Pakistan minister says West has ‘responsibility’ to help with floods as it’s caused climate change – By Sky News Staff (Sky News) / Aug 30, 2022
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”.
“Our carbon footprint is lowest in the world,” said Mr Iqbal.
