A new social contract for global climate justice | Huma Yusuf

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🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Pakistan contributes less than one percent to the global greenhouse gas emissions perpetrating climate change, yet one-third of the country was recently inundated with "biblical" floods that killed hundreds and displaced millions. If we're to move towards a sustainable future in the wake of such tragedies, the response will require more than just infrastructure repairs and a return to the status quo, says columnist Huma Yusuf. She shares a vision for global climate diplomacy where the countries responsible for pollution pay reparations for the damage they've caused, while developing countries bring forward a clean, green future. (Followed by a Q&A with TED Global Curator Bruno Giussani)

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0:00.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:07.5	Because of the changing climate, Pakistan is drowning.
0:11.0	In her talk at the Ted Countdown London session in 2022, journalist Huma Yusuf describes
0:16.4	the historic flooding in her home country and connects it to the climate emergency faced
0:21.4	by the planet.
0:23.4	As she points out in her talk, which is followed by a Q&A with Ted's global curator, Bruno
0:27.5	Gisani, the plight of Pakistan is a harbinger of what's to come in other places if steps
0:33.6	to avert disaster aren't taken.
0:36.6	Stay from her after the break.
0:59.2	We were taught to, oh, you just have to take good care of yourself and then you will be
1:03.3	healthy for life and certainly that is not true.
1:07.4	Check out the Ted interview on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
1:15.9	One third of my country, Pakistan, is underwater.
1:20.6	An exceptional monsoon coupled with flash flooding due to the accelerated melting of the
1:25.6	Himalayan glaciers has led to devastating flooding.
1:31.0	Not so destructive, so all-consuming that the adjective most frequently used to describe
1:37.4	them is biblical.
1:41.2	The area of land that is underwater is larger than Britain.
1:46.6	Over 33 million people are affected, stripped of homes and livelihoods.
1:54.0	Plants have been killed and those that survived are now dying of malaria, dengue fever, diarrhea.
2:03.6	The crops that we planted have been washed away and our fields will be waterlogged for
2:08.7	many months to come, imperiling the critical wheat planting season.
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