Posted on 08/30/2022 4:46:47 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Pakistan is in the midst of a huge natural disaster, with flash floods sweeping away whole villages and more than 30 million affected.
Richer countries have a "responsibility" to help Pakistan deal with flooding and prevent future disasters because they've caused climate change, its planning minister has said.
More than 1,000 people are reported to have died so far and over a million homes have been damaged.
Historic monsoon rains have also swept away roads, bridges and crops - and planning minister Ahsan Iqbal said Pakistan was feeling the effects of climate change caused by richer nations and their "irresponsible development".
"The international community has a responsibility to help us, upgrade our infrastructure, to make our infrastructure more climate resilient, so that we don't have such losses every three, four, five years."
The cost of recovering from the disaster is estimated at more than $10bn (£8.54bn) and might take about five years, Mr Iqbal said.
But he said formal requests for financial help will have to wait until the full scale of the damage is clear.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
So it isn’t just mankind destroying the earth, it is the small portion of it that makes the white race.
How about not cutting down your trees at an irreplaceable rate?
https://forestrypedia.com/deforestation-in-pakistan-effects-solution/
Come back in 40 years when the forest you cut down recovers.
Take your little problem up with your ally China, sport.
Yeah.
That makes sense.
Ummm, check out any atmospheric pollution map, Mr. Minister, and get back to us when China and India have ponied up for their fair shares!
Get lost Mr Iqbal. Go talk to the Chicoms.
Probably not taking into account the housing and infrastructure built there is hopelessly unsafe and likely makes what was built in North America in a year like 1970 look space age by comparison.
Then what? Their interminably corrupt, loathsome leaders pocket the cash for their terrorist fund.
Good troll. You always fish the good ones out.
Let Pakistan prove that other countries have caused “climate change” the same as if they could prevent it.
Was the west responsible for the last Ice Age?
Was the west responsible for glaciers that once covered North America to recede?
Was the west responsible for the eruption of Krakatoa that put so much stuff in the atmosphere it changed the weather around the world for several years.
Earth’s climate changes, nothing man has done has anything to do with it (with the exception of small mico-climates around large urban areas).
The west owes you nothing!
Biden/democrats to the rescue! I’m sure they’ll throw plenty of our tax money at them.
But of course. /s
Obviously the USA needs to spend trillions on foreign aid and to open the border wide to climate change refugees.
Chuck Schumer will make a deal with Joe Manchin to see to it that these items are included in the next inflation reduction act.
RE: Pakistan minister says West has ‘responsibility’ to help with floods as it’s caused climate change
Translation: Pakistan minister says US has ‘responsibility’ to help with floods as it’s caused climate change
Biden Administration’s answer: How many billion American dollars do you want?
Republican Response: Are you sure that will be enough?
Reach out to China.
Let’s see how that works out for you, Pocki.
Hey NOOB... Stick around a while and learn some manners before you start name-calling.
If you have an objection to the article posted spit it out. Calling someone a troll for posting an article you disagree with, with no other content, show you lack the intellectual capacity to formulate a coherent thought on the matter and so can only resort to name-calling.
An article posted by someone DOES NOT MEAN that they agree with it, articles get posted here so as to understand what the ‘enemy’ (liberals) are thinking.
Do you understand what ‘preaching to the choir’ means? If we only talk among ourselves we learn nothing new that may be used as argument against us.
Learn some rules of debate. Name-calling means you lost.
Nope, it was inshallah...
And China isn’t?
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