00:00Você throw all the garbage
00:04of the city, all the garbage of the factories
00:05all the garbage of the household, throw it into the water
00:08and you ask for clean water
00:10that's not sustainable, you have to
00:12change your lifestyle
00:13I hope that we're
00:16building the foundation for
00:17the agritech industry
00:19to transform food
00:21industry and the whole world
00:23Hello, welcome to
00:27Cutthew365 with me
00:29Adil Halim, on this episode
00:31we continue to explore sustainability
00:33initiatives happening across the country
00:35and understand how new
00:37solutions in place help conserve
00:39the earth's most valuable resource
00:41water. I also sit
00:43down with Nobel laureate, Professor
00:46Mohamed Yunus to find out how he
00:47thinks we could do a better job
00:49of protecting the planet. But first
00:51Yohanna Hu's visited two companies
00:53in Doha that have turned to the sky
00:55to power their pioneering food
00:57and water systems on the ground
01:00Water is the essence
01:02of life, but in the GCC
01:04with its harsh climate and limited
01:06freshwater sources, technology
01:08is crucial for producing sufficient
01:10and sustainable drinking water
01:12Eco-friendly technology company Skydrops offers an innovative solution
01:16a water generation plant that captures moisture
01:20from the sky to produce drinking water
01:22that, quite literally, has come out of thin air
01:24In the GCC
01:26you never run out of humidity
01:28so I think it's a really untapped resource
01:30When we say that our water is ultra-pure
01:32this is not a marketing gimmick
01:33this is a scientific term because when you capture water from the air
01:38you're not capturing a lot of the toxins
01:40and a lot of the metals that you typically
01:42get from groundwater
01:43and also throughout the water plant
01:45we've made it very, very important for us
01:47to really cut out microplastics
01:49and then distribute it also in a sustainable manner
01:52with reusable glass and aluminum bottles
01:54People may have a concern about the quality of air
01:57from which the water is extracted
01:59However, we have air filters to filter out the intake air
02:04and then carbon and spun filters and also UV light
02:07to purify the extracted water
02:09so that's why the water is thoroughly purified
02:12and safe for consumption
02:13Much of the region's drinking water
02:15currently comes from so-called desalination
02:17the process of removing salt and minerals from the sea
02:21but the costs of desalination are high
02:23for government's pockets and the planet
02:25The toxins that's released in the air
02:27this is something very difficult to get around
02:29because it is a very heavy manufacturing process of water
02:33and also because of the brine that it releases
02:36into the marine ecosystem
02:37and the damage that it can have on marine life
02:39So I think with atmospheric water generation
02:41because we're operating on such a small carbon footprint
02:45it's a much more sustainable option
02:48But Qatar is increasingly recognizing
02:50the potential of harnessing humidity
02:52and turning scarcity into sustainability
02:55Another company in Qatar
02:56Agritech startup VeeFarms
02:58also extracts moisture from the sky
03:01but not to quench the thirst of humans
03:03but of crops
03:05VeeFarms has developed a climate resilient technology
03:07that allows farmers to grow produce
03:10in remote and arid locations
03:12but without the need for an external water
03:14or electricity supply
03:16Of course the main problems here are the heat
03:20the humidity
03:21and not being able to grow
03:25conventionally
03:26So what we did we created the controlled climate
03:31where we use the waters that we're harvesting from the air
03:33and where we're utilizing solar energy
03:36We're not using any pesticides
03:38and what makes our farm more sustainable than others
03:41particularly in Qatar and in this region
03:45is that we can provide all year round production
03:48for certain crops
03:50which you cannot achieve outdoors
03:51VeeFarms technology is in its infancy
03:54They are still testing the waters
03:56if you will of sustainable farming
03:58But its founder says its eco-friendly systems
04:00are a step towards achieving global food and water security
04:04drop by drop
04:05Our main mission is to feed
04:07the growing population of the world
04:10with environmentally friendly technologies
04:13I hope that we're building the foundation
04:15for the agritech industry
04:18to transform food industry and the whole world
04:24As Chief Advisor of Bangladesh's interim government
04:27His Excellency Professor Dr. Mohamed Yunus
04:29leads the country dealing with corruption
04:31a struggling economy
04:33and coping with the effects of climate change
04:35The latter is one of the topics he's come to discuss
04:38at this year's Earthna Summit
04:39a forum with the goal of advancing sustainability
04:42in hot and arid environments
04:44I sat down with the 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner
04:48on the sidelines of the summit
04:51Welcome to Doha
04:52You're here at the Earthna Summit
04:53You said countries responsible for warming up the planet
04:56should help pay to deal with climate change
04:59What effect does global warming have
05:01on vulnerable populations in the global south?
05:04It's all created by our habits
05:06our way of dealing with each other
05:08our businesses
05:09our policies and so on
05:11all made of the civilization
05:13wherever you go buy, buy, buy
05:16discount, bargain
05:19you produce things which people
05:22will use once and throw away
05:23so it's a waste creating system
05:26as long as our lifestyle
05:28is not adjusted to the safety
05:30and security of the planet
05:32we'll destroy it
05:33this civilization doesn't believe in safety
05:38security of the planet
05:40they want to enjoy themselves
05:42so we have to be responsible
05:44and we have to create a civilization
05:46of responsibility
05:49that how to protect the planet
05:50and then live here
05:52in a decent responsible way
05:54so we need to create that
05:55what are the challenges in providing clean water in Bangladesh
05:59and the global south?
06:00everywhere same problem
06:02you pollute and you look for clean water
06:04you you throw all the plastic into your river
06:07and you look for clean water
06:10you throw all the garbage in your river
06:12in your water system
06:14you look for clean water
06:15so you put all the kind of chemicals
06:17to clean it and so on
06:18and you pollute water more
06:19because you put chemicals into it
06:22that's not sustainable
06:22something has to give right
06:23absolutely
06:24you have to change your lifestyle
06:26with many Bangladeshis worried about
06:28where the next meal is coming from
06:30how do you convince the public
06:31that climate change and sustainability
06:33are important issues to address
06:36with the poor people
06:37the people who are worrying about the next meal
06:40they don't care about the environment and so on
06:44because you don't care about the environment either
06:46so how can you tell other people to care about it
06:49when you yourself don't believe in it
06:51you have created a system where
06:52you're you're always encouraging to buy
06:56it's a either it's a christmas or eat buy buy buy
07:00all you are creating waste
07:02you're buying through anyway
07:04so you are encouraging that
07:07and then asking somebody else to do that
07:09opposite you can't do that
07:11you have to build a system where you follow the rules for everybody
07:15we all have to make sure our lifestyle is not waste creating lifestyle
07:20it's a lifestyle which we reuse we protect
07:24we preserve
07:25known through every if you look at the
07:28vegetable industry
07:31around the world particularly in europe
07:33almost 40 percent of the vegetable is thrown away
07:36fresh vegetable
07:37why because they don't fulfill the standard shape
07:40waste creating throwing good food away
07:43good things good shirt away because it's out of fashion
07:46you created something called fashion fashion industry
07:50what meaning that today what we are wearing tomorrow you must not wear that
07:54fashion industry they brainwashed you
07:57it's a good shirt good dress good thing
07:59yesterday it was a hot item today it's a bad item
08:03that's wishing
08:08since 2010 katar science and technology park has been home to the conoco phillips
08:12global water sustainability center
08:15in recent years the company has invested in developing innovative solutions for treating
08:19produced water from the oil and gas industry
08:22the idea is to show qatar has added its voice to the global water sustainability conversation
08:30this state-of-the-art facility serves one main purpose
08:33to analyze water and provide support not only in qatar but to many countries
08:38the global water sustainability center brings together the experience and expertise
08:43of engineers and analytical scientists which makes it unique
08:47michelle almas is one of three qatari scientists on the team
08:51a part of our mission involved really supporting the country's capacity building and focusing
08:56on the cultivation of local talents of engineers and scientists
09:00and as a qatari engineer since i joined the center there has been a journey of development
09:06opportunities to enhance my technical skills and knowledge as well as broaden my creativity and
09:12innovation the center is the research arm of oil and gas company conical phillips
09:17they conduct research in water and wastewater treatment technology including seawater desalination
09:23dr samar adam says for every barrel of oil three to four barrels of water are also produced
09:29in the past we used to really dispose it we injected back to the reservoir to maintain pressure
09:36and enhance oil recovery however with the increased pressure on regulations as well as environmental
09:43sustainability guidelines and also advancement of the water technologies opportunities are being
09:49looked upon right now to how to treat this water and recycle it for beneficial reuse that's a large
09:55part of why his team created the global water sustainability center 15 years ago to come up with
10:01new ways to manage this byproduct before we established the center many of the water samples used to be
10:06shipped overseas for analysis and we have this state-of-the-art laboratory right now and your unique
10:13expertise and we are able to send the samples directly to our lab here and come which facilitate the
10:20shipping as well as the quickness and the fastness of coming up with a solution water related research is
10:26one thing but 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 grassroots level
10:41especially school children by teaching children about water conservation the hope is it will show how they can
10:48make a difference in their own homes iman el shamari leads the outreach program for the water visitor center
10:54Qatar is a water scarce country and the focus has been to get the water supplies from the salty sea through
11:02desalination desalination is highly energy intensive and costly treatment technology so that means every
11:10drop count and in the oil and gas sector there is waste water is generated so at the gwsc we are focusing on
11:19treating this water to be recycled and to reuse and the plant and that way we minimize the demand on the
11:28expensive desalinated water in the industry
11:34from sustainability experts weighing in on efforts to conserve water to a nobel peace prize winner discussing
11:40ways we pollute our most valuable resource we hope you enjoyed learning about some initiatives underway
11:46to protect our planet but that's all the time we have for now for more check out euronews.com and connect
11:51with us to our hashtag thanks for watching and we'll see you next time on qatar 365
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