Climate Change
Lahore’s Urbanization Crisis: Smog, Extreme Heat & Floods
Lahore was greener when you were growing up, or when you lived there long enough. The canal banks, the old parks, the tree-lined roads that make Lahore the “city of gardens.” Those days, the nickname is more of a memory now. Drive through any of the newer suburbs, and you'll see...
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Air quality · Lahore
How Smog is Formed and Tackled?
Follow Lahore’s smog through one winter day in interactive 3D, from the first engine to the last light, and see what clears the sky. In English and Urdu.
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Visits
9,379
Visits to Earth Notes since counting began.
Article reads
3,994
19% read to the end
Contributors
14
have published 30 articles on Earth Notes.
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| Figure | All time | Last 12 months | Last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visits | 9,379 | 9,379 | 9,379 |
| Article reads | 3,994 | 3,821 | 3,821 |
| Read to the end | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| Hours spent reading | 140 | 140 | 140 |
| Contributors | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| Articles published | 30 | 30 | 9 |
| Educational institutes | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Submissions received | 267 | 267 | 229 |
| Submissions in process | 220 | 220 | 204 |
| Submissions published | 28 | 28 | 9 |
| Interactive stories (views) | |||
| Living Wetlands of Punjab | 161 | 161 | 161 |
| The Living Green of Punjab | 92 | 92 | 92 |
| The Green School Mission | 196 | 196 | 196 |
| Climate Internship Journey | 122 | 122 | 122 |
| How Smog is Formed and Tackled? | 177 | 177 | 177 |
| Where the submissions are now | |||
| In process | 220 | 220 | 204 |
| Published | 28 | 28 | 9 |
| Not taken forward | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| In process, by stage | |||
| With coordinator | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Under review | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| With editor | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Approved, not yet published | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| With authors | 167 | 167 | 161 |
| Published, by theme | |||
| Climate Change | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Climate Governance & Policy | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Economy | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Air Pollution | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Sustainable Development | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Waste Management | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Water & Environment | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Environmental Awareness | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Biodiversity | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Environmental Law & Regulation | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Climate Technology | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reads by theme | |||
| Climate Change | 1,158 | 1,095 | 1,095 |
| Climate Governance & Policy | 156 | 145 | 145 |
| Green Economy | 150 | 131 | 131 |
| Air Pollution | 603 | 584 | 584 |
| Sustainable Development | 81 | 79 | 79 |
| Waste Management | 354 | 349 | 349 |
| Water & Environment | 587 | 579 | 579 |
| Environmental Awareness | 137 | 132 | 132 |
| Biodiversity | 402 | 396 | 396 |
| Environmental Law & Regulation | 222 | 195 | 195 |
| Climate Technology | 144 | 136 | 136 |
Earth Notes is written by researchers, practitioners and students working on Punjab’s environment and climate. These are some of the contributors behind the published articles.
Moin Ud Din Ahmad
Department of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Climate policy
Aamina Tariq
Founder of Impact with Fizza, climate policy
Ayesha Sarwar
MPhil Researcher, Water Pollution
Haseeb Ahmad
Climate Intern, Identification of Problem and Public Awareness
