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IIASA and Pakistan Highlights March 2015. CONTENTS 1.Summary 2.National Member Organization 3.Leading Pakistani Personalities Associated with IIASA 4.Research.

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1 IIASA and Pakistan Highlights March 2015

2 CONTENTS 1.Summary 2.National Member Organization 3.Leading Pakistani Personalities Associated with IIASA 4.Research Partners 5.Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights 6.Capacity Building 7.Further Information

3 SUMMARY National Member Organization Pakistan Academy of Sciences Membership start date 2007 Research partners 12 institutes in Pakistan Areas of research collaborations Increasing Pakistan’s resilience to natural disasters Improving food security in Pakistan Projecting demographic change in Pakistan Rethinking water management and use for households, agriculture and energy Smart ways to clean up Pakistan’s air Assessing the environmental impact of energy use Capacity Building 13 doctoral students from or studying in Pakistan have taken part in the Young Scientists Summer Program or its Southern African version Publication output 12 publications Other interactions Researchers, advisors, and diplomats have either visited IIASA from Pakistan or visited Pakistan from IIASA over 15 times

4 NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION Pakistan Academy of Sciences Pakistan-IIASA National Committee –Professor Ahsan Iqbal; Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms –Professor Ishfaq Ahmed; Chairman Board of Governors, National Center for Physics; former Advisor to the Prime Minister; former President of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences –Professor Kausar Abdulla Malik; Distinguished National Professor, Forman Christian College University (IIASA Council Member for Pakistan) –Dr Syed Javaid Khurshid; Director, Planning & Projects Coordination, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission –Mr Ali Hassan Habib; Executive Director, WWF-Pakistan –Dr Shaukat Hameed Khan; former Member, Planning Commission of Pakistan –Dr Arshad Mohammad Khan; Executive Director, Global Change Impact Studies Centre –Dr Saeed Shafqat; Director, Center of Public Policy and Governance, Forman Christian College University –Mr Naseer Gilani; Chief, Water Section, Planning Commission of Pakistan –Dr Abubakr Muhammad; School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences (IIASA NMO Secretary for Pakistan)

5 SOME LEADING PERSONALITIES IN PAKISTAN AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA Zeba Sathar Ahsan Iqbal Ishfaq Ahmed Adil Najam Rashid Amjad

6 RESEARCH PARTNERS 12 institutions in Pakistan: CARE International, Pakistan Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC) Institute for Social and Environmental Transitions – Pakistan (ISET Pakistan) Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship (KITE) Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) Pakistan Institute for Environment-Development Action Research (PIEDAR) Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) Population Council (Pakistan office) University of the Punjab

7 RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS Selected Highlights: Projecting Pakistan’s future population Pakistan’s energy future –Environmental impact of energy use –Tackling air pollution in Pakistan Increasing Pakistan’s resilience to natural disasters

8 PAKISTAN’S GOALS “Putting People First - Developing Human and Social Capital” “1. Increase Primary school enrolment and completion rate to 100% & literacy rate to 90%. 2. Increase Higher Education coverage from 7% to 12%, and increase number of PhD’s from 7,000 to 15,000. 3. Improve Primary and Secondary Gender Parity Index to 1, and increase female workforce participation rate from 24% to 45%.” Pakistan 2025: One Nation - One Vision

9 PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATION

10 PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATION RAPID DEVELOPMENT

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12 PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATION

13 PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATION STALLED DEVELOPMENT

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15 INVESTING IN EDUCATION ACHIEVES MULTIPLE GOALS Economic growth 10.1126/science.1151753 Movement toward democracy DOI: 10.1111/j.1728- 4457.2010.00329.x Adaptation to climate change 10.1126/science.1257975

16 PAKISTAN’S GOALS Energy “Pakistan Vision 2025 aims at ensuring uninterrupted access to affordable and clean energy for all sections of the population” Pakistan 2025: One Nation - One Vision

17 EARTH OBSERVATION FOR MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY USE EnerGEO developed products and methodologies that provide energy companies, consultants and policy makers (local, regional, global) with the tools to evaluate the environmental impact of changes in energy use in terms of the complete life cycle including exploration, development, exploitation, maintenance and decommissioning. Four year project (2009-13) with 12 partners from 6 countries including IIASA and SUPARCO with €6million EU funding

18 AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF PM2.5 IN PAKISTAN FOR 2030 India Pakistan India Business as UsualAdvanced control technology DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2013.782877

19 LOSS IN STATISTICAL LIFE EXPECTANCY DUE TO PM2.5 IN PAKISTAN FOR 2030 Business as UsualAdvanced control technology India Pakistan India Pakistan DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2013.782877

20 INCREASING PAKISTAN’S RESILIENCE

21 CAPACITY BUILDING 12 Pakistani nationals won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program between 2008 and 2014

22 Southern-African Young Scientist Summer Program: (SA-YSSP) Noor Jamal (SA-YSSP ‘13/’14 & University of Flensburg), a Pakistani national, conducted a technological, economic, and environmental analysis of electrification options in remote and rural areas of South Africa. CAPACITY BUILDING

23 IIASA WORKING WITH BUSINESS Global energy assessment Flood resilience and community based disaster risk reduction Biofuel potential from marginal and degraded lands in India and Brazil Measures to reduce ozone emissions in Asia Land suitability of key agricultural crops under a changing climate

24 THANK YOU Further Information IIASA and Pakistan www.iiasa.ac.at/pakistan Pakistan Academy of Sciences http://paspk.org/


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