{"id":6994,"date":"2025-08-18T11:39:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=6994"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:39:27","slug":"pakistan-gggi-explore-carbon-market-green-growth-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/pakistan-gggi-explore-carbon-market-green-growth-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, GGGI explore carbon market, green growth partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Monday, August 18, 2025 : Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr. Musadik Malik on Monday held a meeting with Global Green Growth Initiative (GGGI) Country Representative Laura Jalasjoki to discuss expanding cooperation on climate action, including carbon markets and nature-based solutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jalasjoki briefed the minister on GGGI\u2019s global work, highlighting its support to 51 member countries in transitioning toward low-carbon, climate-resilient economies. She stressed the organization\u2019s mission to advance inclusive green growth across diverse sectors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pakistan, GGGI explore carbon market, green growth partnerships\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z47PffoIzLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Malik emphasized that Pakistan\u2019s foremost priority is to implement strategies delivering both climate adaptation and mitigation, particularly in agriculture \u2014 the country\u2019s most climate-sensitive sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreen growth partnerships must focus on long-term sustainability and measurable impact,\u201d he said, underscoring the importance of collaboration with international partners for a resilient economic transition.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion also centered on carbon markets as a potential financing mechanism for sustainable development. Dr. Malik welcomed GGGI\u2019s technical assistance in helping Pakistan access and benefit from such opportunities, while pointing out the need for international support to bridge viability gaps in carbon market mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>Reaffirming Pakistan\u2019s commitment to expanding adaptation and mitigation capacity, the minister said the government is determined to accelerate the shift toward a green and resilient economy, with agriculture and nature-based solutions playing a central role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Monday, August 18, 2025 : Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr. Musadik Malik on Monday held a meeting with Global Green Growth Initiative (GGGI) Country Representative Laura Jalasjoki to discuss expanding cooperation on climate action, including carbon markets and nature-based solutions. Jalasjoki briefed the minister on GGGI\u2019s global work, highlighting its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-climate","category-diplomacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}