A “high-level bilateral meeting” was held in Belem, Brazil, between Pakistan’s Head of Delegation to COP-30, Secretary Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Aisha Humera Chaudhry, and Simon Stiell, “Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Secretariat.”
The two sides “discussed at length key themes under negotiation at COP30” and “reviewed Pakistan’s ongoing climate commitments and expectations from the global process.”
Ms Chaudhry informed UNFCCC leadership that “Pakistan had submitted its Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) in September 2025, a carbon emission reduction roadmap that outlines an enhanced mitigation pathway up to year 2035.”
She added that “Pakistan has increased its domestically financed mitigation contribution from 15% to 17%, reflecting a continued commitment to global climate goals.”
However, she “stressed that Pakistan’s ability to meet its full 50% emissions-reduction target is contingent on international climate finance, estimated at US$565 billion by 2035.”
Earlier pledges “have yet to materialise at the required scale,” which she said “continues to hinder global progress towards the Paris Agreement objective of limiting warming to 1.5°C.”
Mr Stiell “appreciated Pakistan’s timely submission of its updated NDCs” and asked about its expectations from COP30. Ms Chaudhry replied that “Adaptation must be treated as an equal pillar to Mitigation, particularly for climate-vulnerable developing nations.”
She “underscored the need for additional, grant-based finance to support effective implementation of NAPs, NDCs and resilience programmes,” calling for UNFCCC mechanisms to be “more responsive to country needs, including honouring existing commitments under the Loss and Damage Fund.”
Highlighting Pakistan’s “unique and fragile mountain ecosystem, home to the Hindukush, Karakoram and Himalaya ranges that house over 13,000 glaciers and biodiversity of global importance,” Ms Chaudhry briefed Mr Stiell on efforts to draw attention to “accelerating glacier melt and other cryosphere-related threats.”
She mentioned “the Cross-Regional Glacier Resilience Initiative” and the “Cross-Regional Glacier Resilience Summit, to be hosted in Pakistan next year.”
Mr Stiell was also briefed on Pakistan’s “country platform and its collaboration with the NDC Partnership, a global coalition supporting the implementation of national climate goals.”
