From Wendland to Pakistan

The event will feature a discussion with Badarunisah and Javed Ali from Sindh province. They aim to represent farmers in Pakistan who are already severely affected by the destructive effects of global warming and hold those responsible for the climate crisis accountable.

They are joined by Julia Bartal, farmer, founder of the Farmers Without Borders initiative and former managing director of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft ABL Nordost (North-East Working Group on Small-Scale Farming). Together, they are looking for strategies and ways to promote international solidarity among farmers.

Pakistan is one of the five countries most affected by the climate crisis worldwide. Extreme heat, droughts, and extreme rainfall threaten the livelihoods of the population, especially those who are involve in agriculture. In 2022, the region where Badarunisah and Javed Ali come from was almost completely flooded for months as a result of extreme rainfall. At that time, 33 million people were displaced. Pakistan is a prime example of the destructive power of the climate crisis.

For decades, communities around the world that depend on agriculture for their livelihoods have been fighting to protect the environment and natural resources, developing alternatives to environmentally destructive industrial agriculture, and campaigning for food sovereignty and global climate justice.