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it's good to have you with us we begin today with what is known as the. bull. in the hindu kush mountains which stole the most ice in the world outside the arctic and the. scientists. and here's what might happen they could threaten your home and livelihood depending on where you live if you live in any of these areas. these are the bluish green which. region and additionally in this area that's the shading in yellow which. by ten major river basins you could be at risk of flooding elect. city shortages and food insecurity

in some of these areas these events could be in the next thirty years this dial warning is part of a new study released by the international center for integrative mountain development it claims that one third of these do we meant by the end of the century even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed and if they fail they would be met by two at risk is the livelihood and security of the only two billion people. for more via joined by dr david morgan director general of the international center for integrative month of development in. this is the organization that released this report dr bolden good to see you and good to have you with us for a view was in india. and other countries in the region what does this report mean. you know this report is that person time that we've really painted

a complete picture of what's happening in our great himalaya mountain and picture is quite concerning yes we have glaciers but in addition to that we have more impacts of climate change for example monsoon patterns changing higher temperatures and this will impact agricultural systems river systems where about two million people live downstream and all the businesses in them the drinking water system so it is it is it is a great concern and what it means is that we have to act fast to deal with this but the new report also says that even if the wild bit it's dog it's the potus climate action report even if those targets will admit the glaciers would still be met by one third therefore is a game over already. that's correct so it's a rather scary scenario will lose one third of our glaciers basically that's what

it's telling us but if we can hold the line to one third of the glaciers i believe that we'll figure out how to adapt and deal with that the frightening part is if we don't do anything with climate change and the emission trends continue to lose two thirds of the glaciers and think about all the impacts on people and the environment and agricultural systems as well that will be that will be extremely difficult to handle also think about disasters in the region floods and droughts but then wouldn't those disasters happen in many cases even if the dish is melted by one third as well. yes so we definitely even with a melt of one third what we have to do is act quickly right we have to figure out how to adapt how to get for example flood early warning systems in place how to change agricultural systems i believe that we can do that in that went with it with that one point five degree world scenario with the one point five. or the one third

place or melt is just when we go on that were really stretching the limits of how part people can adapt so it is important that we hold the line on climate change for the amount of people are you really optimistic that line will be held but the world will get together and keep temperature increases below one point five degrees . look ok i i think that one point five degrees is going to be really really tough but we cannot grow the business as usual scenario emitting at the same rate we're going it's just going to be a disaster for people in this region so the message come by and with everything else we have to act quickly on climate change for the mountains and hopefully by us a little more time. hopefully that message is received in time dr david moulton director general of the international center for integrative mountain development and thank you very much for speaking to us we have downstream now to india where it

is under fire the social networking site has been summoned by a parliamentary panel following complaints that the platform is biased against riping politics including the governing b.g.p. the notice was tweeted by underdog talk or who heads the committee and is a member of the b j p he called on citizens to send their concerns to the committee with the stated subject on the agenda being safeguarding citizens' rights on social media platforms a twitter spokesperson meanwhile only said discussions with the government are ongoing social media has been playing an increasingly important role in indian elections in recent years prime minister narendra modi himself commands a huge following on the social media site with over forty five million followers next to vietnam which can play host to the second meeting between north korean leader kim jong un and us president and donald trump the choice of host nation is

one that works for both leaders as both the united states and north korea have relations with vietnam a country which itself was a communist but i did some years back much like north korea is now so is that a message of a north korea donald trump kicks things off for us chairman kim and i will meet again on february twenty seventh and twenty eighth in vietnam. the time and place is set for a second summit. held last year's meeting in singapore a success so why choose vietnam for round. in its recent history vietnam has had a lot in common with north korea. it's also a one party communist state one that's been ruled with an iron fist.

it's regime reinforced by propaganda and personality cults. and in the past and seen open hostility to with some cultural influence it's been isolated and an international pariah. but since ninety nine hundred six vietnam has taken a different path with reforms that have opened it up to foreign business. in a remarkable turnaround it's gone from basket case to one of asia's fastest growing economies could vietnam style change be a good fit for north korea. vietnam starting point before the reform is similar to north korea's now. you know there are many things that had to be changed fundamentally. when you switch from a centralized economy to a market economy the important thing is to have a broad and far vision and really and completely reject any.

reforms have seen its pay a capita income saw almost five fold but hanoi hasn't traded prosperity for democracy here the communist party remains firmly in power keeping a tight lid on free speech and political dissent. but the social transformation is there to see. the size of skateboarders in front of linnen statue in hanoi would have been unimaginable not long ago you. compare that to today's pyongyang where public life is carefully controlled and north korean leaders are still revealed as day ities. vietnam has rebuilt with its former foes the united states perhaps a role model for north korea to also normalize a troubled relationship. for more we're joined from manila by volman kong he's an associate professor and economic analyst at singapore's me kuan yew

school of public policy professor vol i first question to you why we have the choice of venue for this meeting i think the at creagh reason the first one in vietnam is very important. because they're both lead to us or tonight who demonstrate to the world that they are willing to make a breakthrough all the season ending an enemy to a friend this second reason actually it showed that. meeting would be very outcome audie and it also not only symbolic but on so. audie and because vietnam is actually a simpler example and you see in the them i sat and. get a degree or so from a very isolated country now vietnam he's become one of the most globally

integrated into the war and if i can just pick up on that point vietnam has a certain amount is this transformation but is this really the transformation is this really the chains of north korea wants. i think so because the interim upsized do not have any supposed bomb just try to speak now how to. make the country better off and learning along the way and of a real event and the best way to be legitimacy of the political system so it can maintain political instability why are you giving people more and more power over was a roar and people always see that you know next year better than last year everything from investment on protection the economy performance and even political freedom is some way of cost as low level but you see a significant improvement from that point about political stability professor where you have held positions in the vietnamese government how sustainable do you think

is this combination of one party rule with political stability and liberalized economic policies how sustainable is this for any economy i think by the system when the country stayed for because you know at getting to puberty and badly if you have been coming over then ten thousand level and somehow we have to examine you know all about the system is it better for you to focus on this tragic issue and i can do to you project to attracting foreign investment and prove we. have a sector so that it to the ones that country become prosperous and create people can have more choices on the. political freedom professor of woman quoting from an equine u.s. court of public policy thank you very much as big. as always more online added up with dot com isha and don't forget to check out date of the news on facebook as well. well david coverdale demi produces

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this superjumbo australian carrier pantos council's a large eighty eighty order raising more questions over the future of the world's biggest jetliner. and meehan last opium poppies keep bringing in cash despite the government's crackdown on drugs. hello and welcome to d w business asia i want to jones in berlin good to have you with us so we're starting with india where the country's reserve bank surprised everyone by cutting its key interest rates down twenty five basis points to six point two percent the move is seen as a bid to bolster up india's flailing economy and today's rate cut is also welcome news for prime minister narendra modi his government wants to boost lending and lift growth as it faces elections in may the indian finance minister is believed to have been.