Earth Equity News

Scale of Pakistan Flood Continues to Overwhelm Relief Efforts. By Nathanial Gronewold, ClimateWire, 10/15/10. “Government and U.N. officials say the 2010 flood crisis in Pakistan was partly caused by climate change, though the vast extent of the flooding has also exposed how the human activities in the developing world are making it more vulnerable to extreme weather events. At the same time, the spotty relief and recovery operation in Pakistan provides a glimpse of how greater frequency of such natural disasters -- something predicted by many climate scientists -- could fray the capacity of the world to cope. With some 20 million people affected and at least 7 million left homeless, aid workers from Pakistan and abroad are now openly saying that it is unlikely everyone will get enough support. Many will be left to completely fend for themselves, though exactly how many is unknown, experts admit. The recovery effort in the north also lays bare the limitations that large international aid groups may face when responding to future crises in relatively unstable countries… The fourth in a four-part series on Pakistan's flood disaster. Click here for part one, here for part two and here for part three.”