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Pakistan pays the price for our greed
Pakistan should not have to pay the price for climate change. It is the global North and the big polluters that are responsible and which should pay reparations for the eco-destruction they have caused, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
CLIMATE COLLAPSE: Women salvage whatever they can in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, September 6 2022

PAKISTAN is in the midst of a climate catastrophe and experiencing the worst floods in the country’s history.

One third of the country is under water, an area that according to some estimates is the size of Britain.

Between March and April this year, Pakistan experienced a record-breaking heat wave that saw several cities in Sindh province reach unprecedented high temperatures of up to 50°C. It had the hottest city on the planet, Jacobabad at 51°C in May 2022.

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