The individuals facing the worst consequences have played no part in creating this climate crisis. Adequate protection must be provided to individuals made vulnerable and exposed to climate hazards such as extreme temperatures, including by introducing mobility pathways for affected communities and providing funding to countries for the losses and damages caused by climate change in order to develop adequate infrastructure and help build livelihoods for refugees, displaced persons and migrants worldwide.
The Immediate Threat of Climate Change in Pakistan
While Pakistan was recently recording temperatures too hot for human tolerance, the media was largely focused on the heat wave across the United States. Pakistan is one of the top ten countries most vulnerable to climate change, and each region is dealing with the effects of climate change in their own way. With this, displacement will continue to rise.