Photo Credit: A man stands in his ruined house after the Pakistan floods. Photograph: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters
With the deadly devastation fresh in the world’s mind, Pakistan pushed for damage funds with other frontline countries. In early September, after unprecedented rainfall had left a third of Pakistan under water, its climate change minister set out the country’s stall for Cop27.
“We are on the frontline and intend to keep loss and damage and adapting to climate catastrophes at the core of our arguments and negotiations. There will be no moving away from that,” Sherry Rehman said.
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