: Pakistan floods: Will rich nations ever pay for climate loss and damage? #IndiaNEWS A third of the country underwater. Crops washed away. Some 33 million people homeless. Billions of dollars of damage.

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Pakistan floods: Will rich nations ever pay for climate loss and damage? #IndiaNEWS
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?Rich countries don’t want to talk about compensationOne thing is not subject to debate: loss and damage from climate change is happening. “Loss and damage� is the phrase used by climate negotiators at the annual United Nations climate summits to...Read more

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