Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- With more than one million climate-resilient homes completed, Sindh's landmark housing programme is emerging as a global example of disaster recovery, women's empowerment, and economic revival. Pakistan is a country that pays a devastating price for a climate crisis it has contributed relatively little to creating. While industrialised economies have historically accounted for the overwhelming share of global greenhouse gas emissions, countries such as Pakistan remain on the frontlines of increasingly destructive floods, extreme heat and unpredictable weather patterns.

For Pakistan, climate change is more than an environmental discussion at international conferences. As Millions of families live in a bleak reality wh...