Pakistan flooding and climate change - what's the connection?

Sep 7, 2022

Pakistan is clearly on the front lines of climate change and more support from the international community is needed, the authors argue. Image: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters/Alamy

Ben Clarke

DPhil Candidate in Environmental Research, University of Oxford

Friederike Otto

Senior lecturer, Imperial College London

Luke Harrington

Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, University of Waikato

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Pakistan is undoubtedly on the front lines of climate change, as hundreds of thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed this monsoon. Image: Bilawal Arbab/EPA

Pakistan maximum five day rainfall June–September at 3°C warming climate change flooding hotspot

Projections are very clear that with further climate change, Pakistan is a hotspot for increases in extreme rainfall. Image: IPCC

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