Climate Change, Floods, RUDA and Pakistan's case at COP 27 - Ahmad Rafay Alam -

Ahmad Rafay Alam is an environmental lawyer and Yale World Fellow. He has served as the Chairman Lahore Electric Supply Company and Lahore Waste Management Company.

Rafay Alam comes on the podcast to discuss Climate Change, Floods, RUDA and Pakistan's case at COP 27.

Are we past the tipping point?

Do politicians care about the Environment?

Will Pakistan survive the Climate Catostrophe?

Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Global Warming
5:00 Tipping Point of Climate Change
6:30 Methane and the Meat Industry
9:00 Capitalism and Climate Change
12:00 Environment and our Stories
15:00 Floods are a man made Disaster
18:30 The Hubris of Man, Colonialism and the Labour Class
26:45 Lahore Canal Conservation
28:24 Intensification of Monsoons and Heat Waves
30:00 Development at the expense of the Environment
33:20 Pakistan’s case at COP 27
39:00 The role of the USA
41:30 Fossil Fuels, Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy
44:30 Nuclear
46:00 Water Scarcity
51:00 Water and Provinces
55:00 Indus Water Treaty
57:30 Special Investment Zones, CPEC and Corporate Farming
1:07:00 Chief Justices
1:10:30 Lawyers Movement
1:13:30 RUDA and Ravi
1:24:50 AQI Air Quality Index
1:31:00 Audience Questions