The climate catastrophe has many unpleasant aspects, but one of the most upsetting is that the nations who are least to blame for it are being impacted the worst.
Only a little portion of the world’s emissions come from Pakistan, but last year’s climate disaster caused more than one-third of the nation to flood.
When Sherry Rehman arrived in Egypt for COP27, the U.N. climate summit, in November, the water had not yet completely subsided.
There, she gave voice to individuals who had lost everything to the floods in her capacity as Pakistan’s Minister for Climate Change.
She persuaded many of the delegates that the egregious injustice had to end through passionate speeches and persistent participation in discussions.
At the conclusion of COP27, the international community made history by deciding to create new loss and damage funding arrangements in order to assist the most vulnerable nations.
Although this is a significant step towards climate justice, there is still much work to be done. Along the road, we will require more people like Sherry Rehman.
