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IIASA and Pakistan Highlights
March 2015
CONTENTS
1. Summary2. National Member Organization3. Leading Pakistani Personalities Associated with
IIASA4. Research Partners5. Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights6. Capacity Building7. Further Information
SUMMARYNational 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 disastersImproving food security in PakistanProjecting demographic change in Pakistan Rethinking water management and use for households, agriculture and energySmart ways to clean up Pakistan’s airAssessing 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
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)
SOME LEADING PERSONALITIES IN PAKISTAN AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA
Zeba Sathar
Ahsan Iqbal Ishfaq Ahmed
Adil Najam
Rashid Amjad
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
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
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
PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATION
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
20000 15000 10000 5000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Pakistan - Base Year 2010
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
173.6 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATIONRAPID DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
20000 15000 10000 5000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Pakistan - Projections 2030 - SSP1
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
223.8 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATIONRAPID DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
20000 15000 10000 5000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Pakistan - Projections 2060 - SSP1
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
250.8 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATION
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
20000 15000 10000 5000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Pakistan - Base Year 2010
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
173.6 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATIONSTALLED DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
20000 15000 10000 5000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Pakistan - Projections 2030 - SSP3
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
255.2 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING PAKISTAN’S FUTURE POPULATIONSTALLED DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
20000 15000 10000 5000 0 5000 10000 15000 20000
Pakistan - Projections 2060 - SSP3
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
388.3 Million FemalesMales
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
PAKISTAN’S GOALSEnergy
“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
EARTH OBSERVATION FOR MONITORING ANDASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
OF ENERGY USEEnerGEO developed products and methodologies that provide energycompanies, 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
AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF PM2.5 IN PAKISTAN FOR 2030
India
PakistanPakistan
India
Business as Usual Advanced control technologyDOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2013.782877
LOSS IN STATISTICAL LIFE EXPECTANCY DUE TO PM2.5 IN PAKISTAN FOR 2030
Business as Usual Advanced control technology
India
Pakistan
India
Pakistan
DOI: 10.1080/1943815X.2013.782877
INCREASING PAKISTAN’S RESILIENCE
CAPACITY BUILDING
12 Pakistani nationals won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program between 2008 and 2014
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
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
THANK YOU
Further InformationIIASA and Pakistan
www.iiasa.ac.at/pakistanPakistan Academy of Sciences
http://paspk.org/