{"id":84946,"date":"2026-01-26T07:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=84946"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:43:36","slug":"pakistan-denmark-explore-science-diplomacy-climate-cooperation-amid-global-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/pakistan-denmark-explore-science-diplomacy-climate-cooperation-amid-global-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Denmark explore science diplomacy, climate cooperation amid global challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Maja Mortensen, on Monday called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr. Musadik Malik, with both sides holding wide-ranging discussions on science diplomacy, climate cooperation, and evolving global political challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting featured an in-depth exchange of views on the growing importance of science diplomacy in today\u2019s international political landscape and the need for closer collaboration to advance effective climate action.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Malik highlighted that countries of the Global South continue to bear a disproportionate impact of climate change despite contributing far less to global greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>HE NOTED THAT NEARLY 70 PER CENT OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS ORIGINATE FROM JUST TEN COUNTRIES, WHICH COLLECTIVELY RECEIVE ABOUT 85 PER CENT OF GLOBAL GREEN FINANCING\u2014AN IMBALANCE HE SAID UNDERSCORES THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE JUSTICE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CLIMATE FINANCE.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The minister commended the Nordic countries for their strong social welfare models and progressive environmental policies, expressing Pakistan\u2019s interest in learning from Denmark\u2019s experience in sustainable development and climate governance.<\/p>\n<p>He also briefed the Danish envoy on Pakistan\u2019s plans to establish a Green University dedicated to climate-focused research and innovation. The initiative, he said, aims to foster joint research projects, as well as student and faculty exchange programmes with leading international universities to strengthen capacity in climate science and policy.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to further enhancing bilateral cooperation, particularly in the areas of climate action and science diplomacy, and agreed to remain engaged to translate shared objectives into practical collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, Maja Mortensen, on Monday called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr. Musadik Malik, with both sides holding wide-ranging discussions on science diplomacy, climate cooperation, and evolving global political challenges. The meeting featured an in-depth exchange of views on the growing importance of science diplomacy in today\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,67,74,65,54,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-climate","category-diplomacy","category-europe","category-foreign-missions","category-middle-east","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84946","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=84946"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85264,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84946\/revisions\/85264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}