Using Trade Policy to Achieve Environmental Goals in Pakistan

In recent years, environmental considerations have had a growing impact on Pakistan’s economic development. CDPR’s latest Insights for Change article, authored by Dr. Farrukh Iqbal, considers how trade and policy actions can help Pakistan achieve the target set in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), to cut the country’s projected 2030 carbon emissions in half. It proposes tariff interventions, non-tariff measures, and industrial policies as solutions.