Climate Congress begins

LAHORE:Amidst escalating environmental challenges in Pakistan, including record air pollution levels, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has collaborated with the Lahore Biennale’s Climate Congress to hold a series of sessions at the University from November 6-8, 2024.

According to a press release, the series featured the opening of a group art exhibition, a collateral event of Lahore Biennale 03 (Of Mountains and Seas), titled ‘Lamenting the Beloved City or Pledging Devotion Afresh?’. This exhibition presented a collection of work by 19 artists, inviting a united response to the environmental risks we face as a civilisation, especially in the Global South.

Marking the significance and creativity of the exhibition, the curator Dr Nadhra Shahbaz Naeem Khan, Associate Professor at LUMS, expressed the theme of the event with an excerpt of her self-penned poem:

‘I may be a single drop, together we become an ocean; I may be a solitary fighter, together we can advance as victors!’ Maryam Ibrahim and Sana Khosa, Climate Congress collaborators at LUMS, organised two panel discussions around Urban Ecologies and Climate Narratives.