Climate change leaves Pakistan underwater • FRANCE 24 English

Despite being responsible for less than 1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, #Pakistan is among the countries worst affected by extreme weather events due to #climate change. This summer, it was hit by torrential rains during what the UN chief called “a monsoon on steroids”. In just a few weeks, a third of Pakistan found itself underwater. Some 1,700 people were killed and two million houses were destroyed. In total, 33 million people were affected by the flooding, or 1 in 7 inhabitants. FRANCE 24’s Shahzaib Wahlah and Sonia Ghezali #report, with the collaboration of Sameer Mandhro.

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