Rina Saeed Khan

Rina Saeed Khan is an award-winning environmental journalist and consultant based in Islamabad, Pakistan. She is a member of the Prime Minister’s National Climate Change Council and was appointed Chair of the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) in November 2020, overseeing the Margalla Hills National Park and the upcoming Margalla Wildlife Centre.

Rina began her journalism career in 1992 with The Friday Times and later worked as a communications consultant for UNDP and WWF-Pakistan. She holds a BA from Grinnell College, USA, and an MA in Environment and Development from the London School of Oriental and African Studies as a Chevening Scholar.

She has received international awards, including the Earth Journalism Award in 2009, and wrote the popular ‘Earthly Matters’ column for Dawn for over ten years. Currently, she writes for Express Tribune and Reuters Alertnet, and has trained journalists in climate change reporting.

Rina has attended multiple UN Climate Change Conferences and co-authored two books on Pakistan’s environment: Water in the Wilderness (2016) and From Mountains to Mangroves (2017).

She recently authored a guidebook for journalists reporting on climate change for GIZ in 2024 called Pakistan: On the Frontline of Climate Change.