The launch of Pakistan’s National Climate Change Policy culminates the process of Climate Change response initiated by the democratically elected government of Pakistan Peoples Party soon after its advent to office in the year 2008. The National Climate Change Policy comprehensively addresses all possible challenges of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation in foreseeable future; and aims to provide rock solid foundational framework for ensuing Climate Change Action Plans, Programs and Projects.

This document presents the country’s strategy and road-map to reach national goals and aspirations. The ultimate goal envisioned is for Pakistan to be one of the 10 largest economies in the world by 2047. The seven pillars of Vision 2025 are based on the imperatives of embracing change and transformation, and to create new opportunities. The pillars of the Vision are the following: – People first: developing social and human capital and empowering women – Growth: sustained, indigenous, and inclusive growth – Governance: democratic governance – institutional reform and modernisation of the public sector – Security: energy, water and food security – Entrepreneurship: private sector and entrepreneurship-led growth – Knowledge economy: developing a competitive knowledge economy through value addition – Connectivity: modernising transport infrastructure and regional connectivity.

The Environment Act provides for and gives effect to the National Goals and Directive Principles (a) to provide for protection of the environment in accordance with the Fourth National Goal and Directive Principle (National Resources and Environment) of the Constitution; and (b) to regulate the environment impacts of development activities in order to promote sustainable development of the environment and the economic, social and physical well-being of people by safeguarding the life-supporting capacity of air, water, soil and ecosystems for present and future generations and avoiding, remedying and mitigating any adverse effects of activities on the environment; and (c) to provide for the protection of the environment from environmental harm; (d) to provide for the management of national water resources and the responsibility for their management. In particular, it provides the administrative mechanism to evaluate impacts on the environment through an environmental approval and permitting system. In May 2010, the Act was amended, restricting landowners' rights for projects ruled to be of “national interest.” Current efforts under the new Government are being made to repeal certain sections of the Amendment (January 2012).

The Act to consolidate the laws relating to environmental pollution control, to provide for the protection and management of the environment and resource conservation, and for purposes connected therewith.

The Clean Air Act relates to the Prevention and Reduction of Air Pollution and for purposes connected therewith. It gives the government the power to control air pollution caused by industrial and trade premises. The act requires the occupiers of industrial or trade premises to maintain and operate the equipment on their premises in such a manner as to meet certain air quality standards.

The Regulations extend MEPS and energy labelling to lighting. In particular, they include compact fluorescent lamp with integrated ballast” or “CFLi” in the Schedule to the Energy Conservation (Registrable Goods) Order 2013.

The SolarNova Programme is an initiative led by EDB that aims to accelerate solar deployment in Singapore through promoting and aggregating solar demand across government agencies. The Programme is expected to contribute substantially to achieve the set target to generate 350 MWp of total installed capacity by 2020.

The GreenGov.SG Initiative, launched on 12 July 2021 at the Partners for the Environment (PFE) Forum held during Climate Action Week, GreenGov.SG, is a key component of the Singapore Green Plan 2030. Under this initiative, the public sector will strive to attain ambitious sustainability targets in carbon abatement and resource efficiency, and be a positive influence and enabler of green efforts. Every public officer will also be encouraged and supported to embrace sustainable practices.

The 12th Five-Year Plan for Energy Saving and Emission Reduction outlines the targets which include a 16% reduction in energy consumption per unit of GDP, a decrease of 8-10% in total emissions of major pollutants, and establish specific goals for industries, key areas and major energy-consuming equipment. In the field of industry, the energy consumption per unit of industrial added value should be reduced by about 21%, and the plan sets specific requirements for high energy consumption industries such as thermal power and steel etc. In the field of building construction, plan demands that in the northern heating area, promote the heating metering and energy-saving transformation for more than 400 million square meters in residential buildings, etc. In the field of transport, the plan sets up energy consumption targets for the railway, highway, waterway, aviation. And for public institutions, the plan requests for energy efficiency operations and actions.

The purpose of this Act is to achieve national targets for reducing greenhouse gas effectively by introducing a system for trading greenhouse-gas emission permits through market mechanisms pursuant to Article 46 of the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth.