2026 Category: Day 1

Time: 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Welcome Announcement National Anthem & Recitation Welcome Address: Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, CEO, Dawn Chairperson Address: Musadik Masood Malik, Federal Minister for Climate Change & Environmental Coordination Keynote Address: Senator Sherry Rehman, Chair, Climate & Environment Caucus, Senate of Pakistan Keynote Address: S. Adeel Abbas, Senior Climate Change Specialist (Regional Climate Lead), World Bank Group        Keynote Address: Mohamed Yahya, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan    

Synergies Between Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Time: 10:20 AM – 10:55 AM In Conversation: Aisha Humera Chaudhry, Secretary Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Coco Ushiyama, Country Representative, World Food Programme Pakistan Idrees Mahsud, Member Disaster Risk Reduction, National Disaster Management Authority

Mobilising Climate Finance for Pakistan Time: 11:35 AM – 01:00 PM Chairperson Address: Saleemullah, Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan Keynote Address: Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, Federal Minister of Finance            Speaker: S. Adeel Abbas, Senior Climate Change Specialist (Regional Climate Lead), World Bank Group Online Speaker: Hamza Ali Haroon, Regional Director South and West Asia, CVF-V20 Secretariat From Pipelines to Capital: Delivering Climate Finance at Scale Panel Moderator: Anam Rathor, Program Lead- Pakistan, CVF-V20 Online Speaker: Alain Beauvillard Director, Department of Strategy, Policy, and Innovation Green Climate Fund Panelist: Zafar Masud, Chairman, Pakistan Banks Association and President & CEO, The Bank of Punjab Panelist: Dr....

Time: 1:00 PM – 01:40 PM

From Glacial Melt to Delta Discharge Time: 01:45 PM – 03:00 PM Chairperson Address: Mian Muhammad Mueen Wattoo, Federal Minister for Water Resources Video Excerpt: “Melting away”, by Nyal Mueenuddin, Produced by Agha Khan Foundation and United Nations Keynote Address: Dr. Erum Sattar, Water Law, Policy & Negotiation Expert     Speaker: Dr. Davide Fugazza, Glaciologist, EvK2CNR and University of Milan, Department of Environmental Science and Policy                          The Indus Basin: Sustainable Governance or Ad Hoc Responses? Panel Moderator:  Mirey Atallah, Head of Adaptation & Resilience, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Video Message: Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General, International...

Agriculture, Food Security & Climate Resilience Time: 03:05 PM – 04:05 PM Session Chair & Keynote Address: Dr. Zeelaf Munir, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM) Agriculture in Climate Peril: Protecting Food Security and Farmer Livelihoods Panel Moderator: Kazim Saeed, CEO, Pakistan Agricultural Coalition (PAC) Panelist: James Robert Okoth, Acting Country Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization Pakistan (FAO) Panelist: Hasan Khurrum Hanif, Progressive Farmer and Agri Consultant Panelist: Hamza Kamal, Head of Marketing, Syngenta Pakistan Panelist: Usman Zaheer Ahmad, Chairman, Pakistan Dairy Association (PDA) & CEO Fauji Foods Panelist: Coco Ushiyama, Country Representative for Pakistan, World Food Programme (WFP)...

Time: 04:10 PM – 04:25 PM

Legislating Climate Action: From Policy to EnforcementTime: 4:30 PM- 5:30 PM Chair Address: Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan Keynote Address: Azam Nazeer Tarar, Federal Minister for Law & Justice Speaker: Sardar Muhammad Awais Dreshak, Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA), Punjab Assembly Speaker: Makhdoom Fakhar Zaman, Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA), Sindh Assembly