A special way to speak up. Im melissa chan youre watching d. W. News asia thank you for joining us well it might be fridays for a future but its wednesdays for women on the program today our stories all feature women as a theme in some way we start with Climate Change in china how the country decides to tackle its environmental problems will determine the direction of the Global Climate crisis correspondent Mathias Bolinger tags along with one student there who understands the urgency. Whenever she can go visit the flower markets in her home city if we need to get pocket money she buys trees seedlings planted in this iran being carried. Its head. Contribution to the worldwide writings for future protest how we joined the movement 4 month ago chinas 1st climates try. To place on the field planting trees is something thats easy to do and something thats possible to promote in china was a lawful it inspired by young people around the world how you started demonstrating in front of the local government offices she was soon as courted away by the police who warned her of serious trouble if she continued. Over how to keep killing but have taken a lot of courage so im hesitant about that i dont consider myself especially brave. Turning a back on activism was also out of the question now several times a week shes out planting trees and posting about her exhibit is on social media is to convince more Young Chinese to join the movement. University student danis with her today for the 2nd time the Chinese Government has made improving the environment one of its key goals but it keeps a tight lid on discussion how we became concerned about the environment after reading an article about Plastic Waste in the ocean. For help until i started really worrying that such a big problem wasnt getting enough attention and nobody would take action. I was terrified every time i thought about it sometimes every 10 minutes i couldnt concentrate on anything anymore. Closer to chinas Rapid Development has taken a huge toll on the environment the country is now the worlds biggest emitter of Greenhouse Gases air quality is one of peoples top concerns but eco activism is rare in chinas repressive political system. The 16 year old student has now been striking for 4 months the parents are worried about her future but she has no intention to give in to their pleas to stop skipping classes you are showing you the Climate Crisis is the biggest crisis ever for the existence of mankind. Everybody should do everything they can to prevent it the youre going to tell. Us what. How he has asked the relative to letter plant the trees on his property in chinas densely populated countryside it is not easy to find uncultivated land the only farm a says he understands and supports the young activists. Feel warm will be used to start getting cold in september but now it summers a look over november look at how warm it still is some of the horror of that. How he says he has planted 200 trees in the past 6 weeks but even more important to those to raise Awareness Among chinas you. Today its the farmers son she explains what Climate Change is and he can join with young people around the world to stop it joining us now is sam deal of executive director of China Dialogue sam i suspect air pollution is one of them but give us the top 2 or 3 environmental problems that chinas facing today. Certainly air pollution is a major problem not only the choking smoke in eastern seaboard cities but also in western and Northern Areas of china particularly heavily industrialized coproducing regions but it was about what ablation from agricultural sources pesticide abuse as well as industrial sources or what have pollution particularly in rural areas and related to that sort of notion news Major Concerns about food safety in china if you think of some of the mass 2nd innings of children from contaminated products or the feed lot it takes to a clinton on the river in shanghai a few years ago Major Concerns about environment and health and that extends also to protests against for example the potential sites you know waste incineration plants patrick chemical plants Nuclear Facilities coal power plants in cities. I want to look at chinas International Commitments particularly with the paris accord the International Agreement to reduce emissions how would you grade china on that and do you think its position has changed since the United States withdrew from that agreement since the United States weve through china stay the course it may wait a Significant International rhetorical commitment that its still in the Paris Agreement that it will stay on track to meet its commitments to paris and is very likely to come in on its commitments of paris to eat its emissions by 2030 the problem is china could be a lot more ambitious than that. There are also concerns that partly because of the trade war and the lack of a strong relationship on planet with the United States theres been some kind of slackening of previously quite stringent regulations on air pollution for example so you know all countries really need to up their ambition in the coming years if were going to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees and that spirit will have quite a lot of attention from china in its next 45 year plan which runs from 2021 and is going to be increasing scrutiny also chinas overseas investments along about the road and how close they are global temperature rises i want to go back to the video report and that young woman not working and putting in her fair share what is your sense of youth in china do they care about the environment are they talking about it on social media and what are they trying to do because they cant protest and participate in a fridays for a future he cant do that in china. Theres been some recent polling about the. Concerns for young people in china today and while theres a widespread public understanding of the causes of Climate Change theres not a lot of skepticism about the fact that its human cost its not really the top priority for a lot of students and young people one recent survey shows that education employment Housing Health care Business Opportunities all round about environment not only you know the environment even broader than Climate Change there so it doesnt seem like its the same kind of procedure for young people compared to how it is here in europe the United States having said that there are widespread concerns about more direct pollution affects of air pollution and an effects of Water Pollution on on health and so contamination sun and for better or worse climate is being addressed in a very top down way by the chinese grain and its a Major Political and economic concern as the government tries to move to a low carbon model back nomic growth sandy l. Thank you. One of the best ways to empower women is to let them work and in delhi officials understand that means making sure they get to work and do so safely thats been a major concern says the deadly rape of a young woman on a city bus back in 2012 that killing sparks nationwide outrage and mass demonstrations demanding that the government do more to protect women now delhi has launched a new program to make its buses more assessable for the. Waiting for a bus in the indian capital delhi. For women commuters theres no need to reach for the small change and. They dont receive pink tickets for a free ride. Its part of the city governments plan to make Public Transportation a safer for women. Authorities also hope it will boost womens participation in the economy. I meet ignore it is meant to go to one who down and march the free rides will be really helpful for them to get on says he itll say i spend about 2000 rupees a month on buses and im doing the governments about it im saving this amount will leave me with a little extra spending money to support those of them and has it there maybe i dont spend a lot on buses because i only take them occasionally but for those who commute to work daily it will make a positive difference in the p. C. Room. Please dont throw out comes just months ahead of municipal elections and delhi some see it as a gimmick to win over voters for the governing party. Making this decision can be a blood down on glomming budget because the spirit is this night knows more than 20 feet need to be just spending did you know enough you said its going to be a big deal in so many enviously to implement the need to take this johns. Delhi has indias highest rate of reported crimes against women many women say theyre still reluctant to take buses at night. Basically public funds would be better spent done more security not free rides. Who runs the world girls who code is called code to inspire and is the 1st such school for women in afghanistan and a country where sometimes even going out as a woman can be difficult what better way to get around that limitation in a skill you can deploy anywhere including in the privacy of your home check out what they made. What looks like a standard gun in gym game isnt that standard at all the main character through on deck is and hopping over goblins as afghan hero go its just one of the apps from this team of afghan women who want to smash down barriers in their patriarchal society. Moaning i looked out of. My main goal as again and app developer. Is to make as many educational games for the children of my country as possible. Was so that they learn and become educated sastre through games. All 12 developers are students at a Technical College in Herat Province empowering women is top of their agenda while womens rights and education have make great progress since the fall of the taliban 2 decades ago many women and goes still face perils at home and office. And almost look at this through this game we want to show the girls may have problems but like the character in the game they can jump over or destroy the obstacles in their lives and eventually reach their goal of. Afghan hero girl is the entrance out of 2 years of hard work the coaches say its worth the time and effort if their games can bring about a long lasting change. Thats our show for today you can find more on our web site d w dot com ford slash asia and on facebook and twitter as well please tell us what you think about what we cover and what you like to see we leave you with a lonely struggle for chinas climate activists thank you for watching see you next time and get by. The french are some of the famous naturalist and explorer. Too soon to bring to the mix some dough from the bones 250 of a morning on the floor of the discovery. Expedition in boise on. W. s talk show. Strong clear positions from international perspective. Every week we get to the point to our current topic. And to. Come it is right. To the point. A lot of us. Left high and dry to fight for their livelihoods the 1st hydropower dam on the lower mekong river opens in dallas the villages downstream say its destroyed now when the fire. Problem crops that last deal so can the asian leaders come up with Something Better this time around the talks next week. And american lawmakers are again pressing boeings chief executive of the companys having of safety concerns prior to 2 crashes that killed hundreds of people in asia and africa. And then fizzling its your business is something in the water as we seek to harvest more energy from sustainable sources hydro power is growing in importance especially along major waterways like the mekong river in Southeast Asia there are already dozens of dams in its basin and plenty more planned a big plant has just gone online in laos but opponents say the ecological and social costs are too high. The 4500000000. 00 a year bery mega dam seen here under construction and 2016 is just one of many hydroelectric projects being planned along the mekong river in laos the landlocked asian country has set its sights on becoming the battery of asia almost all of the power