Pakistan and the United Nations are holding a major conference in Geneva on Monday aimed at marshalling support to rebuild the country after devastating floods in what is expected to be a major test case for who pays for climate disasters.
Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers last September displaced some 8 million people and killed at least 1,700 in a catastrophe blamed on climate change.
Guterres, who visited Pakistan in September, has previously described the destruction in the country as However, it is not yet known if Pakistan, with a $350 billion economy, will be eligible to tap into that future funding.
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