Dying to breathe: Mongolia's polluted air | Unreported World 

It's not that devestating once you leave the town (your body recovers) but if you would continue living there then you would reduce your life span drastically

@@cheatmagnet makes sense. Kinda like when i go to Houston and i have a hard time breathing in all that smog but when i leave, i get better.

@Andrew Wu good point. But at least i got some thumbs up off that comment. lol

The lungs regenerate

@@SBecktacular tell that to smokers with emphysema.

Actually why are they burning the coal

@@resmidas20 to be warm

Mongolia: worst capital city pollution. China: Hold my Beer.

@@Brandonhayhew pls stop joking about this this is really a serious video...

Actually it's cold because it's winter. And it's not whole Mongolia only ulaanbaatar.

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Pneumonia has always been one of the biggest causes of death of children under 5. Today it's actually the biggest, 1.4 million a year and 18% of all deaths of young children. It's sad but it's not unnatural.

I really commend you for this awesome comment. Seeing this video has caused me to atleast start prayng about the issue. Unee, I am from america, but would you read a comment I left to another person and tell me if this statement is accurate, based solely from this video? Comment: "Having never watched or heard of anything like this problem (specifically in Mongolia), just based off of what they said in the video, it seems like these are the issues (in chronological order) 1. Climate change is causing issues with the traditional or rural life style of some Mongolian natives, or those who live in the countryside. 2. This is leading people from being able to procure their own food/homestead into being forced to move into the cities, where there a home, and consequently, a place to actually earn a living and therefore also be able to buy food. 3. Because SO MANY people are moving into the cities (40,000 people are forced from rural areas, into this city per YEAR- from the video) so rapidly, there is not enough time to develope the housing/energy infrastructure to meet these needs. This is not a political statement, and I know nothing much of Mongolia. I live in eastern USA, but this is just what I gathered front the video. To finish the last chapter of the book I'm writing as this comment, I will fairly say, I think this is a huge problem. I have a child as old as some in this video, and it is heartbreaking to see this, and i am making a decision to figure out how i could help impact this already. Just remember, while climate change is a big issue (POLITICALLY) let's remember who people are. I would love to see these people be able to live in balance with the earth again, not strugglng to survive on it. Balance means fighting for what's right, and not just electing people who are going to fix some issues (climate change) but ignore or even promote other problems (killing/destroying unborn children, probly not unlike those with systemic issues in the video) We all need to make the world a better place. God created this earth, and we need to be good with what he has given us. He sent His son Jesus to die for us, to spread His love, and His faith. I hope I answered your question, even though I tacked on my opinion." Unee, I want you to know that I AM PRAYING for your education, school, and your commitment to help with this terrible, devastating situation. I send love and prayers from America, to Australia or wherever you are right now!

Wishing you all the best! Hope you could succeed in your study and come back to help. You can do it! Fighting!!!!! God bless !👍🙏🙏

Much love from Turkey!❤

Wish you the best

Love from Germany.I have been lucky to live a bit of the nomads life for a few weeks 15 years ago. Mongolia is a Part of me Now and i would Love to help, too in the future .i am a vet . my kids have to become adults First though.Good luck to you . Love to Mongolia.( and the Rest of the World:) )

Dont go lieing down... Revolt in mass.

Things have drastically changed since then. Mongolia, post 2019, recovered a lot and now is lowering the consumption of charcoal. The Russian Government have decided to put a gas pipeline that'll go under Mongolia and join China. On its route, the gas pipeline will distribute gas to Mongolian homes and that will reduce pollution by a big margin. Things are going really well now.

@@robert.m6755 Really glad to hear that.

Robert Mendbayar that’s really good. It’s better than what most other countries are doing

Not going to lie the whole air pollution is almost gone now. Well its not fully cleared in winter but its reduced well.

Preetha Suresh it’s not as bad as this in the summer as the weather can be quite hot

the kids are so freakinnnggg buteeeeeeee

Winter in Mongolia is deadly, feels like a nuclear winter. But summer is quite nice.

Preetha Suresh Facts, this is what I want to hear about

NorthernLight No urban culture?Most living traditional life? Half of the whole population lives in this city. And if people don't want to live there then why is everyone going there then.

Well air yes, but the pollution particles and oxygen are two different things.

@@hawaii3231 I think the person is talking about coal. Coal is keeping them warm but at the same time is affecting their air quality.

I agree. Start at home and lead by example. Prolly the best you and I can do.

I'm from mongolia and the air is muchhhhh beter now i remeber we are always forsed to wear masks before corona now it's getting WAY beter

Mongolian here! The air pollution got much better throughout these years! What we're dealing with now is covid and we're doing that pretty well

I think trees will save it

@@cinnamontoast4192 nope not trees 😶😶😶

904 CZV just wait you are next soon...chemtrail will take you to heaven😎

oof lol

they should have to move california america is the best country in the world

phyo ye Nepal is the best I prefer

american is stronger than nepal they have nuclear weapon thats why i prefer USA is the best

「 Descencious 」 I would die I’m going to the doctor about my Asthma right now

natural selection

A Doughnut if you asthma genius?

A Doughnut I was questioning that last thing u said

U would most likely die because I have asthma and I can hardly breathe without my pump and some times it gets as bad as me going to the hospital and being put on a machine

Ay man brother that fucking sucks mate. The fact that you and your son had to move to Germany to escape Air pollution is sad.

pleinair the problem arises every winter and get forgotten in spring

The media amirite

only in winter the capital is faced with pollution. Countryside has no pollution at all.

Beautiful mountainsides and smiling people are in the countryside. This is the city.

China invaded Mongolia

Mongolia has 4 season autumn, spring, summer & winter. Only winter is cold and had some air problem. But the air problem is just in Ulaanbaatar sity. Other season is cool, just like other countries. And we are not that poor we have so many buildings and apartments so you don't need to be afraid of something. Most of us study abroad or live abroad. And most of us can speak 3 different language, maybe 4. Russia English Mongolia and Chinese.

I also have asthma

Me too

Naomi Berman my bus mate is a 16 year old student in ulaanbaatar and has asthma. he lives in the middle of ulaanbaatar so theres a lot of pollution. he almost died once.

What "energy" is he providing? Who's paying him to to this? Seems very fake. Kinda sad youre fishing for intent points for something your dad did. Kinda weird.

Estarossa lol

@@laide3184 That's not funny...

ariality yeah it is 😂 so funny

Yup

Wanna be the first one or I'll finish mine?

For the next election you as a Mongolian need to vote the best President that gives care for country. Amen

@@nicky2982 awwwwww

Because the people dont care, as they all dont on that side of the world

@@nicky2982 WAIT.............................its relatable to me in India.

@@sanjaykrishnannair8153 our pm has a graduation degree....

I'm Russian and I could probably walk around in a jacket some jeans and boots if I was there

I'm Norwegian lol

@@sano8172 We are siblings

@@sano8172 Children of the cold😂

@@Enafa666 We still have the 2nd[formerly 1st] coldest capital tho, so suck on that i guess.

Earth isn't dying it's just becoming hostile to human life. The earth we renew it's self. It may take millions of years and we certainly won't be around but we will never kill the earth. We are just killing our current ecosystem the current earth. Earth as we know it will die. But earth we bounce back once us (earth's cancer) die out.

COVID-19 to the rescue!

Humans do realize what they are actually doing, they‘re just ignorant

@@kerryirwin881 yeah. There isnt really anything wrong with the earth itself or with plants and stuff dying. Its only bad for our survival

The earth will not die. We will.

mold can kill ya! one spot on your lung and your done!

Actually mould is still very bad. If not treated that can also cause permanent damage to anyone breathing that air.

Grace Healy i know want to discuss it more , what’s your ig ?

Agree. He's my favorite from UW. I wish he covered more.

AOCLIVE wtf u weird ass

Both him and his brother Louis are amazing journalists!

Also known as mongolian

@@baeyensraphael3902 oml 🤣🤣🤣

tiim sonogdood baigaa ym uu

I learn Russian and i was surprised at how little it sounds Russian

it sounds so unique

This has happened in Mongolia within the past 15 years. It was not like this before that. However, they have lost pasture land due to lack of water and have had to forfeit their nomadic lifestyle. This has forced them into sedentary life near cities and doing things like this to survive. Mongolians had a healthy, organic lifestyle until drastic climate changes devastated their lands.

Things are changing. Look at the new photos of Mongolia. The pollution is almost gone and thanks to soon-to-come Russian gas, the pollution will no longer be an issue.

Exactly let hope the government does something

Robert Mendbayar That sounds nice, Haven’t been back to Mongolia in 2 years and going back in 2 days can’t wait to see if it has actually improved that much

It breaks me that I've never seen how beautiful this country is Because of all the pollution for the last 10 years

Hoàng Nguyên china uses everyone up like a snotty tissue.

Hoàng Nguyên wtf how come ????? omg still can't forget 1979 ? now show me every statistics that explain the fault of China on Mongolia's pollution. vraiment t'es con.

Hoàng Nguyên i don't think China still has the interest to invade Vietnam anymore... also from 200BC to know, China has been invaded by different clans, ethnicities so Han chinese is not only at fault lol. anyway dude, hate the government, not the civilians. i don't like China regime either.

Almighty God is mad to the whole world. People r busy making or looking for money.god bless them all,especially the children's. .

@Hoàng Nguyên But vietnam was a french colony

Yeah, but if somehow the trees don't lose their leaves they turn grayish color which is pretty messed up

ya

Evergreens

Alex Wongalong And evergreens are native to Mongolia? Lmao.

Trees are covering only 8% of the country, territory of which is approximately the size of half europe. So, nope. No trees!

I'm not even 10% into this comment and i am already about to cry

Too sad. In my imagination Mongolia is the land of blue sky

I live in Russia and it's just breaks my heart. Our city - Ulan-Ude is a capital of Republic of Buryatia in Russia, I'm sure you heard once about that city. Ulan-Ude use the same technology for warming and pollution is kinda killing people now, making us struggling from different diseases and cancer especially. I was in Moscow and I was shocked , air in Moscow so fresh compare to Ulan-Ude , I just realized how bad is our polluted air.

@@user-fh7dr7mt1c my grandparents are from buryatia:)

@@itshry edit: the government is trying to change the whole thing. they switched the coal to other kind of coal or something

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yes we should, as soon as biden is president he is gonna help the earth. we need to save the earth.

Mongolia hasn't had community transmission, I repeat, zero transmission. It's probably one of the safest places to be in right now in terms of COVID.

@@dani-rz7fs lmfaooo yeah sure Biden has alternative motives

Poor earth Without us earth would of been better......

Bau Jangjangboomboom this is very sad. I'm so sorry you have to live in these conditions. And the poor babies. 😥😰😷😷

Virgin Gigolo when it’s winter you can barely see the front car when you’re walking and we have to wear masks and go outside sometimes the throat hurts when i came from vacation from countryside. Summer it’s not that bad

Hellcat Hellcat i know. It’s horrible. And many people plant trees and try to fight for the pollution. Even people protest that it’s hard to breath. Many people catch cold in winter. Now in school the most talked situation is air pollution. Mongolians are making eco stove that we hope it will improve the air pollution

Bau Jangjangboomboom why is it worse in winter ?

because they have to heat the rooms

Russia's economic struggle can be largely blamed on sanctions from the west. China and Russia are on pretty good terms. They could work together to help this neighbor. This is all just wishful thinking though.

Of course Russia could do that, but trust me when I say that while it might be a good PR move for the international community, it will also be a huge blow to Putin's popularity in Russia. Don't underestimate the western sanctions, most of Russia's exports go to Europe, the people are poor enough that seeing the government support another country's economy basically pro bono will just cripple the trust in the government. TL;DR Putin definitely will not do that

Maria G all countries do it. China doesn't completely have their house in order but the dump billions into infrastructure on foreign soil for there own economic interests.

China's biggest economic partners don't sanction them to hell. China's economy has been steadily improving, while Russia's is taking one blow after another because of the sanctions. For China's population, life is (economically) getting better and better with each year, while in Russia it's just getting worse. It's really not comparable

US and Europe indirectly destroying Mongolia.

The doctor was wiping her eyes almost holding back her tears for children's suffer. Made me sad too.

Same

I live in mongolia but we might immigrate to America my sister Munkhjin is in Washington DC and

shut up lol

nerd

@@sweetiehearts8339 god your name is so ironic

Sweetie Hearts I disliked every single one of ur videos :)

One day not only this country will be polluted..... Every country in the world will be polluted...... We have to save the earth from this.....

salt life marcel said the first dead creatures were a pony and two calves...not foals

The people AND the government are at fault

Government is corrupted and they also borrowed loans from IMF

Their way of life is slowly ending - this is horrible.

- qt idk what to do but my family members have found some other ways to keep warm aside from using coal and that has put the coal use down at least a little bit. However I doubt that most people can afford a lot and where my family and friends were from were the richer parts so they had cleaner coal. I doubt they’d help others who are struggling though

I wish someone would invent a kind of filter that turns carbon doixide into oxygen.

I can see your point, but sometimes I cant understand, why people always blaming the government? look at Japanese, I think the citizens themselves take responsibilities - responsible individual, responsible society. what can the government do, if every house contribute to pollution? they need the warmth. can they even afford a solar panel for a house? can every house stop using the stove? .. I just don't know how this problem can be solved..

@@echidnatsukiremuru7217 That would be cool! Again, must take a lot of money..

@@second_second_ imagine every cars,chimney,motors,anything that produce smoke on their exhaust there is filter attached to it's hole.

Thanks very much! Kate (Producer & Director of the film)

Keep up the great work!

this i the kind of news we call world news. fuck bbc and cnn on their fakeness

Unreported World and Al Jazeera have very good Documentaries. I think they are one of the few that capture the problem as it is. Extremly spot on

Kate Hardie Buckley thank you so much for producing a film like this about my country, it really does mean a lot to me to raise awareness about issues like these that people don’t know about

well you know, there are cleaner ways of producing heat than raw coal. However, the actual solution to this problem is simply for the government to build an electric grid and get everyone one it. The question is: how to 1) afford that and 2) get enough people organized to actually do that. Maybe it's just me, but that minister sounded like he had an idea. Regardless, how to effect political change 101: tell a woman that she's having reproductive problems because of external factors tell a father his kids aren't safe. put so many babies in the hospital that the nurse cries. Normally UW reports on cases that are pretty hopeless. There are a lot of possible futures for Mongolia, but continuing like this isn't one of them.

hey! im from mongolia and thats rude ! if you were mongolian you would understend !!!!!! and its winter!!!!!!! of cours its cold!!!!!!!!

and we can afford electricity some of us like to live in the wild!!!!! and there are houses that are made out of bricks !!!!! 😤😡👿👿👿👿👿👿

The financial class is too divided there is only poor and rich people in mongolia no in between and the state too corrupt

They are poor but are very clean and tidy , really proud of them , poor ppl fro Asia and Africa must learn from Mongolia

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Why do these people continue to have babies when they know how polluted the air is?😠

InfiniteLoop because it’s animal instinct to pass your genes

@@JoeMama-yb7ws That's not a good enough reason. They can use contraceptive devices

InfiniteLoop wouldn’t you want to have a kid so you can spread your genes

@@JoeMama-yb7ws no.

*@*Rick Style* ...

Are you sure? I am living in Beijing, and there is no air pollution In the last two years. How did you come to this conclusion? I am very sorry, Mongolia should combat desertification, otherwise the winter and spring sandstorms will hit northern China and south Korea and Japan, they come to blame China pollution.

Beijing air polution around 300-400 and Mongolia 800-999

Ekram Hosen Could you give me reference please ?

Can Mongolian change their goverment?

jay fawn I know eh!

well when you have corrupt ceo's on government that's what u get

jay fawn Almost half of the population lives in the capital city Ulaanbataar

Ulaanbaatar is surrounded by 4 mountains. The mountains make unpossible for the air circulation. That's why the smog is trapped in the city.

Am Mongolian. The main problem is our country's harsh environment. Because its so excruciatingly cold, we have to burn wood, coal, anything to stay warm in the winter. The Smog in the winter is just unbearable.

ipiesings believe me, mongolian babies are one of the chubbiest babies ever !!!!!!

Well all the babies are cute, don't be a baby racist

Yupppp look at those cheeky pinkie cheeks 💚💚💚😌

Nap alm hahaha baby racist 😂

Nap alm not all are cute. sorry but i did saw some really ugly babies.

jab observes it is indeed, the flour must be mixed with some kind of toxic powder/stuff idk, I got sick from it once. And there are all kinds of fake products brought from china in big amounts (rice, egg, chicken etc...) People struggling to survive buy those stuff, as it is cheap.

You know the air pollution is not some kind of chemical that is toxic its harmful little dust particle that harms us so the food is not toxic

@@asuri5298 it is toxic and very harmful but its not a bacterica irs gas so its not transmitted through food It harms "things" with a respiratory system

*@*jab observes* ~Quite right...!

The pollution only affects the breathing, not really the food (unless you ingest a bunch of coal)

Hey, if you don't mind me asking, it's 4 yrs later, so are you guys doing okay? Much love from Florida 🌴❣️🦩

Yes, we are doing good, thanks for asking. We left Mongolia in 2019, now we are living in Tokyo, Japan. Blessings!

@@yuregramacho9478 AYYY! Thank you for sharing! ❤️💯. That's awesome 😎

Aung Chan Min And some people accuse the gays or asexuals of trying to end the human population. There is no way to end the human population but I guess it would be nice if they could, right. The world doesn’t need us anymore.

We are slowly murdering her. My heart is tearing apart seeing my mother nature dying slowly. 😥

Also noise pollution

Aung Chan Min In Russia mother land is better than small mongolia

We've taken to space now. Space junk is a serious problem, and it was done under the principle of economic growth and irresponsibility.

He’s probably warming his hands with his breath

Nah you can see the cigarette in his mouth

x Sonoma x I don’t

5:54

x Sonoma x no you don’t your trying to make the man look bad

Well some are but that doesn't help much and trees really don't grow there.

Trakais latvietis LV nu labdien

The air and the environment isnt enough to sustain the life of a plant in mongolia

😑we do have a lot of trees in mongolian

I don't think trees filter coal dust.

But you know. Brittian is world super power and Mongolias not

Mongolia doesn't have the resources or funds.

Tserenlhagva Ganbold Britain isn’t powerful lol.

Don't be stupid, of course they are.

Kenni Mac Whatever you say smart guy.

The government is poor there. Those solutions include massive cost and grid work.

I am a Mongolian living in the capital and it feels like the capital is abandoned. Politicians just talk and talk but do nothing and wait for summer. However neighbor cities, for example Darkhan city has massive solar panels which supports city's thermal power plant. So it makes electricity cheap and less pollution from cooling towers. Besides it's clear that small city has better administration than capital and state government - shame for them! JFY: Name of capital is Ulaan baatar (Red Hero) given by Comintern during the Soviet era but nowadays it has an unofficial name Utaan baatar (Smoke Hero).

Im from Mongolia and I agree

We don't have the resources and money for that and about the goverment you are right

MW S I agree, our government is too selfish by not caring about their citizens at all

Because our politicians are greedy bunch of smooth talkers. Precisely the kind of people Chinggis khan hated. They are fluent in bullshit and ignorant citizens get mesmerized by their sugar-speech.

The Mongolian empire wasn't as big as it was because of superior knowledge, fine politics or the rule over all trade between regions. No, they simply knew how to conquer by force and stay in control by having the right people in charge of the conquered areas. Their armies were superior compared to those of their opponents and they were quick to get around. If you actually look into the fall of the empire you will see that it was a rather quick thing. They never established major settlements in their conquered regions and resumed the nomad life. It's not like they were a major super power even in the 15th century anymore. A rapid rise to glory mostly thanks to Genghis Khan and a rapid fall to become just another topic briefly discussed in history classes.

jokuihmehyyppa Even with proper administration, it is still hard to efficiently rule over that vast area with various religions and cultures. If you think otherwise, then go prove it yourself (before AI does).

@@Todsor And that's exactly what they lacked resulting in a quick downfall of the empire. They were "screwed" the moment Genghis Khan died and couldn't hold control over the conquered land.

Manchus used the modified version of traditional Mongolian script before abandoned it for Hanzi. Most Evenks are in Siberia thus they speak better Russian than Mandarin and they are genetically closer to Canadian natives than Han Chinese. EDIT: I don't understand what you are trying to say unless you are pushing China on us.

we are

Most of them are however they have almost no rules (or well not that I know of)

Agree with you. Its bad across the NCR not just Delhi and it's horrible. Those lovely little babies should not suffer like this. Nobody should.

If we don’t modernize mongolia will be seen as weak and will be an easy country to take over

@@doradorahaisai NO, take your own pace and time. Eventually you will reach it man. Organise protests like there is no tomorrow, you must have friends and siblings that care about this issue. Include as many people as possible, do it as often as possible. Your government will start to notice........That is the power of a democracy - The people are in charge.

Urangua Khuyagbaatar buy some electric heaters and encourage your neighbourhood there to use it.

Deependra Kushwaha What if they don't have money?

Their govt. Should make a policy... To provide them...on cheap rates.

I cried so much watching this but you’re right, it is motivating in the sense that it will make me study harder so that I could find a way to help everyone back home

Your English is excellent. You grew up in Mongolia?

They've increased the number of hospital beds for children, and invested in some air purifiers in these wards. The government has also pledged to invest in clean energy, and in 2013, approved of a plan to redevelop the gers (the coal burning tents) into apartments--but these plans have been put on hold due to a rising economic crisis. So in summary: not much, but you can't really blame them when they just don't have the money for it.

We don't need to save earth cuz earth ain't dying. Our species could be dying tho. Earth has survived way harder than this and we just killing ourselves with makeing the earth inhabitant for our species lol But yea it's pretty sad people are dying because of pollution🤷🏻‍♀️

At this point trees can't save us now

sxfty. Yeah.

mrs. alexandra yeah.

sxfty. Well i guess it won’t hurt trying.

The goverment in Mongolia is corrupt af, there is no such thing as "if the people would've elected better then...". They can't do shit against the rich assholes there...

Mrs R every corrupted af bro

literally most of Mongolia is ex wrestlers

Fucking idiot. The old presidents were corrupt fuckers. Our new president is doing so much for our country. Be ashamed of yourself.

@@pebble.s Th real problem is the gang of 76.

Yeah its psychological. I feel the same

Ash Doe ikr

@@salmaumar5750 come to delhi bro which should be named as dad of pollution

Ash Doe Imagine what they feel. What they go through.

Samee

How is the air there?

Geez. Don't say that. Your life is valuable too. Still, I know how you feel. I've lived a pretty full life and these little babies are just starting out. If there is no god willing to save the little ones, what can you and I do?

Well let’s see if you approve for a transplant

@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 there is a God. And just because he’s silent doesn’t mean he is not WORKING.