BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a844575bf415 DTSTART:20231017T040000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231017T090000Z LOCATION:Islamabad\, Pakistan SUMMARY:Green Industrialization in Pakistan: Integrated Policy Strategies for a Sustainable Future CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:IntroductionUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD] Geneva has developed a project that aims to assist four major dev eloping countries in Asia in their efforts to reach SDGs related to green industrialization.The project intends to assist 4 selected developing coun tries (Pakistan\, Kazakhstan\, Malaysia\, and Türkiye) to achieve 2030 Ag enda through: 1) effective integrated policy strategies and improved capac ity at national level\, including South-South peer-learning\; and 2) econo mic cooperation and policy coordination at regional level.Adapting to a ch anging climate through green industrialization is crucial for Pakistan as the country is among the top ten most climate vulnerable countries\, exper iencing long term weather changes and is frequently hit by heatwaves\, dro ughts\, excessive rains and floods.Additionally\, Pakistan is currently ex periencing significant macroeconomic instability\, under a mountain of dom estic and foreign debt\, combined with the instability created by the Covi d-19 pandemic\, the Ukraine war and unprecedented rains and flood in later part of 2022\, all of which have been adding to the pains of an economy b eset with deep structural problems. Purpose and key objectives:Under Gree n Industrialization Project\, UNCTAD and its partner\, Social Protection R esource Centre\, Islamabad joined hands in 2022 to produce fresh knowledge on the binding constraints Pakistan has been facing in terms of Green Ind ustrialization and carried out four sectoral studies on the challenges in greening being faced by Pakistan’s manufacturing sector\, Textiles\, Agr iculture and Transport in the lead up to the launching of Pakistan Project .As the financing has been one of the most challenging binding constraints \, a new study has also been undertaken in addition to the sectoral studie s on the past limitations faced by the country in availing quality climate finance with a view to prepare Pakistan better to benefit from the Loss & amp\; Damage Fund in the coming days.The purpose of this event is to prese nt the findings of the six studies to the scholarly community and policy p ractitioners in the presence of international experts to initiate a qualit y debate on the topic of Green Industrialization in Pakistan\, which till date has not gained the kind of traction it should get\, given its current and future role in green transformation of the Pakistan economy.This rela tive weakness is not only a result of the absence of holistic approaches t o study different aspects of green industrialization at the macro\, sector al and sub-sectoral levels. A weak symbiosis between the climate change an d environmental policies in itself is hampering the emergence of a robust nexus between the Climate Policy and the cluster of Trade\, Industrial and Investment policies\, which seek to make Pakistan’s manufacturing secto r more competitive.The launching event aims to bring together the represen tatives of relevant ministries\, academia\, business community and civil s ociety to fill any gaps in our Studies jointly produced by UNCTAD and SPRC \, on the way to develop an integrated Green Industrialization Strategy fo r Pakistan\, giving due consideration to the regional and global approache s and practices.<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Introduction<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [U NCTAD] Geneva has developed a project that aims to assist four major devel oping countries in Asia in their efforts to reach SDGs related to green in dustrialization.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The project intends to assist 4 sel ected developing countries (Pakistan\, Kazakhstan\, Malaysia\, and Türkiy e) to achieve 2030 Agenda through: 1) effective integrated policy strategi es and improved capacity at national level\, including South-South peer-le arning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at regional l evel.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Adapting to a changing climate through green i ndustrialization is crucial for Pakistan as the country is among the top t en most climate vulnerable countries\, experiencing long term weather chan ges and is frequently hit by heatwaves\, droughts\, excessive rains and fl oods.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Additionally\, Pakistan is currently experienc ing significant macroeconomic instability\, under a mountain of domestic a nd foreign debt\, combined with the instability created by the Covid-19 pa ndemic\, the Ukraine war and unprecedented rains and flood in later part o f 2022\, all of which have been adding to the pains of an economy beset wi th deep structural problems.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\ ;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Purpose and key objectives:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Under Green Industrialization Project\, UNCTAD and it s partner\, Social Protection Resource Centre\, Islamabad joined hands in 2022 to produce fresh knowledge on the binding constraints Pakistan has be en facing in terms of Green Industrialization and carried out four sectora l studies on the challenges in greening being faced by Pakistan’s manufa cturing sector\, Textiles\, Agriculture and Transport in the lead up to th e launching of Pakistan Project.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;As the financing ha s been one of the most challenging binding constraints\, a new study has a lso been undertaken in addition to the sectoral studies on the past limita tions faced by the country in availing quality climate finance with a view to prepare Pakistan better to benefit from the Loss &\;amp\; Damage Fu nd in the coming days.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The purpose of this event is to present the findings of the six studies to the scholarly community and policy practitioners in the presence of international experts to initiate a quality debate on the topic of Green Industrialization in Pakistan\, whi ch till date has not gained the kind of traction it should get\, given its current and future role in green transformation of the Pakistan economy.& lt\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This relative weakness is not only a result of the a bsence of holistic approaches to study different aspects of green industri alization at the macro\, sectoral and sub-sectoral levels. A weak symbiosi s between the climate change and environmental policies in itself is hampe ring the emergence of a robust nexus between the Climate Policy and the cl uster of Trade\, Industrial and Investment policies\, which seek to make P akistan’s manufacturing sector more competitive.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;T he launching event aims to bring together the representatives of relevant ministries\, academia\, business community and civil society to fill any g aps in our Studies jointly produced by UNCTAD and SPRC\, on the way to dev elop an integrated Green Industrialization Strategy for Pakistan\, giving due consideration to the regional and global approaches and practices.<\ ;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/green-i ndustrialization-pakistan-integrated-policy-strategies-sustainable-future DTSTAMP:20260818T114349Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a844575bf44d DTSTART:20231018T040000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231018T090000Z LOCATION:Islamabad\, Pakistan SUMMARY:Green Industrialization in Pakistan: Integrated Policy Strategies for a Sustainable Future CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:IntroductionUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD] Geneva has developed a project that aims to assist four major dev eloping countries in Asia in their efforts to reach SDGs related to green industrialization.The project intends to assist 4 selected developing coun tries (Pakistan\, Kazakhstan\, Malaysia\, and Türkiye) to achieve 2030 Ag enda through: 1) effective integrated policy strategies and improved capac ity at national level\, including South-South peer-learning\; and 2) econo mic cooperation and policy coordination at regional level.Adapting to a ch anging climate through green industrialization is crucial for Pakistan as the country is among the top ten most climate vulnerable countries\, exper iencing long term weather changes and is frequently hit by heatwaves\, dro ughts\, excessive rains and floods.Additionally\, Pakistan is currently ex periencing significant macroeconomic instability\, under a mountain of dom estic and foreign debt\, combined with the instability created by the Covi d-19 pandemic\, the Ukraine war and unprecedented rains and flood in later part of 2022\, all of which have been adding to the pains of an economy b eset with deep structural problems. Purpose and key objectives:Under Gree n Industrialization Project\, UNCTAD and its partner\, Social Protection R esource Centre\, Islamabad joined hands in 2022 to produce fresh knowledge on the binding constraints Pakistan has been facing in terms of Green Ind ustrialization and carried out four sectoral studies on the challenges in greening being faced by Pakistan’s manufacturing sector\, Textiles\, Agr iculture and Transport in the lead up to the launching of Pakistan Project .As the financing has been one of the most challenging binding constraints \, a new study has also been undertaken in addition to the sectoral studie s on the past limitations faced by the country in availing quality climate finance with a view to prepare Pakistan better to benefit from the Loss & amp\; Damage Fund in the coming days.The purpose of this event is to prese nt the findings of the six studies to the scholarly community and policy p ractitioners in the presence of international experts to initiate a qualit y debate on the topic of Green Industrialization in Pakistan\, which till date has not gained the kind of traction it should get\, given its current and future role in green transformation of the Pakistan economy.This rela tive weakness is not only a result of the absence of holistic approaches t o study different aspects of green industrialization at the macro\, sector al and sub-sectoral levels. A weak symbiosis between the climate change an d environmental policies in itself is hampering the emergence of a robust nexus between the Climate Policy and the cluster of Trade\, Industrial and Investment policies\, which seek to make Pakistan’s manufacturing secto r more competitive.The launching event aims to bring together the represen tatives of relevant ministries\, academia\, business community and civil s ociety to fill any gaps in our Studies jointly produced by UNCTAD and SPRC \, on the way to develop an integrated Green Industrialization Strategy fo r Pakistan\, giving due consideration to the regional and global approache s and practices.<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Introduction<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [U NCTAD] Geneva has developed a project that aims to assist four major devel oping countries in Asia in their efforts to reach SDGs related to green in dustrialization.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The project intends to assist 4 sel ected developing countries (Pakistan\, Kazakhstan\, Malaysia\, and Türkiy e) to achieve 2030 Agenda through: 1) effective integrated policy strategi es and improved capacity at national level\, including South-South peer-le arning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at regional l evel.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Adapting to a changing climate through green i ndustrialization is crucial for Pakistan as the country is among the top t en most climate vulnerable countries\, experiencing long term weather chan ges and is frequently hit by heatwaves\, droughts\, excessive rains and fl oods.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Additionally\, Pakistan is currently experienc ing significant macroeconomic instability\, under a mountain of domestic a nd foreign debt\, combined with the instability created by the Covid-19 pa ndemic\, the Ukraine war and unprecedented rains and flood in later part o f 2022\, all of which have been adding to the pains of an economy beset wi th deep structural problems.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\ ;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Purpose and key objectives:<\;/strong>\;&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Under Green Industrialization Project\, UNCTAD and it s partner\, Social Protection Resource Centre\, Islamabad joined hands in 2022 to produce fresh knowledge on the binding constraints Pakistan has be en facing in terms of Green Industrialization and carried out four sectora l studies on the challenges in greening being faced by Pakistan’s manufa cturing sector\, Textiles\, Agriculture and Transport in the lead up to th e launching of Pakistan Project.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;As the financing ha s been one of the most challenging binding constraints\, a new study has a lso been undertaken in addition to the sectoral studies on the past limita tions faced by the country in availing quality climate finance with a view to prepare Pakistan better to benefit from the Loss &\;amp\; Damage Fu nd in the coming days.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The purpose of this event is to present the findings of the six studies to the scholarly community and policy practitioners in the presence of international experts to initiate a quality debate on the topic of Green Industrialization in Pakistan\, whi ch till date has not gained the kind of traction it should get\, given its current and future role in green transformation of the Pakistan economy.& lt\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This relative weakness is not only a result of the a bsence of holistic approaches to study different aspects of green industri alization at the macro\, sectoral and sub-sectoral levels. A weak symbiosi s between the climate change and environmental policies in itself is hampe ring the emergence of a robust nexus between the Climate Policy and the cl uster of Trade\, Industrial and Investment policies\, which seek to make P akistan’s manufacturing sector more competitive.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;T he launching event aims to bring together the representatives of relevant ministries\, academia\, business community and civil society to fill any g aps in our Studies jointly produced by UNCTAD and SPRC\, on the way to dev elop an integrated Green Industrialization Strategy for Pakistan\, giving due consideration to the regional and global approaches and practices.<\ ;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/green-i ndustrialization-pakistan-integrated-policy-strategies-sustainable-future DTSTAMP:20260818T114349Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR