Pakistan Among Developing Countries Hit Hard by Global Warming

KARACHI— As world leaders meet in Paris to craft a new global agreement aimed at cutting climate-changing greenhouse-gas emissions, many developing countries are watching closely for the final results. While most developing nations contribute much less to global warming than developed countries, they often feel the effects to a disproportionate degree.
In Karachi, for example, residents such as Aamir Rizvi remember last summer’s suffocating heat wave, which caused more than 1,300 deaths.