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can with the effects of climate change. i mean, felt wired before a station in the rain forest continued carbon dioxide emissions have risen again. young people all over the world are committed to climate protection. what impact will because change doesn't happen on its own. make up your room, mind it. d. w. lead for mines with they said it up in years, 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 montoya, it's neighbors we're facing floods is old, is connected and is the region prepared for the changes in the climate plus

a record draft has pushed down more to levels in china, effecting energy supplied report on its consequences. ah, i'm british manage. 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 a 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. here is more of water, c, p. nora bio bucket said, we know that climb a chink would become an empty via and will be playing off the graces. it would not

only wipe out our development progress that has been achieved over the past decades . but the unity in emerging economics. but it also brought us over an environmental peeping point into uncharted barre 3 where no future will be sustainable. and if you're in pakistan, that future already looks bleak. here more than 33000000 people. that's one in 70 parties. studies have been affected by flooding that followed heavy rain. many are homeless, have lost their finances and other areas that are proving hard to reach. because roads have been washed away. un chief and toners to terrace has described it as a monsoon on steroids and beamed for 160000000 dollars in emergency funding to help the country. but pakistan's floods aren't an isolated event just this year. so this shows in periods of extreme heat followed by heavy rains and floods. and

most of these events are occurring with greater intensity over regen updated of time. so facial battle against extreme weather this year began in march, when scorching temperatures patted the region. pakistan reported breaker temperatures that exceeded 49 degrees celsius. india received 70 percent less rainfall than usual residence 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 states of awesome and makalya and 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 we are offer on were i this time the flood is completely swamped the street on the canal, whatever was repaired after the 2nd floor and it is now again in ruins. over the rain also hit neighboring bangladesh. affecting especially the low lying areas, while heavy rainfall during south asia monsoon season. as 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 them over legos, for their own due to our geographical location. we have to live with floods. we have to accept this and act accordingly. but our dark, your authority, glory like hello, and most recently, poncas time, flooding has submerged more than a 3rd of the country. over 30000000 people have been affected. a 1000 people died this monsoon season,

who eventually come to an end. the devastation like this will likely repeat over and over again in the coming years and decades. and let's get more of this with dr. roxy, about your call from the indian institute of tropical meteorology in opponent, dr. called south asia has seen extreme heat in the months 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? bridge. so geisha is a foster child or rather events changed out from climate change and based in climate change, i would say and we see, you know, draw street trent increase. so extreme weather events like heaters jobs, floods, and side walls in this region,

rising out india, pakistan and been lavish. and this is particularly because it is in such a jogger location. it didn't washing out it in the tropical waters. we just want me quite faster than any other ocean basins in the indian ocean. is wild fossil warming auction, basically, i'm just checking out. it seemed rather like cycle. that's very extreme. watson being 1st reduce carrying a lot more submitted. so that will cation spend, once on being that strong, and allocations, random ones are weak, right? in general, long game election in the strand last on, watson circulation. so we have jobs. but in between, you do want to start having burs pennies, taking up all that more sort of from the washing and dummy all of a 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, what, when the areas warmer, the air was more moisture and for a long time. right? so it doesn't drain. i me. but when it rains all that more story 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 india are happening this year. even despite some of the reasons why somebody has been going to charles rather be so maybe an extra range that 1st talking eastern parts of this can you describe? i just asked you to call if you think the south asia, therefore in the midst of a climate emergency,

right. i would say that i would say that early signals of climate change right from here. so that we see that we saw that just before the one to do some we had a long g trip and it was not just the intensity of the heat. it was it was the land thought that you'd be doing it one day she'd be order. she'd been for, i'd be lucky from may and then to be in june i did point dr. condition that the range were really low during that time. it didn't a long time. so that intensified the right conditions during that time. i wish if i need to pull you up more air conditioning or, or, or you are more additions sectors. you've given me various in 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 mall right now? no, none of the nationally demand commission commitments for reducing emissions are sufficient to keep the temperatures down below 1.5 degrees celsius by 2040 or you don't to stop by and the changes that we see. i did a now that actually me rather even like 5 wrong, but i just wants to that one degrees celsius. right. and even if i just, i can only imagine that in back, feel free to get 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. but impact of local allies you see happening in one region, talks happening in other regions of the region or so based on the local conditions

and climate changes, we need to do that. we talked to each region, i can drive or relate, right? we'll have to leave it there for the time being unfortunate, 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, a record drought kept water level is 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. correspondent patrick folk reports from the city of john king. ah, dark clouds hang over chung chains, horizon a last there's rainfall for weeks. this region had suffered under intense drought.

it killed crops and caused bush wires. it also drastically lowered water levels along the yank sea criteria. it's been a long time since it rained more than 40 days. the young c as the world 3rd largest river and the 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 is just one of the many local business owners effective. 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, so 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. or you can see there are lots of veterans going into trying to save energy to address this power branch here on underground trains their content which is being called up and likes of 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 li chow of greenpeace, a policy makers must set more aggressive green sockets to tackle the effects of climate change. huge oil change on that to the antenna. extreme climate 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 a 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 today from forward slash, future time as ever, and follows on facebook and for to reflect more of the same. i would think of n a vibrant to have a ton and a glistening place along the mediterranean sea. it's waters connect people of many cultures. jennifer abdul karim explores the land of the

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