Session 4 - Track B: Socio-Political, International & Consumer Momentum for 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 within Global South alliances?

​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)