Guterres urges global leaders to accelerate just energy transition at Belém Climate Summit
By Dr. Shafqat Munir Ahmad
November 7, 2025
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent global action to end the fossil fuel era “fairly, fast, and finally,” as he addressed world leaders at the Belém Climate Summit’s Energy Transition Roundtable on Friday.
Highlighting what he described as a global energy revolution already underway, Guterres noted that 90 percent of new power capacity added last year came from renewable sources, while investment in clean energy reached a record $2 trillion, $800 billion more than fossil fuels. more
Pakistan’s innovative finance for climate resilience needs to be co-designed, pre-arranged: experts
‘Pakistan needs to move quickly but carefully towards digital currencies’
By Moazzam Sharif Bhatti & Dr Shafqat Munir Ahmad
ISLAMABAD (07 November 2026): International experts have suggested that Pakistan’s future of innovative finance to address its depleting climate resilience must be financed through co-designed and pre-arranged financing supplemented by risk insurance and management through stakeholder collaboration.
The suggestion was made at the concluding plenary, titled: Financing Sustainable Development in the Emerging World Dis/Order organized on the occasion of 28th Sustainable Development Conference and hosted by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Friday.
Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri, SDPI Executive Director, said the conference has blended multiple themes from regional connectivity to global tariffs, living wage to climate resilience, disaster risk reduction to subregional cooperation that convened regional and international experts from around 23 countries, including South Asian countries and beyond.
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PM Shehbaz Urges Wealthy Nations to Honour Climate Finance Promises, Unveils Pakistan’s New Green Growth Targets
By Dr Shafqat Munir Ahmad
New York/Islamabad, September 25, 2025 ( ): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called on the international community to deliver on its long-standing climate finance commitments, warning that debt-dependent mechanisms cannot address the escalating climate crisis confronting vulnerable nations like Pakistan.
Speaking at the Special Climate Event convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of Brazil ahead of COP30, the prime minister unveiled Pakistan’s new climate targets, setting an ambitious roadmap toward energy transition, clean mobility, and ecosystem restoration.
“Loans over loans, adding to loans is not a solution,” the prime minister told delegates, urging that climate finance must be based on justice and shared responsibility. “Pakistan is committed to being part of the solution, but it cannot face this crisis alone. We need fair, predictable, and accessible support.”
Shehbaz Sharif announced that Pakistan will raise the share of renewable and hydropower energy to 62 percent of the national mix by 2035, expand nuclear capacity by 1,200 megawatts by 2030, and transition 30 percent of its transport sector to cleaner mobility within the same period. The roadmap also includes establishing 3,000 electric vehicle charging stations nationwide, scaling up climate-smart agriculture, enhancing water security, and planting one billion trees under a national restoration programme. more
Sherry Rehman Warns Pakistan ‘Sleepwalking into Resilience Nightmare,’ Urges Revival of Climate Diplomacy Ahead of COP30
By Dr Shafqat Munir Ahmad
Islamabad, October 28, 2025 ( ): Senator Sherry Rehman, Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, has warned that Pakistan is “sleepwalking into a resilience nightmare” as the country prepares for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil. She called for the urgent revival of Pakistan’s climate diplomacy and a shift from symbolic participation to concrete action in securing global climate finance. more
Experts Urge Regional Climate Cooperation Ahead of COP30 to Avert Resource Conflicts
By Dr Shafqat Munir Ahmad
Islamabad, October 28, 2025 ( ): Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday underscored the urgent need for regional cooperation to strengthen climate resilience and prevent conflicts arising from resource scarcity, as countries prepare for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil.more
Brazil’s Agribusiness Sector Seeks Global Leadership in Low-Carbon Farming Ahead of COP30
By Dr Shafqat Munir Ahmad
Brasília, August 12, 2025 (): As the world gears up for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the country’s powerful agribusiness sector is positioning itself not as a contributor to the climate crisis but as a central part of the solution. The Brazilian Agribusiness Association (Abag) has announced an ambitious plan to showcase the sector’s role in promoting low-carbon agriculture, emissions reduction, and food security on a global scale.
Building prosperous and peaceful planet through responsive diplomacy: Stefan
The Federal Office of the Germany conducts training for diplomats from developing countries including Pakistan. The Head of Training Mr. Stefan Biedermann in an interview with INFN correspondent Shakeel Ramay has informed that since inception of the training programme in 1992, we have trained dimplomats from 181 countries. The training imparts the diplomatic staff the knowledge and skill on how to build a peaceful and prosperous planet.more..
Zardari for revisiting triangular relationship between capital, labor and skill
Islamabad April 30, 2016 (INFN): On the eve of the International Labor Day the Pakistan People’s Party wishes to re-affirm its commitment to never permit sacking of workers in the name of privatization and to strive for defending the dignity of the workers, the peasants and the wage earners. The Party also pays homage on this occasion to the workers within the country and throughout the world who have made huge sacrifices in the struggle for protecting labor rights. more..
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Water scarcity threatens survival of country, FPCCI calls for water conservation
Abdul Rauf Alam, on March 22, 2016 expressed grave concern over depletion of water resources terming it the greatest threat to the survival of country and harm the industrial sector. more...