The "devastating" floods that hit Pakistan this summer are only a prelude for the rest of the planet, a victim of climate change, the Prime Minister of this South Asian country warned on Friday at the United Nations.
“Pakistan had never seen such an absolute and devastating illustration of the impact of global warming (…) One thing is very clear: what happened in Pakistan will not remain confined to Pakistan”, launched Shehbaz Sharif.
“Nature will strike back”
For Sharif, “the very definition of national security has changed today and unless world leaders come together and act now on a minimal agenda, there will be no Earth to fight wars on. ".
“Nature will counter-attack and humanity is no match for that,” warned the Pakistani Prime Minister in a particularly dark and spirited speech.
At least 1,400 people have died since June in Pakistan in these floods caused by torrential monsoon rains, the intensity of which is increased by global warming, according to Pakistani experts and officials.
They covered a third of Pakistan - an area the size of the United Kingdom - destroying homes, businesses, roads, bridges and agricultural crops.
Visiting the country in September, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres declared that he had "never seen climate carnage of this magnitude", and called on the major polluters to "stop this madness" consisting in investing further in fossil fuels.
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