good security question mark united who says. i'm not has going to achieve the so much more needs to be done and i feel people have to be a concrete solution running as a massage and i walk in to tell you. this is news asia coming up inspired by brett turn briggs movement but very much on her own how one young woman in china works to stay the earth hoping to inspire the other 1000000000 to do the same plus india's capital delhi launched a new scheme making bus travel more attractive for women but is it taking the right approach. and guess what happens when we teach afghan women to code and find a special way to speak up.

i'm melissa chan you're watching d.w. news asia thank you for joining us well it might be fridays for a future but it's wednesdays for women on the program today our stories all feature women as a theme in some way we start with climate change in china how the country decides to tackle its environmental problems will determine the direction of the global climate crisis correspondent mathias bolinger tags along with one student there who understands the urgency. whenever she can how we know this it's the flower market in her home city of we need who conquered money she buys trees seedlings to plant in the surrounding areas. it's his contribution to the world wide fridays for future protests how he joined the movement 4 months ago china's 1st climate strong. i don't feel planting trees is something that's

easy to do and something that's possible to promote in china was a while fossil it inspired by young people around the world how you started demonstrating in front of the local government offices she was soon as courted away by the police who warned her of serious trouble if she continued. over how to keep killing but i've taken a lot of courage so i'm hesitant about that i don't consider myself especially brave. turning a back on activism was also out of the question now several times a week she's out planting trees and posting about her 2 beauties on social media groups to convince more young chinese to join the movement. university student danis with her today for the 2nd time the chinese government has made improving the environment one of its key goals but it keeps

a tight lid on discussion how we became concerned about the environment after reading an article about plastic waste in the ocean. off i don't know i started really worrying that such a big problem wasn't getting enough attention and nobody would take action. i was terrified every time i thought about it sometimes every 10 minutes i couldn't concentrate on anything anymore. closer to china's rapid development has taken a huge toll on the environment the country is now the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases inequality is one of people's top concerns but eco activism is rare in china's repressive political system. the 16 year old student has now been striking for 4 months the parents are worried about her future but she has no intention to give in to their pleas to stop skipping classes you are showing you the climate crisis is the biggest crisis ever for the existence of mankind.

everybody should do everything they can to prevent it the only boeing i don't know what. how he has asked the relative to let a plant the trees on his property in china's densely populated countryside it is not easy to find on cultivated land the only pharmacy as he understands and supports the young activists the usual movie used to start getting cold in september but not summers a lot over november look at how warm it still is. for them. how he says he has planted 200 trees in the past 6 weeks but even more important to raise awareness among china's youth. today it's the farmer's son she explains what climate change is and he can join with young people around the world to stop it

joining us now is sam gale executive director of china dialogue sam i suspect air pollution is one of them but give us the top 2 or 3 environmental problems that china is facing today. certainly air pollution is a major problem not only the choking smoke in eastern seaboard cities but also in western and northern areas of china particularly heavily industrialized co-producing regions but then it was about water pollution from agricultural sources pesticide overuse as well as industrial sources or whatever pollution particularly in rural areas and related to that sort of notion news major concerns about food safety in china if you think of some of the massacre names of children from contaminated products or the food to keep the polluting down on the river in shanghai a few years ago major concerns about environment and health and that extends also. protests against for example the potential siting of waste incineration plants

patrick chemical plants nuclear facilities coal power plants in cities. i want to look at china's international commit men sat particularly with a paris accord the international agreement to reduce emissions how would you grade china on that and do you think its position has changed since the united states withdrew from that agreement. well since the united states we've through china stayed the course it made quite a significant international rhetorical commitment that it's still in the paris agreement that it will stay on track to meet its commitments to paris and is very likely to come in on its commitment to paris to beat its missions by 2030 the problem is china could be a lot more ambitious than that. there are also concerns that partly because of the trade war and the lack of a strong relationship on planet with the united states there's been some kind of slackening of previously quite stringent regulations on air pollution for example

so you know all countries really need to up their ambition in the coming years if we're going to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees and that spirit will have quite a lot of attention from china in its next 45 year plan which runs from 2021 and is going to be increasing scrutiny also china's overseas investments along about some road and how those affect local temperature rises i want to go back to the video report and that young woman not working and putting in her fair share what is your sense of youth in china do they care about the environment are they talking about it on social media and what are they trying to do because they can't protest and participate in a fridays for future he can't do that in china. there's been some recent polling about the. concerns for young people in china today and what is a widespread public understanding of the course of the planet change there's not a lot of skepticism about the fact that it's human cause it's not really the top priority for a lot of students and young people one recent survey shows that education

employment housing health care business opportunities all round above environment known you know the environment even broader than climate change there so it doesn't seem like it's the same kind of procedure for young people compared to how it is even in europe the united states having said that there are widespread concerns about more direct pollution affects of air pollution and an effects of water pollution on on health and so contamination so on and for better or worse climate is being addressed in a very top down way by the chinese painter it's a major political and economic concern as the government tries to move to a low carbon model back nomic growth sandel thank you. one of the best ways to empower women is to let them work and in delhi officials understand that means making sure they get to work and do so safely that's been

a major concern since the deadly rape of a young woman on a city bus back in 2012 that killing sparked a nationwide outrage and nast demonstrations demanding that the government do more to protect women now delhi has launched a new program to make its buses more assessable for them. waiting for a bus in the indian capital delhi. for women commuters there's no need to reach for the small change any. day no receive pink tickets for a free ride. it's part of the city government's plan to make public transportation a safer for women. authorities also hope it will boost women's participation in the economy. i'm equal to ladies' man to go to when he's down and march the free rides will be really helpful for them to get on says he it'll say i spend about

2000 rupees a month on buses and i'm to the government's about that i'm saving this amount will leave me with a little extra spending money to support those of them and has it or maybe i don't spend a lot on buses because i only take them occasionally but for those who commute to work daily it will make a positive difference in the future. plate and the rollout comes just months ahead of municipal elections and delhi some see it as a gimmick to win over voters for the governing party. making this decision can be a leg down on glomming budget because the spirit is light knows mom you know 1025 need to be just spending bill you know they know you so it's gonna be a big deal so he can be a city to live don't need to name this john's. jolie has india's highest rate of reported crimes against women many women say they're still reluctant to take buses at night. basically public funds would be better spent more security not for you

right. who runs the world girls who code is called code to inspire and is the 1st such school for women in afghanistan and a country where sometimes even going out as a woman can be difficult what better way to get around that limitation in a skill you can deploy anywhere including in the privacy of your home check out what they made. what looks like a standard run and jump game isn't that standard at all the main character driven tech is and hopping over goblin's as afghan hero go it's just one of the apps from this team of afghan women who want to smash down barriers in their patriarchal society. long wanted to start off on her mom has all my main goal as again and app developer. is to make as many educational games for the children of my country as possible. was so that they learn and become educated

faster through games. all 12 developers are students at a technical college in herat province empowering women is top of the agenda while women's rights and education have make great progress since the fall of the taliban 2 decades ago many women and ghost still face perils at home and office. and almost look at this through this game we want to show the girls may have problems but like the character in the game they can jump over or destroy the obstacles in their lives and eventually reach their goal of what it was a good afghan hero girl is the entry so out of 2 years of hard work the coaches say it's worth the time and effort if their games can bring about a long lasting change. that's our show for today you can find more on our web site d w dot com ford slash asia and on facebook and twitter as well please tell us what you think about what we cover and what you like to see we leave you with

a lonely struggle for china's climate activists thank you for watching see you next time and good bye. after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th on do you w. . it's time to take one step. and face. time you're on to such the unknown. and fun

for the troops. time to overcome down trends and comparison to. it's time for. a new wus coming up ahead. times. left high and dry to fight for their livelihoods the 1st hydros college damn all those low of me called river opens in the house the villages downstream say gets destroyed now when the fire. truck trumps the last deal so can the asian leaders come up with something better this time around the talks next week. and american lawmakers are again pressing boeing's chief executive of the company's having of safety concerns prior to 2 crashes that killed hundreds of people in asia and

africa. and in facilities it's a business is something in the water as we seek to harvest more energy from sustainable sources hydro power is growing in importance especially along major waterways like the mekong river in southeast asia there are already dozens of dams in its basin and plenty more planned a big plant has just gone online in laos but opponents say the ecological and social costs are too high the $4500000000.00 a year brewery mega dam seen here under construction and 2016 is just one of many hydroelectric projects being planned along the mekong river in laos the landlocked asian country has set its sights on becoming the battery of asia almost all the power it produces will be sold to a thai energy company the day i'm officially went into operation tuesday with animated videos and other.