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scorching heat across the country, impacting people production and even pigs. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we're looking at climate change today on dw news asia starting with some dire news about the tibetan plateau. it is the world's largest fresh water reserve providing for almost 2000000000 people on the continent. and scientists say that in the coming decades, we will see a quote, total collapse of the water supply. the in this is a mighty body of water. but in just a few decades, this river might turn into little more than a trickle. like most of the largest rivers in asia, it originates in the tibetan plateau. a region also known as ages water tower.

almost 2000000000 people in central asia, afghanistan, pakistan, and india depend on water that springs from here. scientists say this huge water reserve will likely soon run dry researchers from china and the u. s. conducted measurements in the mountainous region and analyzed satellite pictures of the tibetan plateau. much of the water here is stored as ice and snow when the glaciers disappear, due to rising temperatures. so will the stream of meltwater that feeds the rivers. predictions are bleak, around $230.00 giga tons of water could be lost. that's enough to fill over 90000000 olympic sized swimming pools. if c o 2 emissions are not radically and rapidly reduced, the researchers add that more alternative water supply sources like wells and even

pipelines may be necessary to meet the shortage in the not too distant future. but it's unclear if that will be enough to sustain the hundreds of millions of people who depend on the plateaus rivers. we have arraf, jabber khan of water age joining as he is based in islamabad. thank you for joining that program. as we see these studies all the time about the himalayan regions, future. tell us what you see with your work there. oh, well actually, i think one of the things i like about this 30 is that it basically combines the satellite imagery and that data and information with actually data from the ground. and the model that has been developed is putting all these data together, who come up with a prediction for the future. so i think in terms of accuracy, given that they're looking at what top down as well as what i'm up did,

i think this will be, this is likely add value to the, to the body of knowledge that is out there. and it will help policy makers in music realizing the impact of what's the impact of climate change on this region. and what our aid has a presence in the himalayas we can in pakistan. can you tell us a little bit about what to do? so we basically were on a number of days in relation to reducing the, mitigating the impact of climate change. so for example, you know, we have a lot more up and running. so what we're doing now is basically waiting the number to reach us to reach out to the groundwater because of the intensity of the rainfall changing. and the other thing we are also doing is that with climate change, the hotter areas that are becoming hotter and also the and dryer solar roadside wouldn't. and wouldn't this, what we tend to do is to help these communities mitigate the effects of drought as

well as you know, help them to develop infrastructure and also build their knowledge and understanding of climate change. so their to, to whatever infrastructure is a cli climate proceeding content is part effective so badly by planning to folks. we also try to support the, in terms of with water treatment so that, you know, it also help with deducing the carbon emissions. ready do that is related to sanitation. got it. now you mentioned ground water, of course our, with the glaciers disappearing is ground water enough of a solution to deal with the asian continents. situation where they're looking at not getting much water from the dependent black l. well actually what we do is also combine the work that we do on the ground with communities with and we develop that

into papers and documents for policy change in policy, influence and then work with with the governments on there that i think in this case as is indicated by the study as well. we need to work and you know, at the regional level for working on these issues because water is going to become a point of conflict amongst these countries. if they don't come together and work on it at the policy level, but at the regional level as a mark just from people. but also thinking about the region and how water availability, both in terms of quality and quantity is being impacted by climate in and how these numbers can work together in making sure that the communities have enough water going forward. and you don't have to kind of conflict that i'd be predicted to get you to a shortage of water because of climate change. now you talk about the need for countries to work together. are you satisfied with the co operation and thinking of pakistan, china, india,

nepal. i mean there's so many other factors that define their relationship. yes, and i think you see this good actually a big this country together. that's the way you see. you see that this, there is an opportunity for these countries to come together to face a real issue of your digital debt is going to hit us in the next few decades. so really for leaders to step up and provide that leadership in coming together because you know, yes, we can always talk about the differences in the conference and the issues. but i think it actually can also be use an opportunity to come to one platform and when we're together a on, on this issue because of his health issues. i typically a net no we, we don't contribute that much to greenhouse emissions, but we are a little bit of the effects of this and that has deserted it. as i said, you know, what had been studying what happens drought and essentially the buddhists, communities that affected the most weight areas jabber khan, thank you so much for joining us. thank you for reading.

ah, china's national near logical center has put out a red alert warning as temperatures continue to soar and roast the country. this is its worst heat wave and fixed decades from people to factor production to pigs. everything is suffering. the earth has cracked in geometry province and the yangtze river is shrinking. the river has received less than half the rain that typically feeds it in august. meanwhile, people in cities across china are roasting as temperature remain close to 40 degree celsius. rather experts have issued a read a lot wanting for the next many weeks, but people are already fatigued from the intense heat. yasamin. it's like a steamer, it's really hot. if you have nothing to do,

it's best to stay at home with air conditioning, go. experts say climate change is driving the extreme weather. in shang i, a record of $40.00 degrees celsius was about to break. but the city was saved by a thunderstorm. this on how is your engine high? i founded the hot days a really long and the temperatures are especially high yesterday because my job is at the port. i went to airport to walk around. it was just an hour, my clothes and pants were all what you think was the city said the other with the heat up. power cuts have become more frequent and industrial areas of feeling the hit in more ways than one in sexual province or factories have been asked to close for 6 days to save power. that will impact a supply of semiconductors and lithium for it. such one is a key hub. in south west china, ground temperatures spiked. we're dizzying 50 degrees celsius,

making several of these pigs faint firefighters rushed to cool them down, preventing what could have been a loss of over $50000.00. joining as his journalist 5 in chrysler in beijing at fabi, in a to what extent to people in china as see this as connected to climate change. but the debate is taking place, especially on social media when you look on way. but there are a lot of posts around climate change and the connection towards the ongoing heat wave. however, i would say it's not as prominently discussed as you might expect, but just the fact that it is debated is quite remarkable. given that and the official state media here until quite recently portrayed to climate change as something very abstract and that is not really affecting everyday life, but that has changed. and also the government here acknowledge that am china is actually indeed over proportionally,

affected by climate change and that extreme weather conditions will happen more frequently. those conditions that we can see right now and extreme heat wave and also draught. and how have people been coping where you are at? what are you seeing? what are you hearing? i'm in beijing where actually the situation became better recently, at least during the night. it's cooling down. however, especially in central china, southwest and china, the heat is still quite unbearable and yet became almost like an everyday ritual to complain about the heat. and every one that i know who can afford it stays as much in dos during the day as possible with the air conditioning running at all times. and especially for less privileged people. and also the senior people who don't have an air con at home. i mean, this heat is really quite existentially threatening, so they don't stay at home. they seek shelter in public places that have the air conditioning, for example, subways or community centers. and what does the government been doing either at the

national or local level if you could give a few examples? yes, so one of the biggest problems connected to the heat wave is the air power shortage . for example, sit on, it's a southwest and province that is mostly affected by the heat wave. there's a lot of rationing going on. i'm power supply or supply is limited. am government officials and i asked and not to use air con too much, and some factories had to shut down, had to suspend their an operation. and another big problem is also m. yeah, the, the agriculture sector. i mean, there's not enough rain for a lot of fields to, you know, am, and that they're, they're in danger of losing their crops. so am in her bay. that's a province, jo, aging. and what they're doing is they're sending airplanes to the sky and basically firing silva iodide. that's an a chemical that can induce an artificial rain. so that's also been in a done and i mean, in general, and there's

a lot of urban planning and people here in china think, how can they create a perpetual fight against nature in china? thank you. that's it for thursday. thank you for watching is i'll wait for more, you can follow us on social media group. please listen carefully. don't know how with to do go. ah, feel the magic discover the world around you.

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