This week, leaders from all over the world are heading to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. For nearly three decades, they have gathered at the annual Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

This year, they must not only set more ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but deliver on Climate justice.

Last month, I visited Pakistan’s northern areas, where the United Nations and its partners support communities to adapt to climate change and mitigate its impacts. I met with communities in Chitral who are facing an existential threat.

As global warming causes glaciers to melt, catastrophic glacial lake outbursts floods threaten not only their livelihoods, but also their lives. They face the devastation brought out by our warming world -- changing weather patterns, scorching heatwaves, brutal droughts, and devastating floods.

As I spoke to Chitrali communities, I reflected on the paradox that people in Pakistan, who emit a tiny fraction of the........

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