Vízmegtakarítás: Katarban indított kezdeményezések a Föld legértékesebb erőforrásának megőrzésére

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00:00you throw all the garbage of the city all the garbage of the factories all the garbage of the

00:06household throw into the water and you are asking for clean water that's not sustainable you have

00:12to change your lifestyle i hope that we're building the foundation for the agritech

00:18industry to transform food industry and the whole world

00:23hello welcome to cut there three six five with me adil halim on this episode we continue to explore

00:33sustainability initiatives happening across the country and understand how new solutions in place

00:38help conserve the earth's most valuable resource water i also sit down with nobel laureate professor

00:46muhammad yunas to find out how he thinks we could do a better job of protecting the planet but first

00:51you know who's visited two companies in doha that have turned to the sky to power their pioneering

00:57food and water systems on the ground water is the essence of life but in the gcc with its harsh

01:05climate and limited fresh water sources technology is crucial for producing sufficient and sustainable

01:11drinking water eco-friendly technology company sky drops offers an innovative solution a water

01:18generation plant that captures moisture from the sky to produce drinking water that quite literally

01:23has come out of thin air in the gcc you never run out of humidity so i think it's a really untapped

01:29resource when we say that our water is ultra pure this is not a marketing gimmick this is a scientific

01:35term because when you capture water from the air you're not capturing a lot of the toxins and a lot

01:41of the metals that you typically get from groundwater and also throughout the water plant we've made it very

01:46very important for us to really cut out microplastics and then distribute it also in a sustainable manner

01:52with the reusable glass and aluminum bottles people may have a concern about the quality of air from

01:57which the water is extracted however we have air filters to filter out the intake air and then

02:04carbon and spun filters and also UV light to purify the extracted water so that's why the water is

02:10thoroughly purified and safe for consumption much of the region's drinking water currently comes from

02:16so-called desalination the process of removing salt and minerals from the sea but the costs of

02:21desalination are high for government's pockets and the planet the toxins that's released in the air this

02:27is something very difficult to get around because it is a very heavy manufacturing process of water and

02:33also because of the brine that it releases into the marine ecosystem and the damage that it can have on

02:38marine life so I think with atmospheric water generation because we're operating on such a small carbon footprint it's

02:45a much more sustainable option but Qatar is increasingly recognizing the potential of

02:51harnessing humidity and turning scarcity into sustainability another company in Qatar

02:56agri-tech startup vFarms also extracts moisture from the sky but not to quench the thirst of humans but of

03:04crops vFarms has developed a climate resilient technology that allows farmers to grow produce in remote and arid

03:11locations but without the need for an external water for electricity supply first the main problems

03:17here are the heat the humidity and not being able to grow in conventionally so what we did we created the

03:29controlled climate where we use the waters that we're harvesting from the air and where we're utilizing

03:35solar energy we're not using any pesticides and what makes our farm more sustainable than others

03:41particularly in Qatar and in this region as that we can provide all year-round production for certain

03:49crops which you cannot achieve outdoors vFarms technology is in its infancy they are still testing

03:55the waters if you will of sustainable farming but its founder says its eco-friendly systems are a step

04:01towards achieving global food and water security drop by drop our main mission is to feed the growing

04:08population of the world with environmentally friendly technologies I hope that we're building the

04:14foundation for the agri-tech industry to transform food industry and the whole world

04:21as chief advisor of Bangladesh's interim government His Excellency Professor Dr. Mohammed Yunus leads the

04:30country dealing with corruption a struggling economy and coping with the effects of climate change the

04:36latter is one of the topics he's come to discuss at this year's earth in the summit a forum with the goal

04:40of advancing sustainability in hot and arid environments I sat down with the 84 year old

04:46Nobel Peace Prize winner on the sidelines of the summit welcome to Doha you're here at the earth in the summit you

04:53said countries responsible for warming up the planet should help pay to deal with climate change what

04:59effect does global warming have on vulnerable populations in the global south it's all created

05:05by our habits our way of dealing with each other our businesses our policies and so on all made of

05:12this civilization wherever you go buy buy buy discount bargain you produce things which people will use once

05:22and throw away so it's a waste creating system as long as our lifestyle is not adjusted to the safety and

05:31security of the planet will destroy this civilization doesn't believe in safety security of the plan they

05:40want to enjoy themselves so we have to be responsible and we have to create a civilizations of responsibility that

05:49how to protect the planet and then leave here in a decent responsible way so we need to create that

05:55what are the challenges in providing clean water in Bangladesh and the global south everywhere same

06:01problem you pollute and you look for clean water you you throw all the plastic into your river and you

06:08look at clean water you throw all the garbage in the river in your water system you look for clean water so

06:15you put all the kind of chemicals to clean it and so on and you pollute water more because you put

06:20chemicals into it that's not sustainable absolutely you have to change your lifestyle with many

06:27Bhangadishis worried about their where the next meal is coming from how do you convince the public that

06:32climate change and sustainability are important issues to address with the poor people the people who

06:38are worrying about the next meal they don't care about the environment and so on because you don't

06:44care about the environment either so how can you tell other people to care about it when you do yourself

06:50don't believe in it you have created a system where you are always encouraging to buy it's a either

06:57it's a Christmas or eat bye bye bye all you are creating waste you buy into it away so you are encouraging that

07:06and then asking somebody else to do that opposite you can't do that you have to build a system where

07:12you follow the rules for everybody we all have to make sure our lifestyle is not waste creating lifestyle

07:20it's a lifestyle which we reuse it will protect we preserve not throw away if you look at the

07:27vegetable industry around the world particularly in Europe almost 40% of the vegetable is thrown away

07:35fresh vegetable why because they don't fulfill the standard shape waste creating throwing good

07:42food away good things good shirt away because it's out of fashion you created something called fashion

07:48fashion industry what meaning that today what we are wearing tomorrow you must not wear that

07:54fashion industry they brainwashed you it's a good shirt good dress good thing yesterday it was hot item

08:00today it's better let's listen since 2010 katar science and technology park has been home to the

08:11conical phillips global water sustainability center in recent years the company has invested in

08:17developing innovative solutions for treating produced water from the oil and gas industry the idea is to

08:23show qatar has added its voice to the global water sustainability conversation

08:30this state-of-the-art facility serves one main purpose to analyze water and provide support not

08:36only in qatar but to many countries the global water sustainability center brings together the experience

08:42and expertise of engineers and analytical scientists which makes it unique michelle almas is one of three

08:49qatari scientists on the team a part of our mission involved really supporting the country's capacity

08:55building and focusing on the cultivation of local talents of engineers and scientists and as a qatari

09:01engineer since i joined the center there has been a journey of development opportunities to enhance my

09:08technical skills and knowledge as well as broaden my creativity and innovation the center is the research

09:14arm of oil and gas company conical phillips they conduct research in water and wastewater treatment

09:20technology including seawater desalination dr samar adam says for every barrel of oil three to four

09:27barrels of water are also produced in the past we used to really dispose it we inject it back to the reservoir

09:35to maintain pressure and enhance oil recovery however with the increased pressure on regulations as well as

09:42environmental sustainability guidelines and also advancement of the water technologies opportunities

09:48are being looked upon right now to how to treat this water and recycle it for beneficial reuse that's a

09:54large part of why his team created the global water sustainability center 15 years ago to come up with new

10:01ways to manage this byproduct before we establish the center many of the water samples used to be shipped overseas

10:08for analysis and we have this state of the art laboratory right now and you really unique expertise

10:14and we are able to send the samples directly to our lab here and come which facilitate the shipping as

10:20well as the quickness and the fastness of coming up with a solution water related research is one thing

10:27but getting the word out to the public is another here at the water visitor center the gwsc hopes these

10:34interactive hands-on exhibits promoting water conservation awareness will engage people at a

10:40grassroots level especially school children by teaching children about water conservation the hope

10:46is it will show how they can make a difference in their own homes iman el shamari leads the outreach

10:52program for the water visitor center patar is a water scariest country and the focus has been to get the

10:59water supplies from the salty sea through desalination desalination is highly energy intensive and costly

11:08treatment technology so that means every drop count and in the oil and gas sector there is a waste water

11:15is generated so at the gwsc we are focusing on treating this water to be recycled and to reuse in the plants

11:25and that way we minimize the demand on the expense of desalinated water in the industry

11:34from sustainability experts weighing in on efforts to conserve water to a nobel peace prize winner

11:40discussing ways we pollute our most valuable resource we hope you enjoyed learning about some

11:45initiatives underway to protect our planet but that's all the time we have for now for more check out

11:50euronews.com and connect with us to our hashtag thanks for watching and we'll see you next time on qatar 365

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