"High-Altitude Assets: Navigating Carbon Market for Green Startups"-Learnings from Pakistan
This session will explore how mountain-based enterprises can transition from grant-dependency to self-sustaining models by monetizing natural capital.
Attendees will gain expert insights into navigating Pakistan’s carbon markets and leveraging assets like forest carbon and regenerative soil. By bridging the gap between climate finance and entrepreneurship, this webinar aims to empower HKH ecosystem actors to unlock innovative revenue streams that foster green livelihoods and regional climate resilience.
GIREE Webinar Series:
The GIREE Webinar Series aims to bring together key stakeholders from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region-including entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, and ecosystem enablers-to drive meaningful discussions, share best practices, and catalyze sustainable business solutions in the HKH.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13174609
GIREE Secretariat: https://kgsinc.com.np/giree-alliance/
About the Speaker:
Mr. Zulfiqar Younas is a senior climate finance and public policy professional with over 30 years of experience spanning government, diplomacy, and development finance. Currently the Senior Advisor (Climate Finance) to the CVF-V20, he previously served as Pakistan’s Additional Secretary for Climate Change and Special Assistant to the Finance Minister.
A native of Gilgit-Baltistan, Mr. Younas’s unique perspective is rooted in his early experience as a mountain trekking guide, giving him a profound understanding of high-altitude ecosystems and livelihoods. He was instrumental in shaping Pakistan’s National Carbon Market Policy (2024) and serves as one of twelve global members of the UNFCCC Article 6.4 Supervisory Body.
By bridging international Paris Agreement standards with local implementation, Mr. Younas offers green startups unparalleled expertise on unlocking climate finance and monetizing nature-based solutions within Pakistan’s mountain regions.