Pakistan floods

Pakistan’s floods highlight the dire risks of climate change in South Asia, so why is there so little Green politics in the region?

In addition to those traumatized by the flooding, doctors are now treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections, and other waterborne ailments.

The exceptionally heavy monsoon rains that triggered flash floods across the country have come at a time when the country is facing one of its worst economic crises.

Sixty percent of the houses destroyed across Pakistan in recent floods were in Balochistan. Poor infrastructure and extreme poverty increase vulnerability.