Pakistan is obsessed with dams, they really and truly are. lessons were learned after the 2010 floods, but they weren't implemented. Pakistan continued along the path of dam building instead of focusing on developing a robust early warning system or climate resilient housing for communities living in vulnerable areas. 30 million people have been impacted as a consequence.
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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