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International Responsibility – Newspaper – DAWN.COM

This is a highly unfair equation: although Pakistan responsible for only small fractional part of one percentage point when it comes to historical global carbon dioxide emissions, it is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change caused by pollution. Its vulnerabilities were revealed after several weeks of there was an unnatural amount of rainfall triggered on extended spelling of heat waves are the last key symptom of global warming that scientists warning in world about for decades.

Part of guilt – for example, for not to do more to mitigate the consequences of climate change – may lie with usbut this is not unreasonable, given the size of scientific proof on subject, expect rich, developed countries that produce most of contaminants that triggered climate change, take more responsibility.

It’s not fair that our people once upon a time again payment with their lives, homes and livelihood for damage done on in global the climate is much more, much more industrialized countries, while the latter bear little of Expenses for their predatory activities.

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“Thoughts and Prayers” sent by some world leaders seem completely inadequate in in this respect, given that they countries played such an oversized role in throwing in global climate off incision.

this is also sorry that even material help that has been sent so far more initiative countries seem rather disappointing, given the scale of the distress it is intended to alleviate. challenges faced through global economy may be one of reasons why some are different responsible nations were slow in their response to Islamabad’s requests for help. There is hope that politics is not one of these reasons.

Natural disaster in Pakistan facing this is not the result of your own policy options but the consequence of choice made others. He is entitled to one form or another. of reparations, taking into account cost of what he has to bear.

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Large income disparities mean that most people in little in pakistan in terms of personal wealth. However, they also persistent and always found ways help each other despite their meager resources when disaster strikes. Even now, suffering from unbearable inflation – currently at levels unnoticed in decades – the country rallies to contribute and rebuild. So be it need all help it might work.

If a millions and billions can be further poured into wars that kill as well as destroy, world Can also find funds to restore rebuild. cost of there should be no climate crisis for most vulnerable countries carry alone. developed countries should take responsibility for restoring at least some of the damage their actions cause caused.

Published in Dawn, August 30, 2022

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