>> welcome to global 3000!0! this week, we go to paris to find out h how the pandemic is reaping the fafashion industry as we know it. we head to thailand where traffic congestion dogs the lives of commuters. but there are alternatives. but we begin in iran, where a crisis-mired economy and a second wave of the coronavirus are testing people's limits. one country, three crises. the first t is politicalal. iriran's government is bltlt

around ayatollah khameneand president rouhani, a setup that's viewed with suspicion by the u.s., israel a and saudi arabia in particulular. iran is al e embroil in long-r-running proxy wars s in syria and yemen. then there's the economy. strict u.s. sanctions have left iran in dire ecoconomic straits.s. flagging oil revenues, risgg inflflatio recesessi, even before the p pandemic, thehe econonomy was struruggling. now, it's hit rock-bottom. and then, there's the health crisis. iran was one of the first countries outside china to face high coronavirus infection figures. six months later, the virus is still not under control. how are iranians coping with all of this? >> after every customer, hamid disinfects his car inside and out. he tells us that no one would get into his taxi otherwise. despite this, most people are

still avoiding taxis for fear of getting infected. business is bad. today, hamid will drive us around tehran all day. finally, a good assignment for him. >> i have a few customers who still have not going out because of the coronavirus crisis. i go to the bank for them or shopping in the supermarket. but i still only earn half as much as before the coronavirus crisis. >> our first stop is tehran's grand bazaar. here, you'll understand why the numbers are going up again, he says. hamid stops at the entrance gate, saying he'll go no further than here. >> i don't go in there. it's very narrow and it's covered. it's way too crowded. the risk of getting infected is too high. you can see for yourself. i don't need to say any more. >> most people in tehran are wearing masks, but hardly anyone observes social distancing rules. we have an appointment with dr. anissian, an immunologist and adviser to the national coronavirus committee.

in just six days, he built a covid-19 emergency clinic, with the help of private donations. iran is experiencing a second wave of infections. the government is reporting over 2000 new cases every day. but anissian doubts that the number of confirmed caseses overall is accccurate. dr. dachshund >> i have not any scale to calculate exactly, but in my opinion, two million is real statatistics. >> the country had got over the first wave of infections. at the end of april, travel and lockdown restrictions were eased, shops and mosques began to gradually reopen. but in early june, the figures started rising again. videos posted online showed overcrowded hospitals, with patients on ventilators. reports said the country lacked medical supplies and hospital staff were overwhelmed. no one is prepared to confirm those reports on camera.

many are also afraid to criticize the government's decision not to impose a new lockdown, despite the rising number of cases. >> any policy of the government depends on the money, culture and the economic system. in our economy, our fragile economy, we are in sanctions. the people need to work. >> around 300 patients are cared for every day in his clinic. one in ten is positive. they're either put into quararantine or referred to hospitals. mehdi has been here several times. two weeks ago, he tested positive for covid-19. today, he came to get the results of his follow-up test. >> i'm no longer at risk myself, but i can infect others. i'm supposed to stay in quarantine for another five days. the situation has gotten really

intense. a few days ago, there was nothing going on here, and today, it's really full. >> hamid, our driver, is scared. he'd like the government to take more drastic action, but knows there's little chance of that happening. >> to enforce a strict quarantine, we would need enough money. but we simply don't have that. the government would h have to support the people financily so that we canan meet our daiy needs. but evidently, it's not able to do that. >> the country is in the midst of an economic crisis. we meet up with behzad, a jewelery designer, who tells us more. two years ago, we filmed him in his jewelry design school. hundreds of students trained with him. it was a real success story. iranian craftsmanship sold worldwide. but then came the u.s. sanctions. and the coronavirus. he shows us around an empty school building.

>> i have branches in tehran, shiraz, muscat and other citities, a totaofof eleven schools. some c cities are not red zone. they have very few infections. two schools are still open there. but all of the others are clososed. >> because there was no support from the government, he initially tried to continue in tehran. he reduced the number of students and ensured a safe distance between the workspaces. >> but things got worse. i was also afraid to come to work. it's all a bit complicated, as you know. >> there were some infections at the school. but he doesn't want to talk about that. he's worried about his students switching to the competition. for now, he's trying to get his company through the crisis with online courses. in the evening, hamid parks his taxi in front of his house. his eleven-year-old daughter is only allowed out with a face mask to ride her bike for a bit.

his wife hardly ever leaves the house. >> normally, i'd invite you into my apartment. bubut now withth the coronavi, my wife isis very particicular about safety, so we'd better stay outside. >> hamid's parents live around the corner. he hasn't visited them in months. a few words exchanged at the window is s all. his parents are old and sick, he tells us. and his job is risky. >> my mother had cancer. i watch out for her safety and often argue with my sister. i tell her not to visit our parents. but she still sometimes goes to help them. someone has to do that. dr. -- >> it's a balancing act that's tearing the country and its people apart. a struggle for survival in the midst of a pandemic and sanctions. >> a rather different struggle takes plplace every day on the roads of sprawling urbanrereas oundnd theorld..

long trafficic jams, smog-g-fid cies, coco2-itting v vicles. wiwill this go o on forever? so farar, the statisistics ofr littttle optimism.m. therere are aroundnd 1.3 billn cars, motorbrbikes and truruckn our planet.. together, ththey account f fo6 pepercent of glolobal co2 emisi. more envirironmentally f friey alternativeses that run onon electricity,ydrogen n or bio-methane haven't made much of a breakak-through so o far. and by mid-c-century, therere d be around 2 biion n vecles on r r road thailaland's capital, bangkok,s notorious for its traffic. drivers often waste hours sitting in jams. but our camera team there filming for our global ideas series met some people who are driving change. >> welcome to bangkok and to endless clogged streets. the traffic crawls along if it moves at all.

most of the drivers here are commuters who live in the thai capital's quiet suburbs. issaree jitrpatima is one of the millions of such commuters. she lives in the lak si district of northern bangkok. at 7:00 a.m., she begins her journey and eats her breakfast at the wheel. it's a pattern repeated by commuters all over the city. most choose to leave early as they don't know how long they'll need to get to work. >> the traffic varies from one day to the next. some days the congestion begins , right outside my door. other days it starts somewhere , along the journey. but more or less, the entire route from my place to work is congested. it's around 20 kilometres. -- 20 km.

>> the journey takes an hour and a half. she once worked out that she wastes 32 days of her life every year stuck in traffic. not to mention the impact on the environment caused by all the exhaust fumes. monitoring stations acrossss te cicity measure thehe air qualy and deliver the results to the city authorities. officials here say particulate matter is a real problem in bangkok, as they know from personal experience. >> personally, i like to go for walks in the city. sometimes i notice that it's difficult to breathe. there arare times when i get he and my eyes are watering. and sosometimes when i come in ththe house, my family starts sneezing, as if i had brought the particulate matter with me. >> and this is one of the worst culprits, the old diesel-powered buses that criss-cross the city.

most are around 25 years old. they're popular because they're cheap to ride. they account for around one third of all journeys made in the city. but they too getet stuck in traffic. around 60 percent of journeys are made by private car. that will have to change if thailand is to meet its pledge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2030. the government transport department says it's on the case. >> the first thing we have to do is build up a better public transporort network. only then, once there are enough public transport options for people to use, will we start tackling the issue of private cars. if people then still insist on using their own car, they will

have to pay a charge. >> one of the main plans is to expand the elevated rapid transit system or skytrain as it's known. in 2029, the network is set to cover 500 kilometers. right now, t trarain serves a relatitively small n number of people. only t three percentnt of all n journeys are made on the skrainin or dergrorounmetro sysystem. most of ththe passengersrs are young anand middle clalass. >> i find the skytrain is the most reliable way to travel. i need that for work. it means i can plan and know how long i need for the journey. not like the bus which sometimes , doesn't turn up or the driver refuses to let you on board.

>> i'm about to take the skytrain to siam station. it will take me 15 minutes. the same journey by taxi or car would take 40 minutes. it is so much faster. that's why i u use the skytrai. >> for those w who don't live near the train line, there's a relatively new service available an app that allows them to book , a tuk tuk, which will then take them to the nearest train station. the auto rickshaw is all-electric, providing a relatively quiet, emission-free journey to the skytrain. the company behind it, muvmi, has only been going three years. >> we are doing quite well. we've got some effect from the covid, but now we have recovered to the point before covid. and now we can get back to our , plan to expand to have 100

cars for this year and expand to many areas. >> like elsewhere, many people in bangkok have seen their income take a hit in the current pandemic. so the idea of introducing a toll for cars in the city is a sensitive issue. but experts advising the thai government say the experience from european cities such as london and stockholm shows it's normal for the public to oppose the idea at first. >> we use the international experience as the key to explain to thai people that for example even in sweden, before they implement it, the local people also have some doubts, also have some protest, but after the system is implemented, the people are happy about it. and from the result that they show, 90 percent of the local support the idea. >> the benefits would surely make it worthwhile, with better air quality and quieter and less congested roads.

and the income from the toll could be invested in further improving the public transport system. but in european cities too, the debate over cocongestion chahas continued for many years before action was taken. and many western countries still don't have congestion tolls. but things in bangkok clearly can't continue as they are. the city currently has over 19 million motorized vehicles. one million of them were added last year alone. >> getting from a to b can be a struggle, especially for those with disabilities. around a billion people worldwide experience some form of disability and millions of them rely on wheelchairs to get about. but while in industrialised nations almost everybody in need , of a wheelchair has access to one, in developing countries, just 10% do. that's why wheelchair makers, especially those who can think outside the box are in demand.

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with t this person.. so i havave to make susure y safety comomes first. > ine meantimeme, katie syokokau continues to ride matatus, dedespite e ririsk. she e has no choice if she wans to get around town. >> back in february, staying safe was a theme in milan, too. the timime, northern italy was one of the world's coronavirus hotspots and the trend-setting milan fashion week was overshadowed by a sense of unease. then, giorgio armani announced he would start presentnting hs new collections online. since then, ththat's becomee stanandard practicice. ththe pandemic h has instigata revovolution in ththe ilstrios woworld of fashion. >> this model is showing off an evening gown designed by julien foururnié for his fall-wintnter cocollection.

julien fournié is one of only 15 houses worldwide to bear the official haute couture label. but everything is different this season. even exclusive fashion is affected by the global pandemic. the new collection won't be unveiled i in a runway s show. instead, it's being filmed for a video that w will be shown online. and that calls for a whole new approach. >> it is the -- haute couture, it's movement, it's the way light reflects on embroidery. you can film it any way you like, but it's still just a video. so today we're shooting a film , about the evolution of a haute couture collection, rather than just showing a procession of models. i don't wawant to do what the other platforms are doing, flogging clothes. we're showing the genesis of a haute couture dress. >> this is how fournrnié prpresented his s collectios

pre-pandemicic. ththe shows tookok place sevel times a year in glamourous sesettings exquisisite designs,s, extortie prprice tags. every gogo a work of art. but does h haute couturere havy kind of relevance in the cororonavirus era? the pandemic has certain m made signers rethink at t thedo. >> the problem with fashion is that it's a hamster wheel. you hardly have time to enjoy one collection before you have to start on the next. you can lose your sense of joy. >> fashion is a fast-moving merry-go-ground. non-stop runway show j jostlin crowds, buyers and journalists whwho jet around the world so they never miss the latest sensation. more and more collections, increased production, increased demand. the e surface glososs of hih shioion his someme uy truthshs

>> there is a madness the world of fashion. it is a lunatic traveling circus. there is an international calendar. new york, paris, london, milan. in january, there are the haute couture shows, the menswear collections and in march, prêt à porter. >> the fast pace of fashion. but in paris at least, change is underway. the capital of high fashion is looking to reinvent itself as the capital of sustainable fashion. isabelle lefort is co-founder of paris good fashion, an indudustry association that ais to make fashion more ethical. responsible sourcing and responsible consumption are the cornerstones of its agenda. >> the coronavirus crisis has accelerated the movement. we need to do more to slow down the cycle of shows as well as production practices. we have to stop sourcing and producing on the cheap all over the world.

we should produce more locally here in france and across europe. >> as always the devil is in the , detail. >> that is better. >> lutz huelle from germany has lived in paris for nearly 25 years. he has his own label and designs prêt à porter fashion factory-made but still high quality. most of his business is in asia. his collections are intended to outlast a season and become wardrobe staples. the pandemic has had an impact on his approach too. for months, he had to deal with a fabric shortage. so he began recycling menswear. >> we started with a long sweatshirt. we altered the back. we had no fabric.

when i started making clothes again, i really had to think, how dodo we want to dress now? afafter everything that's happened, nothing can be the same again. it all needs to be simpler. >> for now, julien fourniéasas suspspendehis hahautcouturee shows. as high fashioprpresentaonss go online, the fanfare tha compmpanienew cocolltions haha been lost. but perhaps it's time f fashion t to rollp its perfecectly tailored s sleevesd reconsnsider whetherer it's all worth it. fashion in the age of the coronavivirus. >> and that's all from us at global 3000 this time.

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