Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman on Wednesday questioned why flood-ravaged Pakistan had to foot the bill for the "carbon profligacy" of others.
The minister emphasised that this had to change in an opinion she penned for United Kingdom newspaper-of-record The Guardian. Responsibilities for loss and damage must be included in the climate finance agenda at the upcoming Cop-27 summit in Egypt, Sherry wrote. "It is not unreasonable to ask why countries with a negligible carbon footprint, like Pakistan, must pay for global warming catastrophes we had no part in creating."
Superfloods had left the nation deluged, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman had said earlier in August. All of south Pakistan had been inundated, she had said. The minister emphasised the need for a singular national focus in a tweet separately. This, according to the one-time journalist, was premised on resourcing, coordinating and providing relief to the millions affected.
The minister emphasised that this had to change in an opinion she penned for United Kingdom newspaper-of-record The Guardian. Responsibilities for loss and damage must be included in the climate finance agenda at the upcoming Cop-27 summit in Egypt, Sherry wrote. "It is not unreasonable to ask why countries with a negligible carbon footprint, like Pakistan, must pay for global warming catastrophes we had no part in creating."
Superfloods had left the nation deluged, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman had said earlier in August. All of south Pakistan had been inundated, she had said. The minister emphasised the need for a singular national focus in a tweet separately. This, according to the one-time journalist, was premised on resourcing, coordinating and providing relief to the millions affected.