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ah, i'm melissa chant, thanks for joining us. it's been a political and emotional upheaval for japan from the assassination of sions obeyed last friday. and that shadow over national elections on sunday. and now just 5 days later, a final farewell to a prime minister that both inspired and divided japan crowds lined the streets of downtown tokyo to pay their respects. tuesday's funeral service was small, attended by close family members, friends and senior officials. afterwards, a hearse carrying abby's body made a final tour of the political landmarks that defined his career, the national parliament, the prime minister's office, and the headquarters of his liberal democratic party. in the ave was campaigning in

the western city of nar, last week when he was fatally shot by a man with a hand made gun. the suspected killer was arrested at the scene and his motives are still under investigation. correspondence sonya blanca is following the story from tokyo and she spoke to us about how shins obey will be remembered. i mean, for many people, especially the younger ones, he was all they knew he was the only prime minister they had seen in a long time. so he had a surprisingly big following among the younger people, and i say surprising because his policies were very conservative. so he's been also a rather do visit figure. and i think a lot of the more controversial things didn't actually get reported much outside of japan. so the image that people have outside of japan and inside of japan can be quite different. there were a lot of demonstrations and yeah, he's, he's achieved some things, but others yeah,

he didn't really get that far. and as i said, there are a lot of things that now aren't being mentioned because of obviously that the grief but shouldn't be forgotten and should be looked into. and just to show that are they can still be at the center of controversy. china's embassy in japan has lodged a complaint over the attendance of ty, once vice president actions are obvious. funeral, china's foreign ministry says the visit by william ly is political manipulation. lie is believed to be the most senior taiwanese official to visit japan since tokyo broke ties 50 years ago. ah, residence in a place called hassan abide in the mountains of north pakistan are still picking up the pieces after much of their village was destroyed in a flood. back in may. the disaster happened when a glacial lake burst its banks. the government in pakistan says $33.00 such lakes

are at risk of overflowing with potentially devastating consequences. 3 of the world's most spectacular mountain ranges intersect in pakistan's north. the hindu kush that car corum and the himalayas forming the largest reservoir of ice outside the poles. the countries mountainous north is home to more than 7000 glaciers. in a moment, we'll have more from a climate ologist on y. glaciers are melting at such a rapid rate. and what if anything can be done to prevent the next catastrophe? people in the mountain village of a thought about a still cannot believe what happened to them. it may, dozens of homes were swept away or damaged in a flood caused by the melting of a nearby iglesia. the water came barreling down in the middle of the night. you will hold it to london. women and children was screaming. some people were

rescuing children who so vulnerable. women were trying to save household items. it was like doomsday with visible go. many of the residents are now living in tents, one of them and geo research a. so he to share says they have no money to go anywhere else. what shocked her and others she say's is that building is considered safe, were also destroyed. such was the power of the water in burgundy. mm hm. but we lost everything within 2 hours since we lost our land at homes. but there are still some that are suffering internally on able to express it. and the danger is far from vanished places in pakistan, a melting because of heat waves caused by climate change. the water is creating thousands of glacial lakes. more of these of birth that banks this year than ever

before. and the government is warning that more communities are at risk. in many places, the damage is already done. as one business woman in an area close to house on about explains equal so as you walk on, there was a beautiful lake here. and this place was like an island or an international and national level. ice skating event used to take place. but within a year everything has gone. no, you can't tell what was here before looking at what we have now. it's some kinda warsaw talk with people in hassan about a trying to rebuild. but some fear it's only a much of time until the next disaster hits. and while pakistan is responsible for less than one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, the lives of its people are already being destroyed. and i ruined shesta is a senior climate specialist with the international center for integrated mountain

development. and he joins me from catman due in nepal. welcome to the program. thank you. okay. can you give us a snapshot of the himalayas glaciers, how bad a state are they in when they're delicious in indigo similarities and us. what we call this region is, are, you know, in general singing quite rapidly. just to give you an idea in terms of the number, ah, between 198-2010. and that's appear for the study we have so far, must off did it. and in nibble, for example, and the glacier area reduced lee about a quarter to 24 percent to be precise. in good 123 percent. right in, in part of industries in it to reduce plate 21 percent. so or within those years, around a quarter of militia,

india has reduced that the past reco. so deck and long term can tell they're good. the situation is quade, quade studious, quite dramatic and up, you know, and it's not just about glacial media shrinking. it is also about what that means for different sectors. so it's great quincy this, i would say, can you talk about early warning systems? i wonder if it's possible to predict what's called these glacial lake outburst flash. so, you know, there are many ways to manage. so that kind of plugs and one really effectively is early warning system. that means you place certain device, no clues are on the lake so that it tells that it literally almost florida loft even has happened. and then you know,

the live that in home isn't honesty and that information can be transmitted to, you know, communities who would do it, which would be impacted by that flow through different, you know, media. it would be 2 more messages or, you know, some systems. so that's called early warning system, which is very critical, but unfortunately a early warning system in this part of the war is quite limited. bought what at national level, but also i would like to mention that in many cases, those glove this cancelled laundry. that means a leak might be situation situated in one country, but if it glove even happen, that could impact not only that country immediately, but also countries downstream. so that is the trans laundry dimension. and then when we talk about trans laundry,

only one new system. there are almost none in this region. so the vulnerability and the disk of blood for the girl glove is quite high. and you know, early learning early warning system is quite, quite important. that actually really makes me think that the situation in the mountains of pakistan seemed determined by emissions produced by countries far away . right? if you talk about them can't national, you know, countries like china and the united states and producing so much emissions and impacting this corner of the world. is there anything that can be done locally to prevent their glaciers from melting more? i agree with you, you know, many of those countries emit quatre quite less. so their contribution to global, i mean, climate changes quade, quade low, but they are actually being impacted quatre significantly. but having said that,

a quickly add that even countries in the neighborhood like india and china are rapidly increasing the emissions. so they are not that later. but small countries like near pal darn and even pakistan, their ship is really low, but impact is quite high. so when it comes to, you know, managing the risk there might be dared dire approves that we could take off at. but the 1st thing we need to think of is who are going to be impacted moves. and the answer is clearly, it is the communities who are living in, in the local localities. and it would be many different impacts, you know, a scarcity of water extremes, period of agriculture and many other. so definitely in terms of impact or there are many ways that are local, come in, these can be capacity with different measures to adjust and

adopt to those kind of impacts. look, a little early warning system is one climate services for example, and providing information to farmers aboard what is likely to happen in a sort i'm and longer come climate systems and whether we're and many other options, i think they're not available. but then also, i think we need to think of for, you know, measures that can be implemented at national level wing a little bit higher than a local level, but also transnational level. but all those needs, you know, resources, it needs capacity, it needs, you know, support external support. otherwise this region itself, independently probably will find very difficult to manage the services. i will trust that thank you so much for joining us. my pleasure. thank you.

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alone. welcome to the show. i'm from beardsley in berlin. ukraine, russia and turkey will join the united nations on wednesday for a new round of talks toward freeing up grain exports from ukraine. that's according to russian media. reports of the announcement follows growing global pressure for more political solutions to rising prices. and growing scarcity of commodities such as wheat and corn, more nations of our warning of urgent food crises and even starvation within their own borders. their message, the war in ukraine is making a bad situation even worse. the we crop is mature and ready for harvest here in need pro pat rusk, 400 kilometer, se of the capital, keith. but as the grain warehouses are filling up, the war is drawing closer than my sin. there is no good price for our grains, discharge facilities refuse to receive them. so farmers have to leave them here the front.