Can Pakistan Adapt to Climate Disaster?

Three years ago, the country became a poster child for climate justice. Now, it faces a steep learning curve to secure the funding it needs.

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The project was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting .

Three years ago, at the 2022 United Nations climate conference (COP27) held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Sherry Rehman—then the Pakistani minister for climate change—appealed for an emergency fund so that rich countries could compensate poorer countries for climate damage.

Months earlier, Pakistan had experienced one of the worst flooding events in its history. The floods ha

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