Islamabad (TDI): The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Pakistan kicked off the two-day dialogue on the country’s Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) policy, today.
The day one of the “Pakistan SDGs Policy Dialogue for Action: Accelerating Reform, Investments & Economic Transformation Towards Agenda 2030” has brought together representatives from the federal and provincial government, parliamentarians and SDG Taskforce representatives, development partners, and UN agencies.
The goal of the dialogue is to review the progress in implementing the SDGs policy so far, and outline national priorities while renew commitments as the final five years of Agenda 2030 have already set in.
#UNDPinPakistan kicked off the two-day “Pakistan SDGs Policy Dialogue for Action: Accelerating Reform, Investments & Economic Transformation Towards Agenda 2030” in Islamabad today. Day 1 brought together senior reps from federal/provincial govts, parliamentarians and SDG… pic.twitter.com/S80MeLcbQf
— UNDP Pakistan (@UNDP_Pakistan) May 7, 2025
Agenda 2030 was adopted by all UN member states in 2015 and is now widely referred as the global blueprint for peace and prosperity. In simpler words, its a plan of action that revolves around policy formulation and execution, to meet the SDGs.
The Sustainable Development Report 2024 reviewed how far the UN member states have achieved the goals and ranked them accordingly. Pakistan ranks 137 out of 166 on the scale, with one goal completely met; climate action.
In twelve SDGs, major challenges remain for Pakistan; including quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, peace justice and strong institutions, among others. In poverty reduction and availability of affordable and clean energy, significant challenges remain, while in reducing inequality and responsible consumption and production, challenges are only moderate.
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UNDP in Pakistan regularly facilitates dialogue on all development related challenges and brings together all relevant stakeholders to address those challenges.
More recently, UNDP’s Resident Representative, Samuel Rizk, visited Gilgit Baltistan for three days, alongside the Federal Minister for Climate Change, Dr. Musadik Malik. They reviewed a multitude of initiatives undertaken as part of ‘Scaling-up of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) risk reduction in Northern Pakistan’ project.
Under the GLOF II, twelve Early Warning Systems (EWS) have so far been installed in Shigar, while there are a total of 201 EWS across Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the two most vulnerable regions in Pakistan to climate change.
Nuzhat Rana is the Managing Editor (website) at The Diplomatic Insight.
