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+

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Pakistan - Base Year 2010

Population in Millions

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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+

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Pakistan - Projections 2030 - SSP1

Population in Millions

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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+

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Pakistan - Projections 2060 - SSP1

Population in Millions

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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+

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Pakistan - Base Year 2010

Population in Millions

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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

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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

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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/