Pakistan
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Environmental overview
A country stretching from the Arabian Sea to some of the world's highest mountains, highly exposed to heat, flooding and air pollution, and dependent on the Indus river system.
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- Sources
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Major issues
What is changing across the country.
AirClimateWasteNature
Severity is descriptive editorial metadata summarising documented effects. It is not a measured index or a score.
- 01AirSeverity: CriticalLahoreWinter smog in LahoreSeasonal smog episodes sharply reduce air quality across the city each winter.5 causes · 4 impacts · 5 solutions · 3 sources
- 02ClimateSeverity: HighKarachiExtreme heat in KarachiHumid heat events in a coastal megacity create serious health risk, especially during power interruptions.3 causes · 3 impacts · 3 solutions · 2 sources
- 03WasteSeverity: HighKarachiSolid waste and drainage blockage in KarachiUncollected waste blocks stormwater channels and worsens urban flooding.3 causes · 4 impacts · 3 solutions · 1 sources
- 04ClimateSeverity: HighNorthern Pakistan / Gilgit-BaltistanGlacier change and outburst floods in Gilgit-BaltistanWarming is changing high-mountain glaciers and increasing the hazard from glacial lake outburst floods.4 causes · 4 impacts · 4 solutions · 4 sources
- 05NatureSeverity: ModerateLahoreUrban tree cover and heat in LahoreExpanding built-up area and loss of green space intensify urban heat and dust.2 causes · 3 impacts · 2 solutions · 1 sources
Within Pakistan
Places to explore
- CityLahoreA dense historic city on the Punjab plain where winter smog, vehicle and industrial emissions, and regional crop residue burning combine into one of the world's most persistent urban air quality crises.
- CityKarachiPakistan's largest coastal megacity, facing severe summer heat, chronic water supply stress, and heavily strained solid waste and drainage systems.
- RegionNorthern Pakistan / Gilgit-BaltistanA high-mountain region where the Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush meet, holding some of the largest glacier systems outside the polar regions and feeding the Indus river.