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impacting people production and even pigs. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we're looking at climate change today on d. w. 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 indus 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 aris, jabber khan of water and joining as he is based in islamabad. thank you for joining the program. as we see the studies all the time about the himalayan regions, future. tell us what you see with your work there a. well, actually, i think one of the things i like about this totally 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 this data together, who come up with the 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 will likely add value to the, to the body of knowledge that is out there. and it will help policy makers in thinking, 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 he basically worked 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 urban readings. what we're doing now is basically for waiting. we don't want to reach us recharging the downward, her because of the, the intensity of the rainfall changing. another thing we are also doing is that with climate change, the hotter areas that are becoming hotter and, and also the and dryer solar roadside, wooden slats. and what it is, what we tend to do is to help these communities mitigate the effects of growth as

well as you know, help them to develop infrastructure and also bid knowledge understanding of climate change. so there, you know, whatever infrastructure is 80 climate receiving a 10 is part effected so badly by planning to folks. we also try to support the in terms of wastewater treatment so that, you know, it also help with using the carbon emissions. do that is related to citation. 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 word 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 the, 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 reason 11 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 vision level is a more disciplined 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 now 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 let 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 in this country together, that's the way you see. you see that this, there is an opportunity for his country to come together to face a real issue of your digital deck is going to hit us in the next few decades. so any 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 that of and work together a on, on this issue because it is south asia is ultimately a net. no, we, we don't contribute that much to greenhouse emissions, but we added that recipient of the effects of this debt as deserted it as a say no more intense lighting, more intense drought, and essentially the buddhists, communities dedicated to the most white 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 foot wave and fixed decades from people to factory production to pigs. everything is suffering. the earth has cracked in junction 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 gasoline. 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, got expert, se climate change is driving the extreme weather. in chang, i, a record of $40.00 degrees celsius was about to break, but the city was saved by a thunderstorm. this isn't how this year engine high. i founded the hot days a really long and the temperatures are especially high yesterday because my job is in the port. i went to our port to walk around. it was just an hour. my clothes and pants were all wet. you can call the city at the other, with the heat up pockets have become more frequent and industrial areas of feeling the hit in more ways than one in such on province. all factories have been asked to close for 6 days to save power. that will impact a supply of semiconductors and lithium for its such one is a key hub. in south west china ground temperatures spike to a 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 fabi in a to what extent the 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 um, 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 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 em over proportionally affected by climate change. and that extreme weather conditions will

happen more frequently. those conditions that we can see right now an 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 indorse 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 a power shortage. for example, sit on, that's a sir southwest and province that is mostly affected by the heat wave. there's a lot of ration and going on and power supply a supply is limited. am government officials m r asked and not to use air con too much, and some factories had to shut down, had to suspend their an operation. and m and other 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, em aren't there. they are a 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 there, done. and i mean, in general, and there's

a lot of urban planning and people here in china think, how can they create or make a city more adaptable to a global warming. but i mean, those are long term efforts and of course cannot be felt right now. i've been cash ran baking. thank you so much. and of course this rain seating was something that happened when i was based in beijing. this is a perpetual fight against nature in china. thank you. that's it for thursday. thank you for watching. as always, for more you can follow us on social media. hello guys. this is the 77 percent. the platform with issues and share ideas. you know, on these channels, we are not afraid to talk to young people clearly have the solution. good future,

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