LAHORE - Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) Pakistan is organising a policy dialogue on Friday (tomorrow) to discuss successful implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ambitions under the Paris Climate Agreement.
The event titled, “Towards 2047: Policy Dialogue on Punjab’s Climate and Growth Policies & Strategies” will be held at at a local hotel. The discussion aims to sensitise key stakeholders, including policy-makers and opinion leaders, to deliberate on a set of salient questions that are critical for the growth, development and well-being of the fast growing but vulnerable population of Punjab.
Punjab Minister for Environment Zakia Shah Nawaz Khan will be the chief guest at the occasion. This will be followed by a keynote address by Punjab Minister for Finance Ayesha Ghaus Pasha and other experts including, LEAD Pakistan CEO Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, and Government of Balochistan Adviser Dr Kaiser Bengali.
The speakers will give presentations regarding how climate change threatens Punjab and what adaptation and mitigation options can help to address these issues effectively.
Moreover two roundtable discussions will be organised where leading climate experts will talk about climate vulnerability of the province and proposing solutions to deal with it.
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