Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience and Amplifying Pakistan’s Efforts and Young Voices to Echo at COP26

Federal and provincial governments in Pakistan have been and are taking various measures for the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, urban development and youth empowerment. Pakistan’s young women and men, despite facing many barriers in their ways, have successfully demonstrated their leadership skills, talent and potential in many fields. It is high time that people in general and young people in particular must be brought at center stage of development process. In this context, on the eve of World Cities Day and COP-26, an Urban Thinkers Campus is being organized at Islamabad. In this event we will provide an open space for critical exchange between urban researchers, professionals, and decision-makers who believe that urbanization is an opportunity and can lead to positive urban transformations. This platform will build consensus to address urbanization challenges and propose solutions to urban futures. For this year, the theme of UTC is set to present, discuss and deliver CLIMATE ACTION SOLUTIONS.