Pakistan is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, with extreme events such as heatwaves, torrential rains and flash floods shaping the lives of millions of people, with devastating consequences for the economy and the survival of rural communities. The 2022 floods, which submerged one third of the country, remain an open wound. […]
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Pakistan is among the countries most severely affected by the impacts of climate change. According to the Climate Risk Index 2025, it was ranked as the most vulnerable country in 2022 due to extreme events such as the devastating floods that submerged one-third of the national territory, causing over 1,700 deaths and an estimated $40 […]
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ContinueCESVI still on the front line to support Pakistan, devastated by the climate crisis
We at CESVI have been present in Pakistan since 2005, reaching more than 2.5 million beneficiaries. We have been operating in Sindh for years, where we help local communities and authorities to improve their disaster response capabilities with training activities aimed at improving crisis response capabilities. We have also arranged for the creation of river water monitoring systems that make it possible to control the level of watercourses and to prepare for the impact of floods, once the alert threshold has been reached.
ContinueClimate emergency in Pakistan: ever-increasing numbers and an escalating humanitarian crisis
In Pakistan, over 7 million children and women need immediate access to nutritional and health services and some 5.5 million people lack access to safe drinking water. In the fragile segment of the population, 4 million children do not have access to health services (OCHA, 2022).
In flood-affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan, outbreaks of waterborne diseases continue to increase, particularly due to the unavailability of health facilities and the disastrous consequences of standing water.
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In Pakistan, the number of people affected by the floods continues to remain dramatic: 33 million, of which 7.9 million are internally displaced.
Even if the rainy season is drawing to a close, in the southern provinces the situation is still critical and there is indeed an increase in the water level in the flooded areas.
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ContinueIn Pakistan we are still in a state of emergency
In Pakistan, about 7.6 million people, almost half of whom are children, are displaced, are still in a state of emergency and are in need of help (OCHA, 2022). At least 23,900 schools have been damaged or destroyed by floods across the country, most of them in Sindh. Of those remaining, 5,500 are used as rescue camps.
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