00:03Musi
00:04Wydaje się w wyborcu
00:05Urodzią się problemu
00:06Wydaje się w tym czasie
00:12Wydaje się, że bry się w kontakcie
00:13Wydaje się, że wybrany jest wybrany
00:16Zabierający się na ziemiach
00:18Zabierający się wstąpiu
00:20W tym odcinku
00:22Wydaje się w Turku
00:23Wydaje się, które wyszymy się w budynek
00:25I w budynku
00:27Then we travelled to landlocked Uzbekistan,
00:31where the government is fitting filters and real-time monitors to factories
00:34and backing a national plan to clean up the air.
00:37This tug, built in Turkey, runs on batteries alone.
00:40The country shipbuilders say it was the world's first zero-emission tug,
00:44and that they now run the largest fleet of electric tugs anywhere.
00:47In fact, we are always discussing about decarbonisation,
00:51but sometimes we are missing the air pollution site.
00:54Our intention is we are living in a community in Tuzla region, in shipyard region,
00:59so we don't want to emit carbon dioxide, and also we don't want to,
01:05in fact, we don't want particulate matter.
01:07So we found the solution in Turkey in order to make our air clean.
01:13It's very important because the vast majority of the pores are inside the cities,
01:18so these are also very important for the community health.
01:21Tugs, ferries and pilot boats work close to shore in almost every country.
01:26Turkey shipbuilders say they are too often overlooked.
01:29In fact, all these ships are global ships because all over the world,
01:34every country has some kind of ships, tug boats, pilot boats, small vessels, ferries.
01:40In fact, the community really focused on ocean-going bigger ships, but there is a missing part.
01:46But before we started, it's not a proven technology, but now we can say that, yes, we can electrify tug
01:53boats
01:53and also some ferries and some other small boats to avoid from the carbon emissions,
02:00avoid from air pollution.
02:02The technology is proven, she says. Paying for it is harder.
02:06The private sector has some abilities, but unfortunately there should be a finance mechanism in order to support this transition
02:15from conventional vessels to alternative fuels, battery vehicles and other wind-assisted propulsion systems.
02:22Changing industry also means changing how the next generation is trained.
02:26At Turkey's Specialist Maritime University, environmental courses are now part of the teaching.
02:31So we have Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Asian Sea and Mediterranean Sea,
02:37so the maritime industry is important for Turkey.
02:41The maritime industry is huge globally, so what we teach to our students is not important just for them, but
02:51also the whole world.
02:52Turkey is helping to find the solution of air pollution in the maritime industry.
02:58We are nurturing the future, so we see AI as a powerful tool to solve these environmental problems.
03:06And we teach our students in that way.
03:10Cleaner ships are one part of the answer. Knowing what is in the air is another.
03:14A professor at Samson University says it starts with health.
03:18It matters because this air pollution is a health method for people, especially for respiratory problems,
03:26and of course some asthma and some other cardiac problems can happen with this air pollution.
03:32This air pollution is a global issue, not a local issue, because wind blows,
03:36and when the pollutants take from somewhere, it takes even from hundreds and hundreds of kilometers,
03:40sometimes thousands it takes. So it's a global phenomenon, not a local.
03:45Back in the shipyards, the industry says its technology is ready for others to use.
03:50So we are always open any kind of cooperation to make the world more cleaner and safer.
03:57That's all from Turkey. Electric tugs are one way to cut emissions at sea,
04:02but for millions of people, the air they breathe is shaped by what happens closer to home.
04:06We now head to Uzbekistan, where their focus moves from the sea to the factory floor,
04:12and the government is pushing industry to clean up what it releases.
04:16Air pollution is a challenge in several parts of Uzbekistan.
04:19Official assessments record periods of pollution above established standards in Tashkent,
04:25Navoyi, Prigana, Cherchuk, and Termes. Industry heating and traffic all contribute,
04:30alongside dust and weather conditions. A World Bank assessment published in 2024
04:36found PM2.5 levels in Tashkent well above the World Health Organization guideline.
04:42In late 2025, Uzbekistan stepped up its response as sources increased inspections of factories,
04:50heating facilities, construction sites, and greenhouses around Tashkent.
04:55But not all of the pollution comes from sources as sources can directly control.
05:17Other sources can be tackled closer to where emissions are produced.
05:21At this automotive engine plant in Tashkent, pollution control begins before emissions leaves the factory.
05:27We have installed air treatment plant, like scrubber, wet scrubber, filters, bag filters,
05:38in order to reduce emissions, which goes to the air.
05:43This year we installed an automotive air monitoring station for dust monitoring.
05:49There are two different jobs happening here.
05:52A company like this is designed to remove pollutants from the air produced by the factory.
05:56The monitoring system that measures what remains before the emissions reach the atmosphere.
06:02In March, the response was expanded into the nationwide Clean Air Project for 2026 to 2030.
06:09The program targets a 10.5% cut in overall emissions by 2030 and a 10% reduction from transport.
06:17But emissions alone do not determine pollution levels.
06:20The Alem historian says so much in the atmosphere as well.
06:33The environment has a dippamasphere.
06:34The heat is a climate change.
06:36It has very high quality change as well as natural weather.
06:37But there are no need to be increased.
06:38The environmental.
06:38The air control has defined as the air quality.
06:39The air quality and тоstable pressure on the air levels.
06:42The air pollution could be increased.
06:45And the air quality.
06:46The air pollution could be increased.
06:49And the air pollution could be increased.
06:50It has to be increased.
06:50W imieści delle informacje w Chorowskowie znalazły w Wrocławiu i stansi.
06:58Aby w sprawności znalazły się na atmosferę na waktu reprezentacji.
07:06Nie tylko poniwaga z Fundu Monitoring Stansii,
07:08ponieważ w znalazł się w Stanach Horskowie,
07:13znalazły się w randu lub potrawy Rewakty.
07:16Wydaje mi się, że to jest prada.
07:17The center monitors the data around the clock
07:20and can dispatch inspectors
07:21if limits are exceeded.
07:23One monitoring station can tell us
07:25what is happening here.
07:27A network of them can begin to show
07:28how air pollution moves across an entire city,
07:31where it rises, when it falls
07:33and where people may be most exposed.
07:37From the shipyards of Turkey
07:39to the factories of Uzbekistan,
07:41the push for cleaner air is gathering pace.
07:43The real measure of success
07:45will be in the air people breathe
07:47in the years ahead.
07:48That's all for this episode of Earth Now.
07:51See you next time.
