Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. It faces a potential rise of 1.3 to 4.9 degrees Celsius by the 2090s. The annual UN climate change talks are going to take place in Egypt in November. A former ambassador from Pakistan to the US tells us whether he thinks this push for reparations will work.
After catastrophic flooding, Pakistani people are demanding better disaster management from their government. Their government wants reparations from wealthy countries.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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