Farmers affected by the devastating 2022 floods in Pakistan have announced plans to file a climate justice claim in German court against two major global carbon emitters. They say the unprecedented disaster highlighted Pakistan’s extreme vulnerability to climate change despite its minimal contribution to global emissions. Read More: Pakistani farmers seek €1m in climate damages from German firms The […]
Sindh farmers
Pakistani flood-hit farmers to sue German companies
KARACHI: A group of Pakistani farmers affected by the 2022 floods has initiated legal action against two of Germany’s biggest corporations—energy firm RWE and cement producer Heidelberg—accusing them of contributing to climate change that devastated their livelihoods, The Guardian reported. Lawyers representing 43 farmers from Sindh have issued formal notices to both companies, indicating their […]
Water scarcity wreaking havoc on Sindh farmers
For 10 months now, people of Badin have been holding protest marches and demonstrations. They are asking for irrigation water. There is no one to listen to the cries of the marginalized people. Water scarcity has hit not only Badin but all of Sindh. A pregnant woman from a remote Badin village I found carrying […]