‘You are killing us’: Flooded Pakistan faces climate crisis it did not create

Countries like Pakistan are suffering in part thanks to countries in the global north not pulling their weight over climate action, writes Saphora Smith

Displaced people are transported through floodwaters by boat, in Multan, Pakistan, Wednesday. (AP)

Pakistan contributes comparatively little to global greenhouse gas emissions and yet is on the frontline of the worsening climate crisis.

That has been the message of Pakistan’s climate minister in recent days as around a third of her country stood underwater after flooding that she described as a “climate dystopia” on Pakistan’s “doorstep.”

“We’re negligible carbon emittors [sic] but facing the brunt of richer countries GHG emissions,” Senator Sherry Rehman tweeted, referring to greenhouse gas emissions.