UNITED NATIONS: Ambassador Munir Akram launched SDG Investor Map at the Pakistan session during SDG Investment Fair 2023. The Map is a dynamic impact intelligence tool that identifies a range of market-specific investment opportunities in Pakistan for SDG-aligned capital deployment.
The SDG Investment Fair unveiled Pakistan’s diversified portfolio of climate-resilient investments worth $2.84 billion. Pakistan also showcased its first-ever SDG Investor Map 2023 at the event on ‘Advancing Pakistan’s Climate Resilience by Catalyzing Innovative SDGs Financing’.
Officials said Pakistan is seeking foreign investments into projects that can help the Government of Pakistan tackle the climate crisis.
The projects, according to the official, include adapting to climate change, low-cost housing construction and microfinance, the financial services provided to low-income individuals excluded from traditional banking.
Pakistan’s 2022 monsoon season produced significant rainfall, devastating floods and landslides, displacing millions of people and killing over 1,700 people.
The Fair provides a dynamic platform for the public and private sectors to discuss specific investment opportunities and critical policies and regulations that support closing the SDG investment gap.
Tariq Bajwa, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Finance, will deliver the keynote address via video link from Islamabad.
The hybrid session will be facilitated by Marco Neto, Director of UNDP’s Finance Sector Hub.
