a game changer for gunners cocoa. finally africa got by in 60 minutes on dw, with secrets lie behind these walls, discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d, w world heritage 360. get the app. now this is did oven years, asia, today we're looking at the deadly impact of climate change across asia. this year, beginning in pakistan where catastrophic flooding left a 3rd of the country underwater and millions of people homeless. the un called it climate of carnage. while focused on expedients record flooding,

china suffered record heat and drought enough to nearly collapse the power grid and demanding climate justice for their unborn babies. the extraordinary lawsuit in south korea where expectant mothers sued to state brooklyn. and ah, i'm british energy. welcome to the special edition of d, w. news asia that you could join us this summer, so boxed on hit by devastating floods that covered more than a 3rd of the country and displaced millions. the historic scale of the disaster has been widely blamed on global warming, a combination of severe drought, unusually heavy monsoon rains, and the increasing run off from melting glaciers. upwards of 30000000 people were affected by the catastrophe, and he saw their lives literally washed away. our next story he sees how desperate

families in pakistan are trying to find the courage to carry on. rashana lee and his son a mom have lost everything i. they put their savings into building a house, which they finished only 2 months ago, and the sudden province of sinned the floods have wiped at their home. and all their hopes. less than mary wont let her go. they go, yeah, i work my whole life to build this house and i've never owned a home before. oh yeah, be alone. we were so happy when we finally managed to save enough to build it in medical. yeah. okay. i don't know whether that will ever happen again. i love you hugs. meghan ali and his son are both carpenters. he mom bought some materials and started building a workshop. but his hopes were quickly dashed. it re, non stop for 17 days and the walls were overcome by flood waters. mad at us did

that in america. luckily, we have relatives near by them and we're living with my cousin. are you? yeah, i'm ready. i mean, there are 4 or 5 other families here that bunch them down there. just simple labor is emma. good. but they help us because their family up and i, i'm edema that have been here on the way into the village with the families now staying. the scale of the destruction is clear with the water here is also waste. deep 8 people normally live in their temporary accommodation. now, more than 30, a crammed in law he, my kids are sick. the can't get any medicine. we can't even leave the house. i know

the family needs medicine, food and clean drinking water, but there's little prospect of any improvement char, her son is the agricultural minister in a region which is 90 percent flooded. have at many residents of farmers who depend on their harvest. that the food means that's likely to fail this year. yeah. but it, that also didn't, didn't fit funny or the what are some houses is a me to deep water jaga, but the weight harvest will be devastated this year and next year i got a gap on the, the water in the fields has to drain away, stop your body got of it's lucky there'll be no harvest for 2 years like on a valley. war is sized. okay. uh gillis, albany looks at me by that. it with many, here she'll the floods will main shoot shortages. although it's one of the countries with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions pakistan is a victim of climate change. but able to get angry, so sad wish at last, the village elder site hasn't rained this hard in a 100 years. i think i'm

a can give it of course it's linked to global warming about and climate change. and i believe pearson and as opposed to create the government says more than 30000000 people are reflected by the flooding. the authorities, a promising financial help for those in need, but they have not received anything so far. rashana lee doesn't know how he and his family will cope yet, moves him up brochures. yes, me mila. both. please don't ask me whether i'll ever be able to build another house . yeah, i'm to, i feel helpless and completely overwhelmed out to me, i'd like to have never cried before in my life. oh, i'm just trying to stay strong and be grateful for what god has given me. your mid mid jaw, unless you may have may was said because you'll rashana alleys. big hope now is that for his son, at least the dream of owning his own home will one day come true. the

damage billing from those floods is thought to top $40000000000.00 by august on foreign minister beloved. but those are the audi spoke to d. w about the floods and that aftermath. he called for international solidarity for the victims of climate change. that is not a question of charity. it's a question of justice that a country that produces a 0.8 percent. the global carbon footprint is the 8th most climate stress country on the planet, and is disproportionately affected by climate change. the 33000000 people are paying with their lives and their livelihoods, with the industrialization or richer countries. and therefore, this is a global problem of sort of global actions. we hope that it also has global solutions. ah, extreme weather also hit southwest in china. this summer,

a record heat wave and severe drought kept water level dangerously low. at the same time, the demand for air conditioning created an acute energy crisis. it was a sobering reminder of how climate change can directly impact people's lives. correspondent patrick falk. file this report from the city of cha ching. dark clouds hang over chung chinks, 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 harder. 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, 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, 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 errors going into trying to save energy, and the address is power branch here on the ground 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 shorts are in the long term environmentalists like li jowers,

greenpeace. a policy makers must set more aggressive green targets to tackle the effects of climate change. usual, a judge on that until extreme climate events like this are causing a lot of damage and i spent a lot of public discussion. these factors could push the government to take proactive approach in fighting climate change and reaching its carbon mutual 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.

ah. now earlier this year, environmentalists in south korea filed the lawsuit to demand a reduced carbon emissions on behalf of their children. some of them unborn. barons are suing the government, saying the country needs to reduce pollution for the well being of the next generation. correspondent frank smith has more. e dawn, helen is pregnant and worried. worried. the planet will be too hot and her unborn child won't have clean air to breathe. she so concerned she joined her feet as to a lawsuit, demanding the south korean government do more to protect the environment, falcon and i to pill $92.00. and that's all i take my baby honey horn yet and hasn't admitted a single gram of carbon dioxide into the world. i got here when i you for his her, i'm so concerned about the world that my baby will face her course with so many disasters all i joined. there's no sir tanya,

i can't hear that he's fetus. is one of about 60 co plaintiff's under 11 years old, who are mounting a collective legal campaign. lawyers say may take years, e says her unborn baby offers a strong symbol. it or i believe not. i need to pass back to the older generation, but also future generation should be fully considered on issue surrounding the climate crisis. and there should be an open platform where they can participate and us discussion coming south korean environmental as are also pushing for a shift in behavior. across from new president use of y'all's office, greenpeace recently demanded high honor, his campaign clerk, to ben internal combustion cars. by 2035 blank, nahant donnell beach. we need effect of leadership from the president to tackle climate change and to transition the domestic car industry into eco friendly cars. it's changing our cars is the most significant way to cut down on greenhouse gas emission using oh,

pronouncing up and going either pollution effects more than just warming the planet . the issue of air quality had become a regular concern with bad air days prompting the government to warn people to try to stay in doors. as coven 19 declines, and factories ramp up production with more traffic, it's expected people will see more read on their air quality apps. young people. busy mixed feelings about the lawsuit, they also recognized that everyone needs to do more calling upon kay, towner to seek young name. a law suit might be a strong measure to deal with this issue, tumeratrack total, but it seems better to have more campaigns to change behaviors and don't count alcohol. they should take legal action only as a last resort. so now i knew that that wasn't all for god, look at in i believe the government needs to work on an order, but it should go together with individually face. so we don't expect in mother or

e, don't young admit her fetus is a bit of an unusual claimant. tick ocoee a on the day i 1st had my baby's heartbeat. i went to the forest and saw a woodpecker, and i named my baby wood paneling hurry in to see the pine just sight would pack is want to live safely in the forest. i want the world and the environment to be safe, where our babies will be born within a couple for he and her baby more than the clock is ticking. and that's it for today. as of course, more now website. thanks for watching and to but ah, enjoying the view and come take a look at this tv highlight school every week in your inbox. subscribe now. oh, william, how to think on. oh, it goes on dollars, will i and was high. and if i had known that the boat would be bad, small,

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