Session 4 - Track B: Politics, Partnerships & People: Driving Pakistan's Solar-Storage Transition

​Who really controls Pakistan's energy future: citizens or regulators?

​Can Pakistan pivot from being a climate victim to a renewable energy leader?

​How do we ensure solar-storage benefits extend beyond to marginalized communities?

​This session will focus on the answers to these questions, examining how public consciousness can convert into organised political pressure, how Pakistan can leverage South-to-South climate partnerships for concrete gains, and how community solar models and innovative financing can universalise access rather than deepen energy divides.

​Presenters:

• ​Nadeem Afzal Chann (Former MNA, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians)

• ​Heidi Douglas (CEO, Solar Citizens)

• ​Shahid Sattar (Energy and Economy Expert)

• ​Zaigham Abbas (Head Pakistan Chapter, Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development)

​Session Description

• ​Story from the Margins (Human Story)

• ​How Citizens can Shape Energy Future? (Session Chair's Address)

• ​Breakout Sessions

  • ​Financing the Transition: Reframing Pakistan’s MDB Engagement

  • ​Building the Prosumer Alliance: From Movement to Institution

  • ​Political Economy of the Transition: Embedding Renewables in Politics

  • ​Role of Media: Shaping the Narrative of Change

  • ​Global Best Practices: Lessons from Regional Peers for building Prosumer Alliance