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Fact check: Is the West responsible for floods in Pakistan?

By DW
19 September 2022   |   2:56 pm
Pakistan's devastating floods have reignited the debate that the West is responsible for the effects of climate change in the Global South. Scientists say extreme weather events have become more common. DW investigates.

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