Plant for Pakistan

While Pakistan's economy is 135th in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, it is among the top ten countries in the world to be affected by global warming according to the annual report of Global Climate Risk Index of German Watch, which ranks Pakistan as eighth among the countries most at risk of climate change.[6] As of November 2021, Lahore is the number one in the world in terms of air pollution.[7][8][9] Major cities have experienced major heat waves and high levels of pollution in the 21st century, including Karachi[10] and Islamabad.[11]

Pakistan has a wide variety of ecosystems within its borders, including the Arabian sea, several deserts and major rivers, and more than seven thousand glaciers.[12] Pakistan is also at the confluence of three great mountain ranges; the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas and the Karakoram. Areas such as Sindh province are at increased risk of flooding due to the melting of glaciers and the eruption of glacial lakes, while also being at risk of drought due to an increasingly warm dry season. Threats such as hurricanes also pose an increasing threat to open populations.

The PTI-led government, under its political campaign on Green Agenda, have introduced projects like Billion Tree Tsunami and Ten Billion Tree Tsunami to tackle and raise awareness about forestry and afforestation across the country in response.

The Billion Tree Tsunami, or the planting of one billion trees, was started by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in 2014. One billion trees were planted on 35,000 hectares of forest and barren land.

Regional 'Billion Tree Tsunami' project, which started seven years ago in 2014, started a revolution with great silence. The 'Billion Tree Tsunami' soon reverberated not only across the country but also globally, thanks to its performance in environmental organizations such as the Bonn Challenge, the World Bank and IUCN. Foreign diplomats in the diplomatic enclave of Islamabad also turned their attention to it and then the world became aware of their observations and observations. Shortly afterwards, international broadcasters began to take notice, and it was interpreted by a developing country as an important step in the context of climate change. After the successful completion of the Billion Tree Tsunami Project at the provincial level, as soon as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) gets the responsibility to take over the central government in 2018 Due to the personal interest of Prime Minister Imran Khan, he initiated a green environmental revolution by rehabilitating, promoting and large-scale afforestation of one million hectares of forests across the country under the mega project of 10 billion tree tsunami (10 billion tree tsunami). Raised to do. Apparently this is a difficult goal to pursue, but in the last two years, despite all the adversity, the project is moving forward. During this period, not only did the United Nations and the World Economic Forum warmly appreciate Pakistan's commitment, but many other countries, including South Africa, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia, have launched similar projects in their countries. Announced to start. Two and a half years of the present government have passed and about one billion trees have been planted so far, so the question arises whether it is possible to plant 9 billion trees in the next two and a half years. Malik Amin Aslam, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, answers this question by saying, "Our goal is to plant three billion trees in the next five years, which we will easily achieve. We hope that the next government will be ours and we will achieve this goal with the prayers of these trees. Environmentalist and botanist Rafi-ul-Haq says, "This program has gained so much attention and importance at the national and international levels that even if the next PTI does not come to power, the government will be the one to complete the project There will be global pressure and it will not be possible for any government to end or ignore this project in view of climate change.

Apart from tree planting, the government of Pakistan have also taken other eco-friendly measures, including increasing the number of protected areas; as of December 2022, there are currently 398 wildlife conservation areas in Pakistan. Of these, 31 have national park status. The total protected land area represents 13% of Pakistan's landmass as of 2020, with the government of Pakistan announcing plans to increase this amount to 15% by 2023.

A National Park Academy has been planned for Ziarat and Balochistan national parks, where young people will be given jobs after special training, with plans to give least 5,000 young people employment.[13]

• Billion Tree Tsunami, a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan reforestation project
• Trillion Tree Campaign, a UNEP call to plant 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000 or 10,00,00,00,00,000) trees.