KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) will organise the Pakistan Climate Conference 2022 next month to build on the lessons from the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP26.

The conference, which will take place on March 16, will identify and implement the measures that’ll reduce the climate impact in Pakistan, said OICCI President Ghias Khan while addressing a press conference on Tuesday.

Mr Khan, who also serves as CEO of Engro Corporation Ltd, said the conference will bring together global climate experts, policymakers and corporate decision-makers to help Pakistan develop necessary policy and climate interventions.

Speaking on the occasion, OICCI Vice President and Unilever Pakistan CEO Amir Paracha said Pakistan has “much to do” to meet its ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution, which aims to cut the projected emissions by 50 per cent and achieve 60pc renewable energy by 2030.

“All of this requires urgent and concrete policy action within the country over the remainder of this decade,” he said.

Published in Dawn, February 9th, 2022

Opinion

Money and man

Money and man

There is no ambiguity about whether very high inflation devastates society; but economists are not entirely sure how much influence high interest rates hold in controlling inflation.

Editorial

Another approach
Updated 01 Jun, 2024

Another approach

Conflating the genuine threat it poses with the online actions of a few misguided individuals or miscreants seems to be taking the matter too far.
Torching girls’ schools
01 Jun, 2024

Torching girls’ schools

PAKISTAN has, in the past few weeks, witnessed ill-omened reminders of a demoralising aspect of militancy: the war ...
Convict Trump
01 Jun, 2024

Convict Trump

AFTER a five-week trial saga, a New York jury on Thursday found former US president Donald Trump guilty of ...
Uncertain budget plans
Updated 31 May, 2024

Uncertain budget plans

It is abundantly clear that the prime minister, caught between public expectations and harsh IMF demands, is in a fix.
‘Mob justice’ courts
31 May, 2024

‘Mob justice’ courts

IN order to tackle the plague of ‘mob justice’ that has spread across the country, the Council of Islamic...
Up in smoke
31 May, 2024

Up in smoke

ON World No Tobacco Day, it is imperative that Pakistan confront the creeping threat of tobacco use. This year’s...