Dr Khalid Waleed is a Research Fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) with over a decade of experience in Pakistan’s energy sector. His expertise spans energy markets, energy poverty, energy transition, carbon markets, emissions trading and econometrics, and his research covers energy transition, regional integration, distributed generation and demand-side management. He advocates integrating energy and environmental priorities into economic policy, advancing renewable energy, community-based energy solutions, just energy transition partnerships and sustainable resource management. He holds a PhD in Energy Economics.