[MCN] Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change awareness “I am telling the truth. Will your anger rain down on me?"

[Lance Olsen]

Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change awareness

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She said hip-hop <https://apnews.com/article/hiphop-50th-anniversary-rap-music-bronx-ff1e8171a7a16242a85155e4d2c5b037> isn’t common in Pakistan, but the genre resonates because of its tradition as an expression of life, hardship and struggle.

She has yet to finish her latest climate change rap, but wrote one in response to the 2022 flooding in neighboring Balochistan, the country’s poorest and least developed province <https://apnews.com/article/floods-pakistan-1219d2eb74c383f9603bc81a293a90a9>, because she felt it wasn’t getting enough attention. She performed it at festivals in Pakistan and promoted it across her social media accounts. Officials at the time said more help was needed from the central government for people to rebuild their lives.

“There are potholes on the road; the roads are ruined,” raps Urooj. “I am telling the truth. Will your anger rain down on me? Where was the Balochistan government when the floods came? My pen thirsts for justice. Now they’ve succeeded, these thieving rulers. This isn’t a rap song, this is a revolution.”

https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-climate-change-song-rap-music-sindh-province-034b38faf1136a75ef1025fe5b96e9b7



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"The big challenge is still to deliver emissions reductions at the pace and scale needed, especially in a world where economies are driven by consumption.”

Sonja van Renssen.The inconvenient truth of failed climate policies. Nature Climate Change  MAY 2018

Published online: 27 April 2018 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0155-4 

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“What we are witnessing is a temper tantrum against the mere suggestion that there are limits to what we can consume.” 

Naomi Klein
https://theintercept.com/2019/09/15/trump-straws-plastic/




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