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Sep 2022
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Climate Change: Leaving Pakistan out to ...

Al Jazeera
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Months of torrential downpours and flooding have hounded Pakistan, and much of the blame is falling on climate change. But Pakistan’s contribution to greenhouse gasses is less than 1 percent. So how is the world coming to Pakistan’s aid to make up for the damage done?

In this episode: 

  • Zein Basravi (@virtualzein), international correspondent, Al Jazeera English
  • Afia Salam (@afiasalam), freelance journalist on environment, climate change, gender issues and media ethics

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters with Chloe K. Li, Ruby Zaman, Alexandra Locke, Negin Owliaei, Ashish Malhotra and Halla Mohieddeen. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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