Pakistan's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, 2016

Pakistan's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (Pak-INDC) broadly articulates the major challenges faced by the country, which are likely to intensify in the future as a result of climate-induced variability and natural disasters. Actions are already underway for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adaptation by way of managing disasters and building resilience capacities are also enunciated. These actions represent Pakistan’s contribution to the global effort towards meeting the ultimate UNFCCC objectives and stabilizing the concentration of GHG emissions into the atmosphere, as stipulated in Article 2 of the Convention. The Pak-INDC Report presents the overall GHG emission profile and future projections, by taking into consideration both the present and future socio-economic parameters, changes in the demographic dynamics and emerging energy needs. It also demonstrates mitigation and adaptation measures already being implemented in Pakistan. Efforts have also been made to undertake an assessment of economic and financial implications of different measures which the country shall adopt in order to realize the mitigation and adaptation potential. An economic analysis has also been carried out, in the form of sector-specific abatement costs, which will allow framing of current and future mitigation measures in a measurable costing framework, and also enable prioritization of forthcoming mitigation and adaptation actions.