A New Social Contract for Global Climate Justice | Huma Yusuf | TED

Pakistan contributes less than one percent to the global greenhouse gas emissions perpetrating climate change, yet one-third of the country was recently inundated with "biblical" floods that killed hundreds and displaced millions. If we're to move towards a sustainable future in the wake of such tragedies, the response will require more than just infrastructure repairs and a return to the status quo, says columnist Huma Yusuf. She shares a vision for global climate diplomacy where the countries responsible for pollution pay reparations for the damage they've caused, while developing countries bring forward a clean, green future. (Followed by a Q&A with TED Global Curator Bruno Giussani)

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[taiebnajafi]

One-third of the country is under water, 33 million people effected by that, but still the Pakistan government use most of their budget to fund and support military and terrorist groups in Afghanistan and other areas ignoring the humanitarian disasters which has happened in their own country and the humanitarian disasters which they cause in other countries like Afghanistan. Instead of fighting against these sort of crisis they cause them just on their own.

[sohailafridi]

Huma, our well articulated ambassador.

[saurovfayzulla]

This is excellent speech. She is so care about our future, nature, climate, weather. Such speeches should be a lot of, something everybody could help each other.

[joshuamacdonald]

I agree 100%. Unfortunately some countries are are not only hesitant and even against fixing pollution problems but when they do rather then making good financial decisions in order to make positive changes they do a half ignorant job making extramy poor decisions about how to make this change that creates disparity in their own countries. I am in Canada and I support the carbon tax but what few outside people see is we have more and more displaced people, more and more people falling under the poverty line. People who have been paying attention have noticed 1000x more homeless on our streets, huge jumps in inflation all the while the luxury industries seem to be profiting and doing very well. The 1% is not suffering like the rest, at most they are barely inconvenienced. This would need to be changed with real policy changers. Don't think this is a "vote for the other guy" argument as the other guy will at best do the same thing as they have done repeatedly in the past. People worship Justin Trudeau but don't see the damage that he has done. I will not say that he hasn't made some good policies but has done more harm at the same time. A changing of the guard as it will would fix some of those problems while equally creating new ones. Its frustrating as there is no potential leadership that will make the commonsense fixes while at the same time maintain the good changes that have been done. All a person can do is decide for themselves to make changes at an individual level but it is quite difficult as resources are spread thin.
We feel for Pakistan and I support sending financial and other aid but we CAN do better.

[maryettamoore]

Something that is so apparently abhorrent* YET still no remorse* no self-correction* no intent of repairing the harm done* what is there left to be said and done by the victims of these atrocities***

[sibanijena]

Very nice speech it started from global issues to the country's own fault. Very nicely presented

[mikethewheelnut]

Logically, this is an excellent presentation. Cynically.. well, anybody can fill in the cynical responses.

[jonasp.]

Honestly, I'm a little bit shocked of all those comments here.
First of all, I think the woman's talk was really good and interesting.
Because of this I can't really understand the position of many people here.
I have often read that money can't be given to developing countrys like Pakistan because there is so much corruption. That's partly true - the woman also mentioned. But is this really a reason not to help those people? And let them suffer? Where is the humanity? I don't say you should transfer money to the government without any control of its use. Avoiding those aids to be abused isn't that easy - but is this a reason not to help?
Secondly, many said that Western countrys also support development countrys financially. That's true. But is this enough? Are some million dollar per year compared to wasting our atmosphere for 150 years? Isn't it rather ridiculous that some years ago, development countrys were promised 100 billion dollar per year - and the western countrys haven't kept it? Recently, during COP21, this aim of 100 billion per year was confirmed again. Will it have any effect? I don't know.
In my opinion it's completely injustice that poor countrys have to pay the bill of the economic growth in the industrialized world - without having any advantage of this growth. The people in those countrys still live in poverty and now, they have to suffer even further because of our wealth.
Climate justice is due!
Thank you for reading. 😃

[sanamsyed]

she is the most intelligent women I have ever sww. i read her articles in dawn. she is best

[DavidSanchez-vxbv]

It's NOT about to stop Climate change...but to stop and change current economic system...

[brittonprice]

My great grandfather used to say if the government could find a way to tax the air they would.

[hussnanraza]

Thank You so much for funding as well as becoming the voice of Great Pakistan.

[JONSEY]

How about we say that no company can claim to be carbon neutral or eco-friendly ( Whatever buzzword you wish to use ) unless they can show that what they produce is done so in an carbon nutral way at every step of the process.
I'm not just talking about that company or how they make their products or the materials used but also the companies they get their materials from, is the electricity used to make the product produced carbon neutral energy, is it transported by companies who also used carbon nutral energy.
This could apply to every company at every step from production to shipping etc.
Doing so would cause companies to not only become carbon neutral but those they deal with because a company won't choose another if it doesn't follow those rules because it would then affect them.

God i hope that makes some sense, lol!
It's not easy to explain, for me at least!, lol!

[Matheusllb]

We need to help ourselves. Help the others is help us.

[jhall]

Its not a "Social Contract" when its forced on you....thats called tyranny

[hussnanraza]

I loved this video Thank you TED for delivering this good type of information and telling the major issues of Pakistan.

[lorenzoblum]

3:28 the logic is simple but the politics are complicated...
And yet, not a word on the elephant in the room aka the military industrial complex, biggest polluter on Earth. Omerta.

[andresvilla]

With the foundig you will have the risk of corruption

[coldcreation]

How much can I gain height? Top height?
Can I be like top white height?

[alfredfischer]

I HAVE INCURRED SO MUCH LOSSES TRADING ON MY OWN...I TRADE WELL ON DEMO BUT I THINK THE REAL MARKET IS MANIPULATED... CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT OR AT LEAST TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG ?