DLP Report
ISLAMABAD
Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations Shafi Jan has said that climate change has become the biggest global threat of the present era, with its impacts being strongly felt across Pakistan, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He was addressing the “Breathe Pakistan International Climate Change Conference 2026” organised by Dawn Media Group in Islamabad. Shafi Jan said KP’s forests have the capacity to absorb around 50 per cent of Pakistan’s carbon emissions, adding that the province, despite contributing minimally to pollution, is bearing the most severe impacts of climate change.
He said hundreds of precious lives had been lost due to heavy rains and flash floods, while infrastructure and natural ecosystems had suffered irreparable damage.
The special assistant said climate change was not limited to floods and glaciers, but also included air pollution, deforestation, uncontrolled urban expansion and environmentally harmful lifestyles, all of which pose serious risks to human health and the environment.
He stressed that urgent and collective action was needed for forest conservation, flood mitigation and reducing the adverse impacts of climate change.
He said the provincial government had placed environmental protection among its top priorities under the vision of founding chairman Imran Khan for a green and sustainable Pakistan. Highlighting key initiatives, he said the Billion Tree Tsunami Project was a globally recognised programme that played a historic role in increasing forest cover in the province. He added that the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme aimed to expand plantation efforts, reduce carbon emissions and contribute to global environmental goals.
