in principle working professions with modern
[00:12:58] equipment attract our children, and
[00:13:02] of course it is possible to earn money, because when you know how to
[00:13:05] do things with your hands, you can always earn a good
[00:13:08] salary for your family, and be
[00:13:12] provided for always at any time, if you
[00:13:15] recall a couple of years ago, there was such a demand for production
[00:13:18] masters, they were acutely lacking, how does the situation look now, are there
[00:13:22] any vacancies in colleges at all? processes, then production
[00:14:55] processes, therefore, there is no acute
[00:14:58] shortage of industrial training masters or
[00:15:01] special subject teachers in our institutions.
[00:15:05] It's interesting, those who leave after the ninth grade, whether it's the
[00:15:08] vocational education level or secondary specialized education,
[00:15:11] most often continue their studies at universities,
[00:15:15] or after mastering a profession, they go to their workplaces,
[00:15:19] possibly later studying by correspondence, for example, there is
[00:15:22] a certain percentage of students, it always varies. plus or minus,
[00:15:26] when students enter higher education
[00:15:29] institutions immediately after college, and we also
[00:15:32] have a reduced form of study, specifically by
[00:15:35] profile, if you graduated from college with this profile. and then you can enter
[00:15:39] corresponding specialties in a university, there is a reduced
[00:15:42] form of correspondence study, there is also a full-time form of study,
[00:15:46] so about 20% of students certainly
[00:15:49] always enroll, the other students go to their first jobs,
[00:15:52] work with pleasure, but there are also cases, yes, when after working for several years, realizing
[00:15:55] that this is indeed their profession, they
[00:15:59] want to link their life with this profession, develop,
[00:16:02] improve their qualifications, they can then enroll after a few
[00:16:06] years, including, well, today, as in universities, in secondary specialized schools it is also possible
[00:16:09] to study for free at the expense of the budget, for a fee at your
[00:16:13] own expense, and also at the expense of the employer, do I understand correctly, this is targeted
[00:16:17] admission, how actively do applicants use it, what does this admission
[00:16:20] campaign say? Applicants actively use it, very actively, because
[00:16:24] the competition for targeted places, it
[00:16:28] has been formed, it exists, personnel customers
[00:16:31] also actively accept students, they undergo a kind of interview.
[00:16:35] with the personnel customer, they sign agreements for
[00:16:39] targeted training and then submit documents to the admissions committee
[00:16:43] together with this agreement, well, they have their own
[00:16:46] competition, they have a certain advantage when
[00:16:50] entering in terms of going through a separate competition,
[00:16:54] but there is a tendency when the average score of documents
[00:16:57] on education for targeted training in the competition can be
[00:17:00] much higher than for children who
[00:17:04] are already going through the general competition. to check the medical
[00:18:07] indications, are we suitable for this profession, this also takes
[00:18:11] time, it's undergoing medical examinations, and moving from one
[00:18:15] profession to another, if suddenly you don't pass for some
[00:18:19] reasons, well, for what last score, yes, in the competition, so
[00:18:22] the deadlines are quite long, they last all summer for students at the
[00:18:26] vocational education level, they started on June 15, and end on
[00:18:29] August 23, well, and we are already summing up the results of our
[00:18:33] admission
[00:18:34] campaign.
[00:20:54] Continuing the informational broadcasts, in short, at the beginning.
[00:20:58] Return all fields.