family, a credit on it is with people seeing extreme dreams. ross getting 200 people from the agency around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. yes. why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, you're watching d, w, and use asia coming up a special edition, looking back at some of the most compelling stories from the region this year. first up, here's one way to combat the climate crisis. how much can ocean agriculture help

reduce global emissions? plus the phantom, a phone booth, how one telephone line is helping survivors speak to those who died from one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent memory. we need a transgender use anchor in bangladesh helped where you define what's possible and permissible in a mostly traditional society. and when getting an education means you literally have to climb your way to the top. we go to sri lanka for a closer look at some hard working students. ah, i melissa chant, thanks for joining us. india is the world's 3rd largest carbon polluter. and at this year's climate change summit in glasgow, the country pledged to reach net 0 by 2070. critics say that would be too little

too late. that may be the case, but it doesn't mean there aren't those in india looking for ways to reduce emissions in rama's warren, where the gulf of mon, our offers fertile waters. locals have turned to a marine crop farming for seaweed on. india is southeastern coast. a road flanked by c, we've beds provides a clue to the natural resource that has been hailed as a marine miracle. scientists say see, wheat absorbs more carbon dioxide than trees. a characteristic that could play a parse in fighting the effects of climate change. it absorbed lot of carbon dioxide available in the sea water and produces outperform, posted as a result is believes a lot of oxygen. i would good scientists hope the macro al gays, oxygen producing abilities can help reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions

by reversing ocean acidic vacation. that would be good news for marine organism sensitive to acidic conditions and the benefits don't and there it so. so environmentally friendly as sustainable crop that doesn't require land fresh water, fertilizer or pesticides. when harvested, see we test many uses as the food stuff for humans and animals, and ingredient, and medicines and cosmetics. and as a bio fertilizer and biofuel seaweed farming also offers a sustainable source of income for local communities, especially women. ah, in m barbara and i used to think i wouldn't be able to educate my children, but this seaweed businesses enabled me to send them to college around college with ebony. there are some dangers like being stung by jelly fish or injured on the

rocks. but the women say the improvement in living standards is worth the risk. they also have to take precautions to avoid over harvesting. ensuring their c, we'd farming remains eco friendly. more than 18000 people died from the 2011 earth. quick answer nami, that hit northeastern japan. the natural disaster meant survivors never had the chance to say good bye to loved ones. now, a decade later, a telephone line is helping some people cope with that loss. kaiser, your she sasaki is about to cool. his wife may walk his cellphone. he wants to tell her what happened the night she died. and it's in this phone booth known as a wind phone that he can speak to her good mom, like thousands of others in japan's devastated coastal communities. sasaki last

many loved ones in the disaster. this is where he comes to work through his grief, but also to tell his wife about their children. they'll soon be moving in with their youngest son and that a recent medical checkup showed his last white homer girl walks more. this phone booth embraces all of me. so this is a place that embrace is not only the people who are alive, but also all those who've passed away about on that's how i feel. for o'clock north, on the phone booths, owner says it attracts thousands of visitors. now, from all over japan, to 3 or 4 on the some of the they was suddenly not able to see their loved ones after they left that morning to go to work or to school. so there are many feelings left behind, or these people would have wanted to say something for the last time. had they known they were not going to see them anymore for them. but they couldn't do that.

this isn't only a place of solace for the older generation said, chico, a kawa has been bringing her grandson's ears since her husband was swept away and the sooner me a gilbert i graham ha more well as grandma said it's been 10 years since the earthquake. oh, i'll be a junior high school student next year. leah is already in his 2nd year in junior high, so he'll be in his 3rd year and he'll be doing high school entrance exams. yeah, and there's this new virus is killing lots of people just like the earthquake and soon army. that's why we're wearing masks. but we're all doing well. must do it again to day mother, the boys and they grandma feel like he can hear them. and later when she's alone in the booth, a cala office, a husband to keep them all safe from the corona virus wound for you in a moment. did you go there? now to bangladesh, where

a woman has made headlines by becoming the country's 1st transgender news, anchor conservative estimate say there are some 10000 transgender people in the country. though active a say the actual number is higher considering bangladesh as population of 160000000 . and like in so many places, the transgender community faces stigma, abuse and harassment. finding employment is difficult, many turn to sex, work or begging, making this story all the more incredible. but it's been a long way to the top potash nuva, another shashir. the newly appointed news anchor has had more than just glass ceilings to push through to end up here. i think as bangladesh is 1st transgender news, rita, she's had to work hard to get her foot in the door. i mean, i look like that. and they said the cries looked em, any other channels?

you barely anybody called me for an interview. a couple of them called me for auditions, but that was it. i. i guess they weren't brave enough to take me on is only god. this is in her the other the many others perhaps wanted to work with me, but again probably they had their own limitations. but i never realized this would grab so much attention born camel hussein, shia touched nuva says she knew from very early on that she was born in the wrong body. friends, neighbors, and even her family teased her for acting more like a woman. and like many transgender people, she says she was bullied and sexually exploited for years. at the who are that is it of all of my parents once told me to get out of the house . then when i couldn't cope with it any more, i left home by myself in my 2nd novel. i couldn't stand the neighbors telling my father about how i should act or walk like a man. i never wanted be a person like that shall be able to log me some are going to learn other. her

determination has paid off. after fleeing her home town for the capital duck her she underwent hormone therapy, worked hard and kept up her studies. though it hasn't been easy, she hopes her fight will make it easier for others. i mean, i mean, dynamic panel coming from, i don't want any member of the transgender community to suffer. i don't want them to live a miserable life to death. i hope they will find work according to their skills under basic article a tall order in conservative bangladesh. but tash knew his journey suggests. a start has been made there pandemic, as almost every parent knows, massively disrupted education. according to the world bank, at 1.94 percent or $1600000000.00 children were out of school across the entire planet. very quickly, learning went online. but for those of you in advanced economies who think it's

been tough for you and your family buying extra laptops and getting your children to pay attention. take a look at these students in sri lanka who had to climb later lea their way to their studies for kilometers. that's how far the school pupils have to track through tropical forest to reach a suitable place for their online lessons. there's no stable internet connection in their village instead harsh and, and his friends study in these trees either a lot older than her credit video or it's far less comfortable than sitting on a chair at school. of course, we can't study for very long up here. and we have to constantly watch out the we don't fall down in lab. okay. for the schools in sri lanka have been closed for the past 18 months harsh and, and his fellow students have had online lessons. instead, the poor internet connections, the lack of equipment, are made that difficult for many. typically, up to 4 students have to share a computer. why with part of that,

a born out and out on the powerful in the past 18 months have presented huge challenges for every one. a lot of them even up in the trees, there's often no proper connection with hot and if it rains, we have to interrupt the lesson so that the equipment doesn't get wet or, or lent governor title. during the past few weeks teaches in sri lanka had been taking to the streets to protest that calling for the schools to reopen, so that students across the country are no longer only taking online classes that can finally learn face to face again. online plus one, the other amount of quality is really important to pupils and teach them to see each other in person. sometimes it, it is incredibly difficult to judge each online law while we have classes with 40 pupils. and i can't tell whether everyone has understood everything, but good luck on their motto again on the forest school is better than no lessons at all, but it's certainly not a permanent solution. the views here might be stunning, but they don't ease the challenges. the students face of course,

a lot on that our, that we don't understand so much here. it isn't easy to learn when you're sitting in a tree or on a rock roller. and my sister and i only have one smartphone between us. it's all really tough. harsh and, and the other people's long to get back to their classrooms so that they are no longer dependent on unreliable technology. and so that they can see their friends again who les federal, mom is former of good living. and we really miss proper schooling. our lives would be so much nicer if the schools reopened. robbie, it's much easier to have an exchange with the teachers in the school itself in the corner online lessons a no real substitute our dilemma. no substitute, but they're all they have right now. and for the foreseeable future, as yet, there's no date set for the reopening of sri lanka, schools. that's it for today. be sure to check out our other stories on

d. w dot com, forward slash asia or on facebook and twitter. we leave you with these pictures of everyday life across asia. from this past year, people at work and plate. we'll see you next time. good bye for now. through the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what does the latest research say?

information and context. the corona virus update the coven, 19 special. next on d, w. we euro, we diversity, and anything unusual? no mountain is too high. and no road is too long. in search of the extraordinary we are the specialists of the lifestyle europe, euro max on d, w ah, ah, bu. carbon dioxide emissions are banked it to return to pre pandemic ais. this year. last year they fell

significantly during the great lockdown. in china, they bounced back and grew overall due to coal. the crisis has only given climate change, respite and unprecedented consumption. boom is fueling the global economy and people are driving more to avoid getting infected on public transport. then there's the pandemic most visible legacy plastic waist. high on been for solon, millions of people around the world of taken to wearing masks to protect themselves, but they're hurting the environment.