To steer Pakistan toward inclusive and resilient climate development, UNDP is implementing projects to assist the Government of Pakistan in environmental sustainability at the national, provincial, and local levels …
Evaluating forest depletion and structural change effects on ...
The current study empirically examines the impact of forest depletion, structural change, economic growth, and urbanization on Pakistan''s environmental sustainability (LCF and CO2), utilizing dynamic ARDL methodology and time series data from 1970 to 2021.
United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework ...
With this framework, the UN in Pakistan has prioritized five development outcomes to improve people''s lives in Pakistan, especially the lives of those at the greatest risk of being left behind. The UN will support Pakistan to move forward on its pathway towards sustainable development, on the understanding that: If basic social services – …
Investigating the interaction effect of urbanization and natural ...
This paper addresses the effect of natural resources, urbanization, and per capita GDP on environmental sustainability in Pakistan. Environmental sustainability is measured through three indicators namely, carbon emissions, ecological footprint, and carbon footprint. The study has introduced the moderating role of urbanization between …
Sustainable Development Goals | United Nations in Pakistan
Pakistan affirmed its commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its own national development …
The environmental and social dimensions of sustainability are missing. This article discusses the meaning of sustainability in this field of policy and practice in a medium-size city in Finland.
As Pakistan has grown and urbanized rapidly, the patterns of environmental degradation have increasingly shifted and expanded, with the coming to impacts represent a …
SDPI''s Initiative: A Sustainable Future for Pakistan''s Brick Kilns
While traditional brick kilns have long been synonymous with air pollution in Pakistan''s urban centers, recent initiatives spearheaded by the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) have heralded a new era of environmental consciousness. In Islamabad, the capital city, the conversion of 49 out of 63 conventional brick kilns to …
A window of opportunity for sustainability transition in Pakistan …
Pakistan is a high waste producing country, generating about 20 million tons of solid waste annually. While the country developed a National Action Plan on SDG …
Educational Sustainability: An Anthropocenic Study in the Wake …
Highlights Pakistan''s worst flooding occurred in 2022 and highlighted the critical link between educational and environmental sustainability.The 2022 floods took a heavy ... Human survival and progress, especially in future generations, are directly related to environmental balance. The Pakistan Floods Response Plan Report of August 30 ...
Assessment of tourism industry effects on environmental sustainability ...
The environment is the base for all forms of development therefore the state and quality of the environment predetermine the level of sustainability of the tourism business (Dowling et al., 2002; Ma et al., 2018).The quality of a destination''s and natural environment has a significant impact in determining the viability and durability of the …
United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation …
With this framework, the UN in Pakistan has prioritized five development outcomes to improve people''s lives in Pakistan, especially the lives of those at the greatest risk of being left behind....
sustainability. At P&G, environmental sustainability is embedded in how we do business. We make people''s everyday lives a little better. However, while our commitment to "better" has never changed, the standard we need to deliver on has. More and more for our consumers, better for them, without better for the planet, is no longer better.
Daily Updates of the Latest Projects & Documents. This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at hundred – Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at hundred …
Urban growth sustainability of Islamabad, Pakistan, over the last 3 ...
Urban growth copes with problems in sustainable development. In developing countries, particularly, sustainable development of urban growth copes with severe challenges with respect to sluggish economic and social growth, population boom, environmental deterioration, unemployment, slums and so on. Time series of remote …
Analysis of environmental sustainability of e-waste in developing ...
The electronic waste generation rate is increasing drastically at a rate of 3 to 5% per year in developing countries. The aim of this study is to analyze the environmental sustainability and economic benefits of such e-waste management in the developing economies like Pakistan. The life cycle assessment (LCA) method has been …
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Pakistan affirmed its commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its own national development …
Energy security for socio-economic and environmental sustainability …
growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability." Due to worst crisis being faced by Pakistan, social and economic development is in declining phase and con-ventional sources are not enough to meet the energy demand. The potential of biomass and solar energy in Pakistan is worked out in many previ-ous studies [9, 10, 11].
Factors influencing renewable energy generation development
Since renewable energy has the paramount importance of achieving environmental sustainability, developing countries like Pakistan have been facing numerous renewable energy generation (REG) development challenges. Thus, the REG development in any country can be attributed to its crucial drivers as well as crucial …
Chemical pollutants from an industrial estate in Pakistan: a threat …
Pakistan is currently experiencing profound demographic, economic changes and energy crisis that pose serious limitations on spending capital on water treatment. ... Mahmood, Q., Shaheen, S., Bilal, M. et al. Chemical pollutants from an industrial estate in Pakistan: a threat to environmental sustainability. Appl Water Sci …
Energy security for socio-economic and environmental …
growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability. " Due to worst crisis being faced by Pakistan, social and economic development is in declining phase and con-
Towards environmental sustainability: Exploring the nexus among …
Pakistan is the fifth most vulnerable country to environmental hazards in the world. To address this issue, this study is the first to analyze the relations among governance indicators, ISO 14001 and green growth in Pakistan by using time-series data from 2000 to 2017.
Pakistan Urgently Needs Significant Investments in Climate …
The World Bank Group''s Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Pakistan released today concludes that the country needs fundamental shifts …
The Pakistan Environment Trust (PET) is a non-profit organisation mobilising global capital and expertise towards tackling Pakistan''s toughest environmental challenges. We partner with leaders from business, finance, government, and non-profits to deliver initiatives that are enabling the transition towards a climate-resilient, low-carbon ...
Assessment of Green Total Factor Productivity on the …
Furthermore, in the long run foreign direct investment improves environmental sustainability for CO 2, and ecological footprint thus proved the pollution halo hypothesis for Pakistan.
Role of Green Finance, Trade Openness, FDI, Economic Growth …
Environmental Sustainability i n Pakistan . Sana Khizar 1, Alvena Anees 2. 1 Superior University Lahore, Pakistan. Email: sa nakhizar70 @gamil . 2 Superior University Lahore, Pakista n, Pakistan.
