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29/09/2026

CFP CEO Mekaeel Malik will be speaking tomorrow at Shaping Punjab’s Climate Agenda: Priorities, Evidence and Next Steps, hosted by CDPR and the International Growth Centre (IGC).

He’ll be joining the session on Mitigation: Abatement Pathways & Carbon Market Readiness, discussing what Pakistan needs to move from climate ambition to credible, financeable action.

30 September 2026 | 2:00–3:30 PM
Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore

18/09/2026

Domestic tourism may be increasing, but so are littering and pollution due to poor tourism etiquette.

👆Watch to find out more about why, and what needs to be done to curb it

14/09/2026

CFP Founder Mekaeel Malik, recently spoke at SDPI’s consultative discussion on “Making the Industrial Energy Transition Investable: Mobilizing Capital for Renewable Energy.”

One of the key issues highlighted was how Pakistan’s industrial renewable energy transition is not constrained by technology alone. The bigger challenge is creating the conditions that allow capital to move into projects at scale.

Two barriers stand out: the financial and regulatory hurdles that continue to slow industrial renewable energy adoption, and the shortage of credible, investment-ready projects that investors and financial institutions can assess with confidence.

The next phase of Pakistan’s energy transition must therefore focus not only on generating more renewable energy projects, but on building a pipeline of bankable projects capable of attracting domestic and international investment.

08/09/2026

Every smog season ignites the same debates on why smog continues to be a recurring problem.

To commemorate International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, we unpack why smog season plays on loop every winter, and what needs to be done to change it.

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04/09/2026

Urban flooding is no longer an occasional disruption. It is becoming a recurring climate and planning challenge for Pakistan’s cities.

The recent flooding in Islamabad is another reminder that a few hours of intense rainfall can turn into a serious urban emergency.

Our Sustainability Lead, Dawar Hameed unpacks the reasons why.

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31/08/2026

On August 26, a glacier on Langtang Lirung in Nepal collapsed. At least 734 people are confirmed dead. 2,498 are still missing.

Scientists say climate change made this more likely. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region warms at twice the global average. A glacier collapse during peak monsoon is exactly the compound event researchers have been warning about.

This is not only a Nepal story. Pakistan has 13,000 glaciers and 130 potentially dangerous glacial lakes. GLOF alerts were active for Gilgit Baltistan and KP weeks ago. 1.65 billion people across South Asian river valleys are downstream of the same glacial system.

Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh emit less than 1% of global emissions between them. COP30 is in November.

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27/08/2026

Pakistan published a $565 billion climate investment plan in April 2026, covering energy transition, agriculture, green economic zones, transport and infrastructure through 2035.

That works out to roughly $57 billion per year. Pakistan currently receives $1.4 to $2 billion annually in climate finance.

The plan is a credible statement of need. The more ambitious targets within it — including a 33% emissions reduction — are conditional on receiving international grants and technology support. Without those, only the 17% unconditional target applies.

After the 2022 floods, $10 billion was pledged to Pakistan. One-third arrived. The gap between commitment and delivery is the central challenge the plan has to resolve.

COP30 is in November. The financing architecture built between now and then will determine whether this plan moves from document to programme.

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19/08/2026

Pakistan has a green finance system: green bonds, Sukuk, banking guidelines since 2017, and a national taxonomy launched in December 2025. The frameworks are real. The gap between framework and capital deployment is what this post is about.

Pakistan needs $47 billion per year in climate finance through 2030. It has been receiving $1.4 to $2 billion annually. Total green bonds and Sukuk issued since 2021: approximately $600 to $700 million, all directed at hydropower and dams.

80% of international climate finance Pakistan receives is debt, not grants. And only Rs. 10.6 of every Rs. 100 in climate-linked revenues reaches climate programmes.

The foundations are there. Turning them into capital flows is the work ahead.

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08/08/2026

Your electricity bill tripled. Here is where the money went.

Distribution companies cannot recover what they are owed. They cannot pay power producers. Power producers cannot pay fuel suppliers. Outages follow. The government covers the gap by raising your tariff.

Pakistan’s circular debt peaked at Rs. 3 trillion in March 2024. It came down to Rs. 1.614 trillion by June 2025 through bank loans and tariff hikes. It is already climbing again. Consumers are now paying a Rs. 3.23 per unit surcharge to repay those same loans.

Around 61% of what you pay per unit is not for electricity.

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