The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations talks about people like Sada Bahar in its report. Pakistan must listen to it to ensure the frontliners are not left behind. Amid growing climate impacts and slow progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable food systems and agricultural practices can help Pakistan adapt, build resilience and mitigate emissions, thereby ensuring food security and nutrition.

Agriculture, more than any other sector, might be our best bet for mitigating climate change. But for these solutions to flourish, we must first remove the barriers that silence women, youth, Indigenous Peoples and marginalised communities — and trust the people who have always known how to live with the land, not against it.

On the frontlines of the climate crisis, family farmers, herders, fishers, forest dwellers and food workers provide nearly 80 per cent of the world's food — and bear the heaviest burden of a changing planet. As droughts scorch fields, floods drown........

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