Conference on Climate Change: An Existential

Challenge for Pakistan

Day 2: Saturday, 4 May 2019

Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

TECHNICAL SESSION
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Chair: Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry

Adviser on Climate Change, Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan
1. Pakistan’s Changing Climate: Future Projections
Dr. Muhammad Mansha, Director, Earth Sciences, Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere
Research Commission (SUPARCO)
2. Impact of Climate Change on Pakistan’s Water Resources: From Mountains to Sea
Dr. Muhammad Zia Hashmi, Head, Water Section, Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC),
Islamabad
3. Climate Change and Pakistan’s Agriculture and Food Security
Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, Member, Food Security and Climate Change, Ministry of Planning,
Development and Reform, Islamabad
4. Climate Change, Good Governance and Conservation
Mr. Arif Hasan, Architect and Urban Planner

Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

NON – TECHNICAL SESSION

2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Chair: Senator (R) Javed Jabbar

1. Pakistan’s Climate Change Priorities
Dr. Shahbaz Mehmood, Head, Climatology and Environment Section, Global Change Impact
Studies Centre (GCISC), Islamabad
2. Pakistan in the Age of Adaptation
Dr. Adil Najam, Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, USA

3. Climate Change as a National Security Concern: Policy Options and Recommendations

General (R) Tariq Waseem Ghazi
4. Nuclear Establishments and Climate Change
Mr. Jamshed Azim Hashmi, Chairman Emeritus, Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority and
Mr. Javed Iqleem, former member, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Challenge for
Pakistan

Refreshments
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Conclusions of the Conference

Dr. Adil Najam
Farewell Remarks
Dr. Masuma Hasan