UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the floods in Pakistan, caused by weeks of unprecedented monsoon rains, were a message to the world to step up action against climate change. “Let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change,” he said in a video message at a ceremony in Islamabad to launch the appeal for funding. “Today, it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.” More than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis, have been affected by the devastating floods, which have devastated a country already struggling to revive a struggling economy. More than a million homes have been damaged or destroyed in the past two and a half months, displacing millions of people. About half a million of the displaced live in organized camps, while others have had to find their own shelter. WATCHES | Aid is arriving, but some Pakistanis say they haven’t received:
Some Pakistanis claim they have received no aid since the flood
Volunteers in Pakistan deliver water, food and tents to people in need after being displaced by severe flooding. However, some people in Rajanpur area claim that they have been left aside, and help is being received from people from different areas.
Flooding could cost billions
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the floods had severely damaged crops and his government was considering importing wheat to avoid possible food shortages. Sharif said Pakistan was experiencing the worst floods in its history and any inadvertent delay by the international community in helping victims “will be disastrous for the people of Pakistan.” He promised that funds from the international community would be spent transparently and that he would ensure that all aid reached those in need. “This is my commitment,” he told reporters, saying his country was “facing the most difficult moment in its history.” WATCHES | Floods in Pakistan destroy homes, crops and livestock:
Pakistan floods are a ‘national disaster’, aid chief says
Pakistan says it has received aid from some countries and others have also sent aid. On Tuesday, the US government said it would provide $30 million in aid to help flood victims. According to a statement released by the US Agency for International Development, this assistance will be given to Pakistan through USAID. He said the United States is deeply saddened by the catastrophic loss of life and livelihood across Pakistan. According to initial government estimates, the disaster caused US$10 billion in damage to the economy. “It’s a preliminary estimate that is likely to be much higher,” Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal told The Associated Press. More than 160 bridges and more than 3,400 kilometers of road have been damaged. Canada announced Monday that it will send $5 million in humanitarian aid to Pakistan. Although the rains stopped three days ago, large areas of the country remain underwater and the main rivers, the Indus and the Swat, are still swollen. The National Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday warned emergency services to be on high alert, saying flood waters over the next 24 hours could cause further damage. Rescuers continued to evacuate those trapped from flooded villages to safer ground. Makeshift tent camps have sprung up along highways. Forecasters have warned of more rain in the coming weeks. A family walks along a flooded road after monsoon rains and floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Tuesday. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)
‘Ground zero’ on global warming: foreign secretary
“The situation is likely to worsen further as heavy rains continue in areas already inundated by storms and floods for more than two months. For us, this is nothing less than a national emergency,” the minister said on Tuesday Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. urging the international community to give generously to the UN appeal. “Since mid-June, in fact, Pakistan has been battling one of the most severe, completely abnormal monsoon cycles,” he said. Rainfall during that period was three times the average and up to six times higher in some areas, he said. WATCHES | UNICEF representative describes starving children in flooded Pakistan:
UNICEF is appealing for international assistance to Pakistan as it responds to an urgent need
The United Nations’ International Children’s Emergency Fund is trying to provide aid to distraught families who have lost everything in unprecedented floods. But UNICEF Pakistan representative Abdullah Fadil says it’s not enough — and he wants people to help. The UN appeal for US$160 million will provide food, water, sanitation, health and other forms of assistance to about 5.2 million people, Guterres said. “The scale of the needs is rising like the waters of the flood. It requires the world’s collective and priority attention,” he said. A day earlier, the International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved the release of the much-awaited US$1.17 billion for Pakistan. The funds are part of a $6 billion US bailout agreed in 2019. The latest tranche has been on hold since early this year, when the IMF expressed concern over Pakistan’s compliance with the terms of the deal under the government of former of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted through a no-confidence vote in parliament in April. Pakistan is at risk of bankruptcy as its reserves dwindle and inflation has risen, and to receive an IMF bailout, the government had to agree to austerity measures. LISTEN | Front Burner — Pakistan’s devastating floods: Front Burner20:37 More than 1,000 dead from devastating floods in Pakistan Devastating flash floods in Pakistan have submerged a third of the country, according to the climate minister. Officials say more than 1,100 people have died since the monsoon season began in June and an estimated 33 million people have been affected. The BBC’s Farhat Javed recently visited the Manoor Valley in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where locals dropped a handwritten note asking for help: “We need supplies, we need medicine and please rebuild the bridge, we have nothing now.” Manoor Valley is just one of many remote areas hit by torrential rain and cut off from main roads – making it difficult for rescue teams to reach. Millions of people are now waiting for food, shelter and clean drinking water. Today on Front Burner, Javed tells us more about what she saw and the devastation unfolding in a country already facing political and economic instability. The flood devastation, however, is adding new burdens to the cash-strapped government. It also reflects how poorer countries often pay the price for climate change largely caused by more industrialized nations. Since 1959, Pakistan has been responsible for only 0.4 percent of the world’s historical emissions responsible for climate change. The US is responsible for 21.5 percent, China for 16.5 percent and the EU for 15 percent. Several scientists say the record-breaking floods bear all the hallmarks of being affected by climate change. “This year, Pakistan has had its highest rainfall in at least three decades,” said Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Policy Institute for Sustainable Development and a member of the Pakistan Climate Change Council. “Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent in the region and Pakistan is no exception.”
title: " Today It Is Pakistan. Tomorrow It Could Be Your Country Says Un Chief In Appeal For Us 160 Million In Flood Aid Klmat" ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-20” author: “Linda Mudd”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the floods in Pakistan, caused by weeks of unprecedented monsoon rains, were a message to the world to step up action against climate change. “Let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change,” he said in a video message at a ceremony in Islamabad to launch the appeal for funding. “Today, it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.” More than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis, have been affected by the devastating floods, which have devastated a country already struggling to revive a struggling economy. More than a million homes have been damaged or destroyed in the past two and a half months, displacing millions of people. About half a million of the displaced live in organized camps, while others have had to find their own shelter. WATCHES | Aid is arriving, but some Pakistanis say they haven’t received:
Some Pakistanis claim they have received no aid since the flood
Volunteers in Pakistan deliver water, food and tents to people in need after being displaced by severe flooding. However, some people in Rajanpur area claim that they have been left aside, and help is being received from people from different areas.
Flooding could cost billions
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the floods had severely damaged crops and his government was considering importing wheat to avoid possible food shortages. Sharif said Pakistan was experiencing the worst floods in its history and any inadvertent delay by the international community in helping victims “will be disastrous for the people of Pakistan.” He promised that funds from the international community would be spent transparently and that he would ensure that all aid reached those in need. “This is my commitment,” he told reporters, saying his country was “facing the most difficult moment in its history.” WATCHES | Floods in Pakistan destroy homes, crops and livestock:
Pakistan floods are a ‘national disaster’, aid chief says
Pakistan says it has received aid from some countries and others have also sent aid. On Tuesday, the US government said it would provide $30 million in aid to help flood victims. According to a statement released by the US Agency for International Development, this assistance will be given to Pakistan through USAID. He said the United States is deeply saddened by the catastrophic loss of life and livelihood across Pakistan. According to initial government estimates, the disaster caused US$10 billion in damage to the economy. “It’s a preliminary estimate that is likely to be much higher,” Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal told The Associated Press. More than 160 bridges and more than 3,400 kilometers of road have been damaged. Canada announced Monday that it will send $5 million in humanitarian aid to Pakistan. Although the rains stopped three days ago, large areas of the country remain underwater and the main rivers, the Indus and the Swat, are still swollen. The National Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday warned emergency services to be on high alert, saying flood waters over the next 24 hours could cause further damage. Rescuers continued to evacuate those trapped from flooded villages to safer ground. Makeshift tent camps have sprung up along highways. Forecasters have warned of more rain in the coming weeks. A family walks along a flooded road after monsoon rains and floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Tuesday. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)
‘Ground zero’ on global warming: foreign secretary
“The situation is likely to worsen further as heavy rains continue in areas already inundated by storms and floods for more than two months. For us, this is nothing less than a national emergency,” the minister said on Tuesday Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. urging the international community to give generously to the UN appeal. “Since mid-June, in fact, Pakistan has been battling one of the most severe, completely abnormal monsoon cycles,” he said. Rainfall during that period was three times the average and up to six times higher in some areas, he said. WATCHES | UNICEF representative describes starving children in flooded Pakistan:
UNICEF is appealing for international assistance to Pakistan as it responds to an urgent need
The United Nations’ International Children’s Emergency Fund is trying to provide aid to distraught families who have lost everything in unprecedented floods. But UNICEF Pakistan representative Abdullah Fadil says it’s not enough — and he wants people to help. The UN appeal for US$160 million will provide food, water, sanitation, health and other forms of assistance to about 5.2 million people, Guterres said. “The scale of the needs is rising like the waters of the flood. It requires the world’s collective and priority attention,” he said. A day earlier, the International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved the release of the much-awaited US$1.17 billion for Pakistan. The funds are part of a $6 billion US bailout agreed in 2019. The latest tranche has been on hold since early this year, when the IMF expressed concern over Pakistan’s compliance with the terms of the deal under the government of former of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted through a no-confidence vote in parliament in April. Pakistan is at risk of bankruptcy as its reserves dwindle and inflation has risen, and to receive an IMF bailout, the government had to agree to austerity measures. LISTEN | Front Burner — Pakistan’s devastating floods: Front Burner20:37 More than 1,000 dead from devastating floods in Pakistan Devastating flash floods in Pakistan have submerged a third of the country, according to the climate minister. Officials say more than 1,100 people have died since the monsoon season began in June and an estimated 33 million people have been affected. The BBC’s Farhat Javed recently visited the Manoor Valley in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where locals dropped a handwritten note asking for help: “We need supplies, we need medicine and please rebuild the bridge, we have nothing now.” Manoor Valley is just one of many remote areas hit by torrential rain and cut off from main roads – making it difficult for rescue teams to reach. Millions of people are now waiting for food, shelter and clean drinking water. Today on Front Burner, Javed tells us more about what she saw and the devastation unfolding in a country already facing political and economic instability. The flood devastation, however, is adding new burdens to the cash-strapped government. It also reflects how poorer countries often pay the price for climate change largely caused by more industrialized nations. Since 1959, Pakistan has been responsible for only 0.4 percent of the world’s historical emissions responsible for climate change. The US is responsible for 21.5 percent, China for 16.5 percent and the EU for 15 percent. Several scientists say the record-breaking floods bear all the hallmarks of being affected by climate change. “This year, Pakistan has had its highest rainfall in at least three decades,” said Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Policy Institute for Sustainable Development and a member of the Pakistan Climate Change Council. “Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent in the region and Pakistan is no exception.”
title: " Today It Is Pakistan. Tomorrow It Could Be Your Country Says Un Chief In Appeal For Us 160 Million In Flood Aid Klmat" ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Jason Montoya”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the floods in Pakistan, caused by weeks of unprecedented monsoon rains, were a message to the world to step up action against climate change. “Let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change,” he said in a video message at a ceremony in Islamabad to launch the appeal for funding. “Today, it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.” More than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis, have been affected by the devastating floods, which have devastated a country already struggling to revive a struggling economy. More than a million homes have been damaged or destroyed in the past two and a half months, displacing millions of people. About half a million of the displaced live in organized camps, while others have had to find their own shelter. WATCHES | Aid is arriving, but some Pakistanis say they haven’t received:
Some Pakistanis claim they have received no aid since the flood
Volunteers in Pakistan deliver water, food and tents to people in need after being displaced by severe flooding. However, some people in Rajanpur area claim that they have been left aside, and help is being received from people from different areas.
Flooding could cost billions
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the floods had severely damaged crops and his government was considering importing wheat to avoid possible food shortages. Sharif said Pakistan was experiencing the worst floods in its history and any inadvertent delay by the international community in helping victims “will be disastrous for the people of Pakistan.” He promised that funds from the international community would be spent transparently and that he would ensure that all aid reached those in need. “This is my commitment,” he told reporters, saying his country was “facing the most difficult moment in its history.” WATCHES | Floods in Pakistan destroy homes, crops and livestock:
Pakistan floods are a ‘national disaster’, aid chief says
Pakistan says it has received aid from some countries and others have also sent aid. On Tuesday, the US government said it would provide $30 million in aid to help flood victims. According to a statement released by the US Agency for International Development, this assistance will be given to Pakistan through USAID. He said the United States is deeply saddened by the catastrophic loss of life and livelihood across Pakistan. According to initial government estimates, the disaster caused US$10 billion in damage to the economy. “It’s a preliminary estimate that is likely to be much higher,” Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal told The Associated Press. More than 160 bridges and more than 3,400 kilometers of road have been damaged. Canada announced Monday that it will send $5 million in humanitarian aid to Pakistan. Although the rains stopped three days ago, large areas of the country remain underwater and the main rivers, the Indus and the Swat, are still swollen. The National Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday warned emergency services to be on high alert, saying flood waters over the next 24 hours could cause further damage. Rescuers continued to evacuate those trapped from flooded villages to safer ground. Makeshift tent camps have sprung up along highways. Forecasters have warned of more rain in the coming weeks. A family walks along a flooded road after monsoon rains and floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Tuesday. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)
‘Ground zero’ on global warming: foreign secretary
“The situation is likely to worsen further as heavy rains continue in areas already inundated by storms and floods for more than two months. For us, this is nothing less than a national emergency,” the minister said on Tuesday Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. urging the international community to give generously to the UN appeal. “Since mid-June, in fact, Pakistan has been battling one of the most severe, completely abnormal monsoon cycles,” he said. Rainfall during that period was three times the average and up to six times higher in some areas, he said. WATCHES | UNICEF representative describes starving children in flooded Pakistan:
UNICEF is appealing for international assistance to Pakistan as it responds to an urgent need
The United Nations’ International Children’s Emergency Fund is trying to provide aid to distraught families who have lost everything in unprecedented floods. But UNICEF Pakistan representative Abdullah Fadil says it’s not enough — and he wants people to help. The UN appeal for US$160 million will provide food, water, sanitation, health and other forms of assistance to about 5.2 million people, Guterres said. “The scale of the needs is rising like the waters of the flood. It requires the world’s collective and priority attention,” he said. A day earlier, the International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved the release of the much-awaited US$1.17 billion for Pakistan. The funds are part of a $6 billion US bailout agreed in 2019. The latest tranche has been on hold since early this year, when the IMF expressed concern over Pakistan’s compliance with the terms of the deal under the government of former of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted through a no-confidence vote in parliament in April. Pakistan is at risk of bankruptcy as its reserves dwindle and inflation has risen, and to receive an IMF bailout, the government had to agree to austerity measures. LISTEN | Front Burner — Pakistan’s devastating floods: Front Burner20:37 More than 1,000 dead from devastating floods in Pakistan Devastating flash floods in Pakistan have submerged a third of the country, according to the climate minister. Officials say more than 1,100 people have died since the monsoon season began in June and an estimated 33 million people have been affected. The BBC’s Farhat Javed recently visited the Manoor Valley in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where locals dropped a handwritten note asking for help: “We need supplies, we need medicine and please rebuild the bridge, we have nothing now.” Manoor Valley is just one of many remote areas hit by torrential rain and cut off from main roads – making it difficult for rescue teams to reach. Millions of people are now waiting for food, shelter and clean drinking water. Today on Front Burner, Javed tells us more about what she saw and the devastation unfolding in a country already facing political and economic instability. The flood devastation, however, is adding new burdens to the cash-strapped government. It also reflects how poorer countries often pay the price for climate change largely caused by more industrialized nations. Since 1959, Pakistan has been responsible for only 0.4 percent of the world’s historical emissions responsible for climate change. The US is responsible for 21.5 percent, China for 16.5 percent and the EU for 15 percent. Several scientists say the record-breaking floods bear all the hallmarks of being affected by climate change. “This year, Pakistan has had its highest rainfall in at least three decades,” said Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Policy Institute for Sustainable Development and a member of the Pakistan Climate Change Council. “Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent in the region and Pakistan is no exception.”
title: " Today It Is Pakistan. Tomorrow It Could Be Your Country Says Un Chief In Appeal For Us 160 Million In Flood Aid Klmat" ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-02” author: “Gregory Vandusen”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the floods in Pakistan, caused by weeks of unprecedented monsoon rains, were a message to the world to step up action against climate change. “Let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change,” he said in a video message at a ceremony in Islamabad to launch the appeal for funding. “Today, it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.” More than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis, have been affected by the devastating floods, which have devastated a country already struggling to revive a struggling economy. More than a million homes have been damaged or destroyed in the past two and a half months, displacing millions of people. About half a million of the displaced live in organized camps, while others have had to find their own shelter. WATCHES | Aid is arriving, but some Pakistanis say they haven’t received:
Some Pakistanis claim they have received no aid since the flood
Volunteers in Pakistan deliver water, food and tents to people in need after being displaced by severe flooding. However, some people in Rajanpur area claim that they have been left aside, and help is being received from people from different areas.
Flooding could cost billions
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the floods had severely damaged crops and his government was considering importing wheat to avoid possible food shortages. Sharif said Pakistan was experiencing the worst floods in its history and any inadvertent delay by the international community in helping victims “will be disastrous for the people of Pakistan.” He promised that funds from the international community would be spent transparently and that he would ensure that all aid reached those in need. “This is my commitment,” he told reporters, saying his country was “facing the most difficult moment in its history.” WATCHES | Floods in Pakistan destroy homes, crops and livestock:
Pakistan floods are a ‘national disaster’, aid chief says
Pakistan says it has received aid from some countries and others have also sent aid. On Tuesday, the US government said it would provide $30 million in aid to help flood victims. According to a statement released by the US Agency for International Development, this assistance will be given to Pakistan through USAID. He said the United States is deeply saddened by the catastrophic loss of life and livelihood across Pakistan. According to initial government estimates, the disaster caused US$10 billion in damage to the economy. “It’s a preliminary estimate that is likely to be much higher,” Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal told The Associated Press. More than 160 bridges and more than 3,400 kilometers of road have been damaged. Canada announced Monday that it will send $5 million in humanitarian aid to Pakistan. Although the rains stopped three days ago, large areas of the country remain underwater and the main rivers, the Indus and the Swat, are still swollen. The National Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday warned emergency services to be on high alert, saying flood waters over the next 24 hours could cause further damage. Rescuers continued to evacuate those trapped from flooded villages to safer ground. Makeshift tent camps have sprung up along highways. Forecasters have warned of more rain in the coming weeks. A family walks along a flooded road after monsoon rains and floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Tuesday. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)
‘Ground zero’ on global warming: foreign secretary
“The situation is likely to worsen further as heavy rains continue in areas already inundated by storms and floods for more than two months. For us, this is nothing less than a national emergency,” the minister said on Tuesday Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. urging the international community to give generously to the UN appeal. “Since mid-June, in fact, Pakistan has been battling one of the most severe, completely abnormal monsoon cycles,” he said. Rainfall during that period was three times the average and up to six times higher in some areas, he said. WATCHES | UNICEF representative describes starving children in flooded Pakistan:
UNICEF is appealing for international assistance to Pakistan as it responds to an urgent need
The United Nations’ International Children’s Emergency Fund is trying to provide aid to distraught families who have lost everything in unprecedented floods. But UNICEF Pakistan representative Abdullah Fadil says it’s not enough — and he wants people to help. The UN appeal for US$160 million will provide food, water, sanitation, health and other forms of assistance to about 5.2 million people, Guterres said. “The scale of the needs is rising like the waters of the flood. It requires the world’s collective and priority attention,” he said. A day earlier, the International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved the release of the much-awaited US$1.17 billion for Pakistan. The funds are part of a $6 billion US bailout agreed in 2019. The latest tranche has been on hold since early this year, when the IMF expressed concern over Pakistan’s compliance with the terms of the deal under the government of former of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted through a no-confidence vote in parliament in April. Pakistan is at risk of bankruptcy as its reserves dwindle and inflation has risen, and to receive an IMF bailout, the government had to agree to austerity measures. LISTEN | Front Burner — Pakistan’s devastating floods: Front Burner20:37 More than 1,000 dead from devastating floods in Pakistan Devastating flash floods in Pakistan have submerged a third of the country, according to the climate minister. Officials say more than 1,100 people have died since the monsoon season began in June and an estimated 33 million people have been affected. The BBC’s Farhat Javed recently visited the Manoor Valley in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where locals dropped a handwritten note asking for help: “We need supplies, we need medicine and please rebuild the bridge, we have nothing now.” Manoor Valley is just one of many remote areas hit by torrential rain and cut off from main roads – making it difficult for rescue teams to reach. Millions of people are now waiting for food, shelter and clean drinking water. Today on Front Burner, Javed tells us more about what she saw and the devastation unfolding in a country already facing political and economic instability. The flood devastation, however, is adding new burdens to the cash-strapped government. It also reflects how poorer countries often pay the price for climate change largely caused by more industrialized nations. Since 1959, Pakistan has been responsible for only 0.4 percent of the world’s historical emissions responsible for climate change. The US is responsible for 21.5 percent, China for 16.5 percent and the EU for 15 percent. Several scientists say the record-breaking floods bear all the hallmarks of being affected by climate change. “This year, Pakistan has had its highest rainfall in at least three decades,” said Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Policy Institute for Sustainable Development and a member of the Pakistan Climate Change Council. “Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent in the region and Pakistan is no exception.”
