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"A third of the country underwater. Crops washed away. Some 33 million people
homeless. Billions of dollars of damage. A looming food crisis. And still the
unprecedented rains come. Pakistan’s mega-monsoon dumped up to 700% of the
usual August rainfall on parts of the country, with floodwaters boosted by
glacial melting from the enormous heatwave that hit the country in March.
Climate experts say climate change amplified the event, at the very least.
It’s small wonder Pakistan’s climate minister, Sherry Rehman, is calling not
only for immediate aid, but for compensation by rich industrialised countries
for the damage caused by their greenhouse gas emissions.
As she told
The Guardian, Pakistan has emitted less than 1% of the world’s
greenhouse gases – but is already amongst the hardest-hit nations. “The bargain
made between the global north and global south is not working … climate change
is accelerating much faster than predicted.”
Rich countries, however, show very little enthusiasm for paying for loss and
damage caused in part by their emissions. But as climate impacts worsen, can
this last?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
