National Sustainable Development Strategy : Pakistan’s pathway to a sustainable & resilient future 2012.

The National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) aims to define sustainable development and the pathway to a “green economy”. The focus was on integrating across the three overall dimensions of economic, social, environment and the goals with the aim to reach a more sustainability. The “Green Economy” model, being currently framed globally especially in the context of Rio+202 meeting, is a response to the environmental challenge, such as: mega-natural disasters, climate change, devastating floods, droughts, big cyclones, etc. Food security is the basic need for human as well as for social and economic development of any country. The Vision 2030 carves out the national vision as “an efficient and competitive sustainable agriculture ensuring food security and with ability to contribute to economic development and poverty alleviation”. In this context, the NSDS through detailed strategic goals, highlights the need to improve the overall governance in the country and addresses the challenges of delivery of essential services such as health and education for the people and encompasses the promotion of targeted social support policies and programmes that can lead to a reduction of inequalities and improvements in food security, energy security or security against natural and other calamities and emergencies. The primary focus is on establishing a just and progressive society, as is the objective of the “Green Action Agenda” through: Alleviation of poverty and promoting equity amongst society, in particular, through providing universal coverage of basic needs, particularly, health, education and welfare and using them as engines for an equitable green economy. Extending social protection and safety nets for the poorest and most vulnerable particularly women.