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New WMO data is "alarming and worrying" our CEO Bill Hare told AP News.“This is a very clear warning sign the world is heading into an extremely dangerous state–and this is driven by the continued expansion of fossil fuel development, globally.”

Manjeet Dhakal said that recent floods and landslides across South Asia are not isolated events; they are clear signals of a rapidly escalating climate emergency.

Fahad Saeed explained to Mongabay why Pakistan is victim to compounding climate extremes. “Pakistan’s vulnerability is due to its geography. In 1,600 kilometers of latitudinal distance, Pakistan has the [world’s] second-highest peak in the north, to low-elevation land in the south. Any change in global climate impacts Pakistan the most.”

The blueprint for clean air already exists — in London’s reforms and Beijing’s resolve. Pakistan, too, can reclaim its blue skies by modernising its industries, curbing transport emissions, and ending crop burning, writes Fahad Saeed.

“Pakistan is right now in the reactionary mode,” Fahad Saeed told Inside Climate News. “It is unable to build its resilience.”

Senior Scientist Fahad Saeed told Der Spiegel that the recent floods in Pakistan are not an isolated incident, but a foretaste of what's to come. He explains why disasters are increasing and what the country urgently needs to change.

Fahad Saeed explained to Al Jazeera that when there is rapid rainfall in a rural area over a short time, the soil does not get enough time to absorb the rainwater. “The rain doesn’t infiltrate into the soil, rather, it flows off the surface. It results in mudslides and soil erosion.”

"The 2022 floods highlighted Pakistan's vulnerability to climate change. Three years later, monsoon floods are still claiming shocking human losses," says Fahad Saeed

The study highlights that a prolonged heat wave in Pakistan and neighbouring countries caused “the atmosphere to draw in more moisture and amplify rainfall when the monsoon system arrived,” Fahad Saeed told Mongabay.

In April, research by Climate Analytics warned that major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels.