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that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d. w. many portion of lunch also. now in the world, climate change very often stores. this is my pleasure, the way from just one week how much was going to really get we still have time to out. i'm going all with you're watching the w news asia coming up today. new research shows what scientists call in irreversible decline in fresh water storage in asia. the drying up of the tibetan plateau would impact billions of people across the continent will take a closer look. and in china, scorching heat across the country,

impacting people production and even hey ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. we're looking at climate change today. andy 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 plateau is rivers we have arrived jabber khan of water, and joining us, 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. ringback ringback actually, i think one of the things i like about this study is that it basically combines the satellite imagery and that data and information with key data from the ground. and the model that has been developed is putting all this data together to 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 will likely add value to the, to the body of knowledge that is out there. and they need to lead policy makers in music realizing the impact of what either the impact of climate change on this region. and water aid has a presence in the himalaya we can in pakistan. can you tell us a little bit about the what do so we basically were on a number of days in relation to. busy reducing to mitigating the impact of climate change. so for example, you know, we have a lot more open readings. 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 a good thing we are also doing is that with climate change, the hotter areas that are becoming hotter and, and also the and dryer, so 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 that knowledge and understanding of climate change. so there to, to whatever infrastructure is if the claimant proceeding content is protected 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. 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 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 regional 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 change. now these numbers can work together in making sure that the communities have enough water going forward and you don't have the kind of conflict that i'd be predicted to let you to a. ready 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 these countries to come together to face a real issue of your did your 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 it is south asia is ultimately a net, you know, 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, more advanced learning, more intense 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 temperature is continued 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 have 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. awesome, 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. experts say 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 at 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 this the, the other with the heat up pockets have become more frequent and industrial areas of feeling the hit in more ways than one in set you 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 it's 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 us as journalist 5 in chrysler in beijing fabi in a to what extent the people in china as see this as connected to climate change. so the debate is taking place, especially on social media. when you look on waybill, there are a lot of posts around climate change and the connection towards the ongoing heat wave. however, i would say it's not s 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's issue indeed 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 half people been coping where you are at. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? i'm in beijing were actually the situation became better recently and 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 am 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 can seek shelter in public places at half air conditioning, for example, subways or community centers. and what has the government been doing either at the

national or local level if he 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 sir southwest and province. it is mostly affected by the heat wave. there's a lot of rationing going on and power supply or 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 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, em aren't there. they are a danger of losing their crops. so am in her bay. that's a province. yep. aging. and what they are doing is they are sending airplanes to the sky and a 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 cities 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. is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what it could look like. return in the normal. and we visit those who are finding it difficult

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