military facilities, but also linked to main financial with adventure, full of hardships, dangers and death. 3 years that would change the world forever. like jillions journey around the world. starting september 7th on d w. this ended up in use asia coming up to date is south asia, in the midst of a climate emergency focused on is facing catastrophic flooding. that's taken lives and damaged infrastructure. just months earlier, it's neighbors were facing floods is all disconnected and is the region prepared for the changes in the climate plus a record drought has pushed down more to levels in china, effecting energy supplied

a report on its consequences. ah, i'm british man, you're welcome to d w. news. asia ledger could join us indonesia, environment minister has told g 20 officials the world risks heading into uncharted territory. if they fail to act together against the climate crisis, the call came at the g. 20 environmental meeting on bali, just this month. catastrophic flooding has killed more than a 1000 people in pakistan, while much of china has been experiencing a crippling drought and record heat. he has more of what a c p nor a bio bucket said. we know that claim a chink, would become an empty via and will be playing off the gracies. it would not only wipe out all development programs that has been achieved over the past decade,

but usually in emerging economies. but it would also brought us over an environmental peeping boy into uncharted barre 3 where no few jeered will be sustainable. and if you're in pakistan, that future already looks bleak. here more than 33000000 people. that's one in 7 pakistan is have been affected by flooding that followed. heavy rain. many are homeless, have lost their finances and iron areas that are proving hard to reach because the roads have been washed away. un chief antonio, the terrace has described it as a monsoon on steroids and a beamed for a $160000000.00 in emergency funding to help the country. but pakistan's floods aren't an isolated event just this year. se shows in periods of extreme heat, followed by heavy rains and floods, and most of these events are occurring with greater intensity over regular periods of time. south spacious battle against extreme weather this year began in march

when scorching temperatures betted the region. pakistan reported breaker temperatures that exceeded 49 degrees celsius. india received 70 percent less rainfall than usual. residents across the region had hoped for relief, which came in may, but went way to extreme. the monsoon season began earlier than expected and hit the indian state of awesome and makalya in full force. unprecedented rainfall and flooding left over a 100 dead and millions of homes submerged. if you are one, what is it? okay, this is the 3rd time that we're facing. floods offer on we're this time the flood is completely swamped the street on the canal whatever was repaired after the 2nd flood is now again in ruins. all the rain also hit neighboring bangladesh affecting

especially the low lying areas while heavy rainfall during salvation monsoon season is normal. flooding in such an intensity is not or not yet. but monsoon patterns are changing, meaning bangladesh will have to cope with more unpredictable spells of disasters under the board. we'll go with fidel due to our geographical location. we have to live with floods. we have to accept this and act accordingly. but our dark, your authority grew like a low, and most recently, pakistan flooding has submerged more than a 3rd of the country. over 30000000 people have been affected. a 1000 people died early on this monsoon season, who eventually come to an end, but devastation like this will likely repeat over and over again in the coming years and decades. and let's get more on this with dr. roxy.

both your call from the indian institute of tropical meteorology in our pony doctor called south asia. her seem extreme heat in the month of march and april, followed by flooding in may and june. and now we have catastrophic flooding in pakistan is all of this connected right. the dish. so dish is the poster child or explain weather events changed out from climate change and based in climate change, i would say. and we see, you know, drastic trent increase. so extreme weather events like he dreams, jobs, floods, and sight lawns in this region. i'm rising off india, pakistan. i'm going to love this. and this is particularly because, so dish is in such a joker location in washing out it in the tropical waters. we just

want me quite faster than any other ocean basins in the blog. intuition is wild fossil warming. auction basically, i'm just changing. it seemed rather like cycle, very extreme muscle being 1st reduced, carrying a lot more certainly. so that will cation spend once on being that strong. and then when the rooms are weak, right? in general, long game direction in the strand last on, watson circulation. so we have jobs, but in between, if you do want to start having burst pennies, taking up all that more sort of from the ocean and dummy all of the sudden in some parts of south asia, there is a clear global warming signal here. one of the important talk about is a global warming use that when we, how, when the air is warmer,

the air was more moisture and for a longer time, right? so it doesn't drain. i me. but when it rains, all that moisture does absorb for, for that long time it does all of a sudden. so you get a sense rain or a strain in a few hours to a few days. and that's what, what we see across the issue. and this is not destined bucket. you see the story back in the gap are happening this year. even despite some of the reasons why somebody has been going to jobs, right. be so be an extra range that's happening in eastern parts of your describe. i just ask your doctor call if you think that south asia, therefore in the midst of a climate emergency, right. i would say that i would say that early thing, those climate change right from here. so that we do that. we saw that just before

them once and then we had a long g trip and it was not just the intensity of sheets. it was it was the land off that you'd be doing one day she'd feel or she'd be lucky from may. and then to be in the june, i didn't point dr. condition that the range were ready lot during that time you didn't a long time. so that intensified the right conditions. during that time. reship, i believe you need to pull your power of more air conditioning or, or the agriculture you are what it addition sectors you've just given the various impacts talking about would you say that once in the region are prepared to deal with these sorts of changes or do they need to be doing more right now?

no, no, not nationally. demand commission commitments for reducing emissions. appreciate to keep the temperatures down below 1.5 degrees celsius by 2042 by 60 and the change of the b c. i didn't know that actually whether even it's like 5 or on, but i just want to that one degrees celsius. right. and even if i just, i cannot imagine that back. feel free to do such a change. yeah. so the next step for the government to do is are generally take your immediate lock up dish measures because the climate change is global. the impact of local allies you see happening in one region, also happening in other region other region or so based on the local conditions and climate changes. we need to do that when we talk to each region,

not fungi or religious, right? we'll have to leave it there for the time being unfortunate. they dr. roxy matthew call. thank you so much for joining us today on this important subject. similar variations in climate having seen across southwest in china as well for much of the past few weeks of record drought kept water level dangerously low. but now with the return of the reins that are fears of flooding, how about the recent dry spell has already shown people how climate change can directly impact their lives. corresponding patrick folk reports from the city of john king ah, dark clouds hang over chunk king's horizon. a last there's rainfall for weeks. this region had suffered under intense drought. it killed crops and caused bush rise. it also drastically lowered water levels along the yank. see harder, it's been a long time since it rained more than 40 days. the young c as the world 3rd largest

river and a water source for about 600000000 people. it's currents also fuel much of china's extensive hydropower infrastructure. parts of the river dried up during the drought, sparking severe energy shortages and chunking and other places restaurant own a young who operates inside a downtown mall. and john ching, it's just one of the many local business owners affected. and in the chile, normally we'd have everything on these days. the government is promoting energy saving measures like using the furnace set of air conditioners. there isn't enough . electricity. authorities had ordered malls to only stay open for 5 hours a day at the height of the heat. wave young says operating hours are still restricted and that many businesses are also making their own contributions. like keeping lights switched off to cut energy consumption. well, you can see there are lots of errors going into trying to save energy to address

this power branch here on underground trains. their content which is being all the lights are being then. so every other light here is switched off right now. but these really are just stop gap measure to help alleviate the short term. in the long term environmentalists like lead shower greenpeace, a policy makers must set more aggressive green targets to tackle the effects of climate change. huge oil change on that to dante extreme climb events like this. i causing a lot of damage and i spent a lot of public discussion. these factors could push the government to take more proactive approach in fighting climate change and reaching its carbon neutral goals . at the same time though, the recent heat wave, the havoc it's caused, have raised questions over southwestern china's reliance on hydropower. there are fears, policy makers may resort to burning new fossil fuels like coal to meet its energy demands and to reduce the risk of future energy crunches brought on by extreme

weather conditions. but it's likely to make it harder for china to achieve its goal of going carbon neutral by 2060. and it could contribute towards even more unpredictable and extreme weather in the future. and that's it for today is of course more from the region on our website. the double door thrown forward, slash is shaft time as ever you can follow us on facebook and for more of the same time will think of then will you become a criminal pre climate? i am ready know who's welcome to take talk with you about hackers and paralyzed me to your societies. computers that out some of you and governments that go crazy for your data. we explain how these technologies work,

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in berlin, welcome to the program. russia has suspended all gas supplies to germany through the nord stream, one pipeline, state entity, firm gas. prom says deliveries will be stopped the 3 days for maintenance work. however, there are doubt save a weather. supplies will resume on saturday. russia had already reduced north stream, one flows to 20 percent. that no capacity, citing various technical reasons. however, the german government says the kremlin is using gas supplies as a weapon and retaliation against western sanctions. let's get more on this with mikhail critique in from the consultant consultancy firm iris energy. he's based outside of russia and joins us as great. have you on the program? give me a call. what are the chances of deliveries down north street one actually resuming after the stoppage? will to begin with cannot for us the girls and the russian go, went to war her. oh can the lot of girl miss.