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Big infrastructure, building dams and structures to stop the floods

Language in how it's described; "once again being called unprecedented"

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Pakistin gov't heavy emphasis on infrastructure to fix flooding issues rather than focusing on fixing existing issues such as fixing sewege.

Also, the emphasis on 'natural' vs man-made, erases accountability of who really is at fault here.

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more international aid

infrastructure projects

post-crisis, short-term aid (not addressing underlying causes)

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Framing the problem as technical and focusing on big infrastructure

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Building dams

Embankments

Change the course of the river

Etc

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Calling it a natural disaster is seen as apolitical, refusing to call it that is politicizing it (acknowledging that it is a man-made crisis)

State accountability

Calling on outsiders from global north to ask questions about their/their govts responsibility

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Do research, build early warning system

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Public consultation to discuss climate adaption. 

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Public consultation to discuss climate adaption. 

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mounting pressure internationally with global south for Loss and damage and repairations for climate finance

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Pakistani gov't should listen to the people and get a wider understanding on what natural disasters are and its historical basis, to be able to addresses root causes.

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Typical humanitarian action where money and funds are given without further reflection on their use or who it's given to

Big infrastructures who don't answer local needs (e.g. dams vs effective sewages)

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Understanding the interaction to better frame the problem

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Loss and damage becoming a larger part of the conversation in terms of climate negotiations and in politics

Calling on global north countries to consider their responsibility in this and other man-made disasters

Consider the legacy of imperialism/colonialism/exploitation in creating these realities

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reframing the problem as man-made

holding the state accountable

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Flooding resistance housing, dams, infrastructure aka technical solutions

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Infrastructure development

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Solving problems without aids by external powers. Finding solutions within the communities.

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ethnographic accounts of lived experience and consequential local demands

empowering local populations to increase capacity to independently cope with disasters

reducing inequalities and addressing the most vulnerable populations

asking who and why people are impacted

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Building large infrastructure (i.e. dams)

Framing and securitization of the issue in terms of natural

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Loss-and-damage funds can be one of the strategies to show solidarity between North and South (since this is a kind of solution that recognizes the power relations and history of these problems)

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Technical fixes, infrastructure, more of the same they did in the previous flood. Repeating the story

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Improved government investment in store weather drainage and sewage systems rather than infrastructure dam development

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Hold governments accountable for defying L and D for all these years.

Mount pressure on the countries in the global north to accept Loss and Damage and release fund.

REDUCE EMISSIONS

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Doing research on the political discourse of the flooding in Pakistan, the causes and preparedness of the man-made disaster, not the “natural” one as the government calls it 

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Doing research on the political discourse of the flooding in Pakistan, the causes and preparedness of the man-made disaster, not the “natural” one as the government calls it 

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Acknowledging shared resources aka. River systems shared between India, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Also, government spending being scrutinised and looking at expenditure beyond its military. 

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Acknowledging shared resources aka. River systems shared between India, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Also, government spending being scrutinised and looking at expenditure beyond its military. 

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‘More funding’ is the kneejerk answer, but pushing governments and international institutions to cancel debt could be just as / more powerful

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Big infrastructure projects

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Questioning power dynamics, i.e. how political elites are making decisions

Citizens holding the state accountable, e.g. implementing recommendations from previous inquiry report

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Historisization of the issue (avoiding double standards)

Recognising the sovereignty of the states and the people's own capability to decide what they want

Acknowledging the North's own accountability

Climate adapatation vs mitigation

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holding one’s own state accountable for their involvement and responsibility in the disaster

how is international media framing these issues? (and holding media accountable for the (incorrect?) framing of issues)

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First acknowledging this was not a natural disaster, policymaking. People should be held accountable for this disaster and for the inaction

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Early warning systems can be seen as a rendered technical solution. Because at the end of the day, they still will lose their homes. It doesn't fix their vulnerability status

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Listen to the Pakistani and not impose your view of reparations/rebuilding

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Funding/ technical cooperation from the global north which meets the community needs

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New Infrastructure projects to address immediate climate vulnerabilities or flood relief for affected peoples

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Loss and damage fund. Not just getting international aid to help Pakistan, but actually making a team and going in situ to help those affected

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Apolitical solutions:

focusing on big infrastructure and political alliances for alternative agendas. Working with for eg China in order to maintain power relations for reasons outside of environmental crises is questionable in these situations

Budget being spent on the military needs to be redirected

Political solutions:

Identifying areas of vulnerability and involving the community in questions and concerns

Not focusing simply on aid coming in. Sometimes people don’t need money or even food to an extent - they need shelter and clothing and access to sanitary products and healthcare. Things they cannot control, because they may be resilient in other ways which aid does not taking into account as it focuses on checking off boxes. This also plays into what the global north should do.

Global north:

need to focus on their own Govt’s roles in perpetuating climate vulnerability in the global north. Tied aid is not a solution

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Loss and damage fund as one of the possible solutions but there is also a need to think about the alternative option considering that LDF does not have enough funds to cover all the expenses in the Global South. Therefore, the citizens of the countries of the Global North should ask what is the role of their governments in what’s going on in the Global South, and what needs to be done by these governments.

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Well-functioning, well-funded everyday water infrastructure rather than just post-disaster flagship big infrastructure projects

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Abolish the world bank

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Build more embankments and dams on rivers to ensure water does not go out of its flow.

Alternate housing & livelihoods for affected people.

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From what time in history, the problem of flood emerged? What were the interventions brought to natural flow of river at that point of time?

What power hegemonies brought these interventions? How can we make them accountable?

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What do affected people (who lost their lands & houses and have nowhere to go) think about these floods? Listen to them and make "theory of flooding in Pakistan" more realistic. Notice what changes actually caused the problem and focus on reverse and repair!