Environment

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SDPI was founded in August 1992 on the recommendation of the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS), also called Pakistan’s Agenda 21. The NCS placed Pakistan’s socio-economic development within the context of a national environmental plan. ....
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Our publications, including policy briefs, working papers and articles, provide knowledge and information on diverse areas of research from economy to climate change, social development to resilient development and gender to transgender issues. The objective behind this evidence-based research publications is to deepen an understanding of local and regional challenges. Through these publications, SDPI offers policy makers innovative solutions to inform decision-making.

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The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) has been organising a series of Sustainable Development Conferences (SDCs) since 1995. The SDC is a flagship event of the Institute that not only provides a forum for SDPI’s own research but also invites other researchers, practitioners, policy makers and academia from the region to share their work and engage in a dialogue with fellow panellists and audience. This annual event has been established as a prime Conference in..
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Environmental sustainability and building resilience to climate change is a major area of focus at SDPI. In fact, SDPI is one of the few organizations in the region that started working on needs to adapt different development strategies in a changing climate back in the mid-90s. Our very first "Sustainable Development Conference" (SDC) titled "Green Economy" was focused around this theme. Our representatives are the part of official delegations to the Conference of Parties (CoP) every year. We have been researching on a regional approach to respond to climate change, and at the local level, are studying the impact of climate change in semi-arid regions on mangroves, food security, agriculture, and economy.