Leveraging BRI financing: Pakistan presents USD4.85bn climate investment plan

Pakistan has put forward a climate investment blueprint worth USD 4.85 billion before Chinese officials, seeking Belt and Road financing. The plan was unveiled at a senior-level dialogue on Thursday, organised by the CVF-V20 and the Institute of Regional Studies. Business Recorder reported that officials, envoys, company leaders and climate finance specialists explored how nationally owned Climate Prosperity Plans could align with Chinese funding.

The Investor Book lists 69 selected projects across eight priority sectors, offered as a model for linking BRI and the Green Investment and Finance Partnership with national climate plans. Jauhar Saleem, president of the IRS, stressed turning strategic agreement into delivery, with climate goals becoming investable opportunities. China's chargé d'affaires, Shi Yuanqiang, said the plan offers enterprises from many countries, Chinese firms included, a clear route into green investment in Pakistan.

Romina Khurshid Alam, the prime minister's climate coordinator, said CVF-V20 had helped Pakistan shift from ambition to delivery and called the plan a country-owned pipeline linking national priorities to investment. Sara Jane Ahmed of the CVF-V20 Secretariat said the opportunity extends to other V20 members building similar project lists. A pavilion at CIFTIS 2026, China's biggest services fair, will operate in Beijing between September 9 and 13, where CVF-V20 countries will pitch project pipelines to Chinese institutions and investors.