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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. shinta ave was campaigning in

the western city of norah last week when he was fatally shot by a man with a hand made gun the suspected killer. a 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 obee will be remembered. i mean, for many people, especially the younger ones, she was all they knew he was the only prime minister they had seen in a long time. so i'm, he had a surprisingly big following among the younger people. and i say surprising because his policies were very conservative, and so he's been also a rather do visit figure. and i think a lot of the, 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 song things, but others are yeah, he,

he didn't really get that far. and as i said, there are a lot of things that that now aren't being mentioned because of obviously that the grief, but i 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 time when he's 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, their 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 in 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, joe thought it would, it would get moved to london. women and children was screaming. some people were

rescuing children. some one of the women were trying to save household items. it was like doomsday global c global visible though 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 while 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 banished 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 sort of you to walk. and there was a beautiful lake here. and this place was like an island, 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. exxon keanda, warsaw, which people in hassan about are 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 already being destroyed. and i ruined shesta is a senior climate specialist with the international center for integrated mountain

development. and you joins me from catman due in nepal. welcome to the program. thank you. okay. can you give us a snapshot of the himalayan glaciers? how bad a state are they in? when linda lucius in indigo, she marlowe reasoned 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, most updated and in nibble, for example. and the glitch of either reduced lee about a quarter 24 percent will be precise in good 123 percent. right in, in part of industries in it to reduce plate 21 percent. so or within those? yes, around

a quarter of militia india has reduced that the past reco. so duct and long term can tell they're good. the situation is quade, quade cbs, quite dramatic and up, you know, and it's not just about the glacier area shrinking. it is also about water. that means for different sectors. so it's great, great. see 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 effectively is early warning system. that means you place certain device, no clues or on the lake. so that it tells that it literally almost florida loft even has happened. and then you know,

the lives that information don't see. 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, the 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 would impact not only dec 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 quickly 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 the glaciers from melting more i do with you, you know, many of those countries amid 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 poolgan and even pakistan dealership is really low, but impact is quite high. so when it comes to, you know, managing the risk there might be dared dire approach 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 are definitely in dumps 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. local level. early warning system is one climate services for example, and providing information to farmers aboard what is likely to happen in us. our comment longer come, climate systems and where the 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, going a little bit higher than a local level, but also transnational level. but all those needs, you know, resources, it needs capacity, it needs a support external support. otherwise this reason it's sill independent. he probably will find very difficult to manage the services. i will trust that thank you so much for joining us. my pleasure. thank you. that's it. for

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