'This disaster was the result of vulnerability that was constructed over many, many years.'
"As climate-related losses rapidly mount, global demands for climate justice will only grow," one expert said.
The monsoons left Sindh province with eight times its normal rainfall for the month of August and Balochistan with nearly seven times its average amount. The whole countryThe World Weather Attribution noted that several other factors contributed to the devastation that Pakistan is still experiencing, with 1.7 million homes, 269 bridges, 1,460 healthcare facilities, and more than 18,500 schools destroyed by the flooding that at one point submerged a third of the country.
"This disaster was the result of vulnerability that was constructed over many, many years," Ayesha Siddiqi, a geographer at the University of Cambridge who participated in the study,The study was released as world leaders prepare to meet in November in Cairo for the United Nations Climate Change Conference , during which wealthy governments are expected to face intense pressure from campaigners to commit to financing climate action and damage mitigation in the Global South, where...
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