for the mission is to send the 1st female jasmine, shorter space, the gender gap in space exploration. germany's 1st female astronaut has been waiting for years to get her turn. a private initiative is pushing to make it happen to me personally, it's just a dream. i've always had of always wanted to see the us for destiny. space starts more change on d w ah ah hm. mm. mm. mm mm. getting goods from a to b has always been central to economic growth. but in turbulent times,

existing trade routes can be taken for granted in a moment will take you to georgia. it's a key gateway between china and the you. and crucially, one that's circumvents russia. but 1st a look at what else we have coming up. a new juncture, driving change in car loving india. here comes the sun. pakistan embraces renewables. and how a trainee doctor from columbia has made germany for new home. i'm k. ferguson. welcome to mate. now once upon a time, the silk road was a v gateway to global trait, dating back to the 2nd century b. c. it refers to a series of routes that connected europe and asia. up until the middle ages. traders would spend up to 2 years, transporting silk spices, and far as across the 6000 kilometer long route, crossing through deserts and maintenance along the way the flourishing trade even

led to the establishment of whole new cities like samarkand. and bu kara, in modern day, is back as done. as the shipping industry developed, the importance of the route waned. but in recent years, china thought to rejuvenate its role in connecting trading partners by investing in a new self road. among the countries involved is georgia. it's geographical position, that means it can act as an asian european connection that avoids russia, an advantage in these times of geopolitical tension. karl, how can poke sent us this report. jabberwock who blushed really drives up and down george's narrow highways every day. to day he'll be taking his truck over the infamous recoating pass on the route from. but to me on the black sea coast to back who in as a but john the old road as possible at the moment. but it's

a different matter when there's heavy snow cou. blush, philly is hoping that will change with the new highway. his of our reserve, our colleagues, are the new. hi. we will make it easier for us to drive more safely, which will mean fewer accidents and traffic jams, although i believe are not as many puzzles as now. how do you agree on that? we really made driving difficult. walker dealt with the east west highway as part of china's belton road initiative, also known as the new silk road. even if the world bank is helping to finance the upgrade, the china road and bridge corporation, a state and company, is in charge of construction. the work as a chinese, even the equipment and materials, a chinese many of the residents living along the old road. so souvenirs for a living. they make ceramics, they get good business, especially during the summer. for over rule the

new highways. good. don't about your progress is always good, but for us villages it's bad because we'll lose our customers. our business would be better along this old road. here, long for thought of construction is progressing slowly in this tough terrain. this stretch won't be finished for years. georgians are employed as drivers or assistance the construction site, directing traffic. for example, for 7 years a day or 2. we don't care. we've got work. 80 percent of the residents here support the highway construction. we finally got work. we're not complaining. but in a neck, leah plans for a modern deep sea port. her floundered. a consortium led by u. s. and georgian companies had secured pledges for financing. the black sea is

deep enough here to accommodate freighters that can hold more than 9000 steel shipping containers. it would have been a key logistics hub, acting b e u in china. but in january 2020, the georgian government put on the brakes much to the dismay of local residence. at mound of 42, if there were report our lives would improve akira, they're not just in a nuclear, it would be good for all if georgia you, i still hope the port will be built in. i don't mind driving your about the president promises everything, but nothing happens over if our old president alicia shock us really we're still in office. the poor would already built a lot and it will you live with georgia could become an important staging post between the e u and asia, a gateway to the new silk road to and from china and one that 2nd vents, russia, the so called middle corridor called back to georgia to the port

city of ot, the port is owned by danish shipping company mask. n rollinson is in charge here. right now, only smaller container ships conducted possi to be economically viable on the new. so growed it would have to accommodate much larger vessels. the harbor would have to be 17 meters deep rather than 8 meters. as it is now. we have another $100.00 hectares of land which is currently undeveloped and those we will develop. we will at 700 meters of detroit. he we will dredge and 50 meters. we will build an in break water to protect the new bus from the, from the weather and that will enable us to handle the deepest vessels which cool into the black sea today. the pools have been to me near potty is also hitting its

limits and it to can't accommodate the largest vessels. if the new silk road middle corridor through georgia is to become competitive and everything will have to become bigger and more efficient. the harbor base and then back to me will have to be dredged. so bigger container ships can dog their proposed d port a port at a natalie out would have been better suited to the job. many georgians believe the deep sea port at a nat clia was torpedoed by russian interests. they say pressure was exerted on the georgia government brazil gears were jealous also no reliable. russia is blocking the port in a nuclear because it wants to honda you on hold you a well organize middle court or is important to us and that requires the a nuclear port. nicole to dora is what we call

a gold gold rewards. the bolt on ugly, recently judges government has said its considering reviving the enact leah project . chuck driver, shabby peck who blush really also hopes the deep sea port will get the green light after all. then he wouldn't have to worry about getting enough work, travel or next or for it brings us to bangalore in india, rising. our ownership has made it one of the most pollution cities in the country, threatening health and lessening quality of life. the trend is playing out in urban design to with car centric visions dominating residential planning. but is there another approach? oh, round the world from paris to vienna. everybody's trying to solve the transport problem. my wife casias in the west have mostly stagnated. developing countries like india, i still at the beginning of the curve and things have changed dramatically here

just since i was growing up in bangalore. now when i make my yearly trips home, the city has changed so much that i barely even recognize it. to understand what take started this, we need to rewind to a dime when i was this tiny. as i was taking my 1st steps in the i was seeing a leap forward in 1090 is the central government liberalized, the economy luring import tariffs on taxes. which meant among other things that the car market could mature. bangla city specifically began to sell itself as aisha. as i t hobb. american companies outsource, that software will care. and people from around the country migrated the population and income source. as did costing me specifically about always has been associate man, i want to keep improving the thought i have, i see these ideas because it with car ownership in india is still very low compared

to european or north american countries and almost do towards of the population still cycles walks takes public transport like buses or metro but over 80 percent of people. so they say they would like to own a car which adds up over the countries population, economic spiting, as well as the society. this fighting is often conflicts with these larger and sustainable development goods. it was not the situation when americans were a good thing. we'll live on europe and sort of get things done via so they enjoyed, you know, their time by enjoying their well, enjoying god, etc. but today in bins i told not to do so and off the sustained one more than want cities responses have historically been to create more space for cars, widening roads, where they can are building flyovers. but professor, god months, research shows that infrastructural interventions will never be effective. any opportunity where you cleared more space road space to accommodate

more spots from vehicles would only increase more and more people to buy on their cars because it's affordable. we have still not really the saturation level, so in no time save in 6 months, you would realize that the external wired and spreads the nucleotide is again filled with the cars. often, road designs have been directly copied from the west, conceived by panels who visited u. s. cities in the 19 nineties and brought back road maps. but these don't work in cities that are so densely built and have no space for cars. trucks or s u v 's no drive on drones that can barely handle do at a time such cost centric designs have spilled under the way newer residential complexes from bangalore to new delhi are being developed to this complex game. but on the, on a go and that are a 1000 plus families living here to access their basic needs like food off schools

. they have to walk a minimum of say, 15 minutes, which isn't really practical. and so people living here, i'm much more likely to become more and more dependent on that cause. 15 minutes may not sound like much, but it isn't exactly a cakewalk. the cause centric design tends to ignore the development of all other forms of transport, including walking, cycling, even to go to the bus stop, which are all of course, more climate friendly and obstacle course for me. but for the elderly or those with disabilities, the problems are much, much worse. and this is having a disastrous impact on indian cities. air pollution is on the rise across the country and the quantity of indexes dropping. where one's children ticket on the streets cause now park, globally, regal emissions are soaring, faster than any other sector. but it isn't just cars. do we lose? are the most commonly own private vehicles. and almost all freight in india is

transported by chuck and both contribute significantly. you see yourself like giving up your car or anything else? no, really no. i think because of our roads and just the traffic. yeah, no, i was not going anywhere anytime soon. when i do for you guilty, i know that all that carbon footprint, but then what do you do if there is no other system in place, you do have to have a car. the government at central and state level need to have a very clear cut focused policies to nudge the travel choices and behavior. in a way that you make these and tentative mort over to a promo thing, whether it is public transport or walking cycling. as water tech to more, to use policies that distance in devices, the personal vehicles and their use and incentivizes the use of public transport, walking, cycling, changing the way people interact with transport has and is happening the world over

. especially after the pandemic brought some of these issues big fleet light. since january 2021 francis flocked to wit, tax on heavy vehicles like su, visa, adding as much as $40000.00 euros to a new cars priced at. copenhagen has been over 400 kilometers a bike live experts, a pilot product when needed before such concepts are fully adopted in india. sometimes when you would use people solution back work, let's see buddha and just pre owned directly in a small town of teams helping the us. it is tricky. it may not work. so what you do need to do is bring the concept quickly tested on the ground to see does this work in our, the buzzword at the moment is transit oriented development, which is to put public transport like buses on metro's at the center and develop life around in the best, even a small percentage,

less than like 5 percent off the funds that are invested into the metro for improving access with been the neighborhood around metro stations that launched populations living in the center could be the black system at the moment, over 80 percent of public spending goes to big ticket products like flyer was in high with the risk to split between buses and metro's with less than 2 percent. going to improve lives for cyclists and walkers. if we have to go back to the deals and redo it on, things might be quite different. of course it's always easier in retrospect, but india is still developing and still has a rare chance to leap frog into a sustainable future. so at a difficult point in dying where millions of people still have unfulfilled aspirations, but we need to find creative ways to put the planet and the quality of people's

lives back in the center of the story. creative solutions are also being forced in neighboring pakistan, which finds itself in the grips of a power crisis. widespread black, i asked you to crumbling infrastructure and made worth by devastating floods. have highlighted the urgent need for a new energy policy. at present, the country still relies heavily on imported fossil fuels, but there are hopes that solar could provide a brighter future ah, crumbling transmission infrastructure, massive black house, and rising electricity bills. these are only a few of the many problems that face millions of household, some businesses in pakistan. and jim, we have 9 hours of power cuts daily payment about bills, a much more costly, some monthly bills on our $5.00 times higher bidder. now that we cannot afford electricity and our mental health is suffering, you're under my like the out,

the bills keep increasing, but sometimes we don't even have electricity for up to 3 hours. they did fuck it's us energy sector heavily. there lies on fossil fuel to $64.00, but some of it select the speed is produced with wanted oil, gas tank good. but the raising fuel and gas prices often rushes in region off. you bring it in countries like boxes to take that put measures. what's the position dimension? did you have an energy sources? here in the middle of a concrete jungle. sunny weather and rooftops work together to generate solar power . dozens of photo voltaic panels are installed on the dr. ruth fowl, simple hospitals, 12 different rooftops, hair in karachi. maintenance engineers say at our salon, ali says the solar system has a maximum capacity of $1.00 megawatts,

and it will be operational for at least 2 decades. the be currently generation. this is operational now is chanel here? or do believe it generates around $7000.00 units of electricity, daily hospital, and covers 40 percent of the civil hospital's power requirements a which are later adjusted by the karachi electric company. i just wanna get there . a pakistan's goal is to increase the ratio of renewable energy sources like solar and wind power to 60 percent by 2030 currently less than 2 percent of the countries, electricity is generated by solar power and solar energy projects. director matthews arc met kazi says that 35 public sector hospital buildings have transitioned to solar energy generating 20 megawatts across the southern province of send, thanks to funding from the world bank market on roman called me. and tom, i have drawn to pakistan, envisions that 20 percent of the national grid will run on solar energy by 2030. so

this will get done. we're using thermal power and imported fuels, which is why prices are soaring with its own government. the same government has used this project to revitalize 35 hospitals that say, 12 of which are in karachi. and we've already generated $6760000.00 units of electricity this year, which is equivalent to a $120000000.00 tons of carbon emissions 1000000 tons of the call one. and we sure that's the equivalent amount of carbon emitted in oxygen produced by around $13.00 to $14000.00 trees with those k equivalent ah, more industries and commercial organizations in pakistan, a turning to solar solutions. and in recent years, there's been a strong surge in the domestic installation of rooftop photovoltaic panels. but the countries slumping economy and record high inflation is stunting the growth of the solar power industry. because he come to now prices have increased even more than before lunch. get it so some taxes are decreasing. now grandma, but prices depend on the exchange rate when the value of the us dollar increases

leah to that prices go higher than the job already. generally of the tragic impacts of climate change can also be observed in the recent floods that devastated pakistan causing a total of $30000000000.00 us dollars in damages and economic losses. the development of renewable energy strategies with low carbon transmission is a race against time. and post is an uphill battle for the country, especially during its current state of economic and political uncertainty. one expert says that pakistan needs to also focus on supporting the local manufacturing of vital components like batteries to reduce its dependency on impulse, we have to have a ready friendly policy to work with the adoption of solar, which means we have to reduce bottlenecks as far as financing is concerned, as far as getting this equipment from neighboring china, that is way more. so the of production of these equipment lies. and we have to also

incentivize indigenous using the equipment manufacturing of solar, banners, and inverters and back phase of that. yet further able to reduce costs and any supply chain bottlenecks that might exist in the future. more solar plants could solve pakistan's, chronic energy crisis. but transitioning to renewable energy requires dependable, long term policies, extensive investments and technical support from both the local and international communities. now here in germany, we often hear bite skills shortages, especially in the health care sector, where policy makers are keen to attract how'd from abroad in our next support, we'll meet daniella whisk a training doctor from colombia, his chosen to make germany her home. i mean, what if my name is daniella killed england? i'm from budget of columbia. i'm 26 years old. and at the moment i work as a doctor in berlin that live

in columbia. is it a little, is relatively difficult in columbia for doctors to specialize in idol. there just aren't any residency spots and specializing is really expensive. i think i have better career opportunities here and i live in germany. doctors receive a monthly salary during their residency. that's completely out of the question in columbia. really feel imp in saudi i as one of the world's leading university hospitals. we welcome people from all over the world to empower health care science and teaching. early money at the national process with germany has a unique procedure for recognizing the qualifications of doctors trained outside the country. you want to specialize. they have to take 2 different tests, opening nato for them are 1st. they take an oral exam to determine whether they have the linguistic skills needed to practice medicine in german or get them being

that they can speak well enough to attend to patients and determine what symptoms, what acute symptoms they're experiencing in leather. when the breath younger 2nd is a state exam to make sure that foreign doctors have the medical knowledge, they need a respectful, amazing lack or hear my colleagues have been a really big help frame. can even tell me that i've received a lot of support here in germany, allowed us. i speak german, but there are still a few words that might need correcting. sometimes it's just the accent went on monica. my colleagues are always there for me and they help me remember what they tell me about medicines i might not have known about in columbia. the the team works well together. i feel supported and i've learned a lot. i already neil of, of the school and process leveling that ellen was started learning german 3 years ago. it is,

i live in bethesda, maryland. i started in columbia in practice every day of german is a difficult language in pico painting. nissan you prophecy and my dream is to finish my residency in germany and then to open a practice here. my own practice where i'd also be able to treat spanish speaking patient with him is complete and i'll let him on your alley. woke up in february when i arrived in berlin, i saw right away. how multicultural it is that the people who live here come from all over the world though. tell me that can you, can i 1st i thought it would be hard to find people who speak spanish, but a lot of people here speak. it was i come in, can't i read what i love about berlin and germany is the feeling of safety. i can walk around on my phone without worrying about being robbed and processed. let me get out. but emigrating isn't as easy as it sometimes made out to be on social

media of his or can i get out of a, it's a process that requires discipline focus, and perseverance he owned by the 3rd anthea long, oh, when is the moment the wife now i miss my family all the time. and then for him from i tried to do a video cool with them every day. someone that i knew i spent a lot, i really loved columbia and seeing the close of kim math and i buy things that remind me of her name like of a buzz and sweet and also set them at meals. i yeah. could you go? yeah, nobody else. yes, but i think i always miss my country in my family. he's in the, in the angle fix that i know both lose the job. i mean that i would definitely recommend that all my doctor colleagues in columbia come to germany to do their residency. yeah. it's worth the risk and brings you so many benefits when you do it, more children must go up to for work on the life. sometimes you just have to go for

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