Pakistan: Call of Speedy Deliverance of Climate Justice for Pakistan

Developing nations and emerging economies need financial aid to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, adapt to the multiple impacts of climate change, and most importantly, deal with huge losses caused by droughts and floods that climate change is making significantly more frequent and intense. The recent catastrophic floods in Pakistan have affected a third of the country with over 1,600 people being killed, and a little under 13,000 injured since 14 June 2022.

With COP 28 scheduled for the end of 2023, the international community is pressed to live up to the financial commitments pledged in the last COP 27 to uphold the 2030 SDGs agenda. In the wake of the floods, Pakistan hopes for international support to forge long-term partnerships for climate resilience and adaptation. Countries agreed to recognize the need for finance to help vulnerable countries respond to the loss and damage, which arise when natural and human systems are pushed beyond their ability to adapt. Operationalization of the new funding arrangements established in 2022 are still in progress.