Who we are
Policy Research Institute for Equitable Development (PRIED) is a think-tank registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) as a private company limited by liability. We develop evidence-based research to contribute towards a sustainable and equitable development and to make a low carbon future possible. The consultancy services we provide include:
- Producing high quality research to partake in and promote a global discourse on transition to renewable sources of energy;
- Institutionalizing interaction between all energy sector stakeholders in Pakistan, including legislators, policymakers, private businesses, social activists, non-government organizations, academia and think-tanks;
- Providing regulatory input, policy critique and research support to the parliament, government departments, aid organizations and international financial institutions;
- Organizing events for networking and information-sharing.
PRIED has inherited the institutional legacy of an Islamabad-based non-governmental organization, Rural Development Policy Institute (RDPI), which had a diverse portfolio of work including energy, climate justice, local development and disaster mitigation in 2000s and 2010s
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Vision
To facilitate Pakistan’s transition to a sustainable energy future and climate justice.
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Mission
- To accelerate the phasing out of fossil fuels and expedite the shift towards renewable energy sources
- To put economic, social and environmental justice at the center of the transition to clean energy.
What we do
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Research
PRIED carries out research on economic, social and environmental effects of the government policies in energy sector. We have successfully conducted multiple research studies on topics as diverse as the social and economic impacts of coal mining and coal-based power generation on local communities and the financial hurdles that rooftop solar power installation faces.
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Collaboration
PRIED is a founder and active member of the Alliance for Climate Justice and Clean Energy (ACJCE), a civil society network that endeavours to divert Pakistan from fossil-fuel-based energy production. The alliance, simultaneously, advocates for the adoption of such clean and renewable sources of energy that are socially suitable, economically affordable and environmentally sustainable. PRIED is also the founding member of RE Coalition, a network of research organizations working for the promotion of renewable energy in Pakistan.
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Advocacy
PRIED regularly engages with legislators, policymakers, aid organizations and international financial institutions in order to facilitate and promote policies that ensure an equitable and sustainable development in energy sector. The most important means that it employs for this engagement is a parliamentary caucus which is in its early phase of institutionalization and which, through its cross-party critique, aims to improve legislation for a transition to renewable energy and climate justice. The caucus also helps PRIED collaborate closely with parliamentarians to improve policy critique, policy planning and policy coordination within the parliament on all energy-related issues.
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Outreach
PRIED engages regularly with reporters, editors, filmmakers and social media content creators to ensure that our research and advocacy work are carried to a wide audience. This engagement helps us create public awareness about the impacts of fossil-fuel-based energy production and initiate a media discourse on the urgent need for a transition to renewable energy. It also enables us to highlight the flaws and failures of the government’s energy policies and underscore the importance of providing climate justice to the victims of those policies.
Research & Publication
Media
In the News
Coalmining In Thar Spells Disaster For Locals
Thermal power in times of stagflation
Letting go of Coal
Opinion: Is Pakistan really phasing out coal?
The paradox of energy transition
Pakistan and energy transition
Reduced ambitions for renewable energy
Cutting losses
Coal mining companies in Thar violating Environment Protection Act by dumping toxic water in clean wells: analysts 1
LNG vs renewables
Taxing solar panels
Events
Energy experts call for solar net-metering to enhance Pakistan’s electricity system
Limited financing schemes restricting domestic users to install rooftop solar systems: study
Parliamentarians discuss need to launch awareness campaigns on clean energy sources at third caucus meeting
Experts urge World Bank not to sabotage Pakistan’s energy sector green energy transition and re-direct it towards a renewable future
Civil society demands IMF to revoke GST on renewable energy technologies