Qatar's Ambitious Plan to Turn the Desert Green

Turning the Desert Green: Qatar is taking on climate change by providing sustainable sources of food and energy for growing desert populations. Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For similar stories see: The Hidden Brutality Of Qatar's FIFA World Cup Preparations https://youtu.be/LdrAd-44LW0 Saudi's Lavish Buildings Threaten To Overwhelm Mecca Site https://youtu.be/QsN__zB_2JM Imprisoned Without Trial in Dubai's Waterfront https://youtu.be/HrqCb5cbqCM Petroleum-rich Qatar is spearheading projects to tackle the problems facing desert communities worldwide; from energy to fresh water and food production. But does their expensive, high-tech solution make sense? "Qatar in many ways is ground zero for a lot of the challenges we're going to see in the century ahead", argues US ex-pat Jonathan Smith, from the Qatar National Food Program. Soaring temperatures, swelling populations and minimal rainfall plague the otherwise booming nation. Now its leaders are pushing ambitious experiments like the Sahara Forest Project, transforming seawater and sunlight into fresh water, vegetables, electricity, biofuel and animal feed. "The techniques we're developing here can be applied in many regions in the world", the project scientists insist. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Centre for Investigative Reporting: Ref-5870 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.