Climate Change & Environment

World Environment Day: The Role of Media in Activism By Waqas Ali @waqasaliqk Plantation experts and environmental volunteers in Karachi have expressed concern that the media's role in raising awareness and addressing environmental issues in Pakistan is disappointing. Highlighting the core role of media, they were of the view that environmental issues such as pollution, chopping trees, and raising global temperatures will increase the severity of the humanitarian crisis on an annual basis in Pakistan if the media fails to form the national discourse of addressing the issues. Expert's opinion  Plantation experts and volunteers spoke openly on the role of mainstream media to highlight social activities related to environmental awareness. Shahroz Siraj, head of the Green Hand Welfare Organization, said that after the heat wave of May 2010, he started a plantation drive in Karachi and used Facebook to gather like-minded people and spread awareness about the plantation drive. ...

Introduction Former premier of Pakistan Imran Khan highlighted the ongoing impact of environmental issues, more particularly the ever-increasing carbon foot print in the country. It was the first time, that the then-premier accorded it the status of a national issue. The purpose of the announcement of the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme was for the revival of forest and wildlife resources.  let's have a look on the day of World Environment Day that how Pakistan has been facing the biggest life-threating issue related to environmental issues.    Overview of the initiatives  The initiatives that the former premier Imran Khan took as followed;  1. 10 Billion Tree Tsunami.  The Economic Survey 2020-21 released in June 2021. According to the report , around a whopping 350 million trees and 814.6 million plants were planted in the country to improve the overall conservation of the existing protected areas.   2. Ecosystem Restoration Fund This initiat...