Islamabad, 22 October 2025 – The Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Mr. Mathias Mogge, paid a high-level visit to the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), underscoring a deepening strategic alignment between the two organizations toward advancing systemic resilience, food security, and climate-smart governance frameworks across the Global South.

In a wide-ranging exchange between Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, Executive Director COMSATS, and Mr. Mathias Mogge, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of WHH, the two sides reaffirmed a shared institutional commitment to integrating scientific innovation, policy coherence, and community-centered resilience mechanisms into national and regional development agendas. Ambassador Zakaria apprised Mr. Mogge of COMSATS’ ongoing initiatives in electric mobility, nanotechnology for green innovation, and telehealth for rural health access, key enablers of adaptive and sustainable development. He also highlighted the work of the COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS) in promoting regional cooperation, policy research, and climate diplomacy, including COMSATS’ active engagement in UNFCCC processes and global dialogues on resilience and sustainable growth.

Mr. Mogge, highlighting WHH’s extensive global portfolio in disaster preparedness, sustainable livelihoods, and food systems transformation, emphasized the necessity of linking humanitarian action with long-term climate adaptation and governance reforms. The deliberations converged on developing joint operational frameworks for scaling up climate-risk analytics, nature-based solutions, and technology-driven interventions to enhance resilience and adaptive capacity in climate-vulnerable communities.

The dialogue further reaffirmed that COMSATS’ science-policy facilitation mandate and WHH’s field-driven humanitarian expertise together provide a unique model for implementing multi-sectoral resilience systems, bridging local realities with global sustainability agendas under the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The meeting was attended by Ms. Elke Gottschalk, Regional Director Asia, and Ms. Aisha Jamshed, Country Director WHH-Pakistan, alongside Mr. Irfan Hayee, Director (Programmes), and Dr. Mehwish Durrani, Director (International Partner Organizations) & Head, CCCS-COMSATS.

Earlier, on 20th October 2025, Ambassador Dr. Zakaria participated in WHH’s 20-Year Commemoration in Pakistan, titled “2005–2025: Building a Resilient Pakistan – Two Decades of Climate Action and Preparedness.” The event, attended by senior policymakers, diplomatic envoys, and multilateral representatives, paid tribute to WHH’s two decades of partnership with Pakistan in advancing community resilience, disaster governance, and sustainable food systems. Dignitaries including Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives; Dr. Musadik Masood Malik, Federal Minister for Climate Change; Ms. Ina Lepel, Ambassador of Germany to Pakistan; and Lt. Gen. Inam Haider Malik, Chairman NDMA, among others, highlighted the imperative of integrated institutional responses for climate adaptation and risk-informed development.

Looking ahead to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, COMSATS and WHH are jointly spearheading a series of high-level thematic engagements that will amplify South–South perspectives in global resilience discourses. These include two flagship side events:

• Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on “Beyond Crisis Response: Cross-Sectoral Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction, Food Security, and Resilient Recovery”, and
• Panel on “Regenerative Practices, Waste-to-Resource Technologies, and Sustainable Agri-Food System Transformation.”

These sessions will convene policymakers, financial institutions, scientists, and civil society to deliberate on risk-informed investment frameworks, agroecological innovation, and resilient recovery pathways, contributing to actionable policy recommendations for submission to the UNFCCC and allied global platforms.

Through these forthcoming engagements, COMSATS and WHH reaffirm their mutual resolve to advance evidence-based, inclusive, and practical resilience frameworks that strengthen national and community capacities for risk-informed planning, adaptive governance, and sustainable recovery. The partnership seeks to translate shared knowledge and innovation into actionable solutions that can effectively support developing countries in building climate-resilient and food-secure societies.