Climate change and corruption are inextricably linked.
The ongoing flooding in parts of Balochistan and Sindh shows both our unwillingness to address climate change and our insistence on blaming it for our failure to plan, govern, and carry out our obligations. Priorities come first. A genuine and existential threat to humanity is climate change. The poorest communities in Pakistan, like all other nations on the earth, are most at risk of losing their lives, homes, and means of subsistence. This brings me to my second argument. While there shouldn't be any denial of climate change, it is both impolite and untrue to use it as an excuse for government inefficiency on all fronts. There is no denying that Balochistan and Sindh continue to get much heavier rainfall than they did in the past. However, this does not serve as an excuse for illegal building, pervasive corruption, a lack of skilled personnel to handle emergencies, or reactive rather than proactive policymaking. Today's government action is much too fr