{"id":129,"date":"2024-04-03T03:51:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T03:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2024-05-03T06:36:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T06:36:02","slug":"abeerah-siddiqui","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/index.php\/abeerah-siddiqui\/","title":{"rendered":"Abeerah Siddiqui"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"129\" class=\"elementor elementor-129\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe6279f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe6279f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0944029 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0944029\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-937x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-616\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-937x1024.jpg 937w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed-1406x1536.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2024\/jennapet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/unnamed.jpg 1711w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(Courtesy Abeerah Siddiqui)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eaf8439 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4eaf8439\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc6a281 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cc6a281\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:image {\"id\":282,\"width\":\"363px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"align\":\"center\"} --><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, flooding in Pakistan devastated many parts of the country. Nearly 2,000 people died and there was $14.8 billion in damage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abeerah Siddiqui is president of USC\u2019s Pakistani Student Assembly and has family in the country. Although she\u2019s never lived there, she visited her family a lot growing up. She said it was \u201cdevastating\u201d to see Pakistan undergo such a tragedy, especially because climate change has severe, disproportionate impacts on the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a 2022 United Nations report, 69% of deaths from climate-related disasters occurred in the 46 least-developed countries in the world. These countries\u2019 emissions accounted for less than 4% of global emissions in the same year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s this narrative, we attribute a lot of climate change and emissions to lower and middle income countries, but Pakistan contributes less than 1% of global emissions but is in the top 10 of being impacted by climate change disasters,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siddiqui has always been interested in the environment. 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Nearly 2,000 people died and there was $14.8 billion in damage.\u00a0 Abeerah Siddiqui is president of USC\u2019s Pakistani Student Assembly and has family in the country. Although she\u2019s never lived there, she visited her family a lot growing up. 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