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Driving Climate Action Across the Global South.
A global platform connecting science, policy and innovation to advance sustainable development and climate resilience.
Science-led actionResearch & innovation
Policy cooperationEvidence-based solutions
Global SouthSouth-South partnerships
Discover CCCS
A specialized arm of COMSATS established in 2019
Science-led climate action✦
South-South cooperation✦
Climate finance readiness✦
Technology exchange✦
Research collaboration✦
UNFCCC & COP engagement✦
Science-led climate action✦
South-South cooperation✦
Climate finance readiness✦
Technology exchange✦
Research collaboration✦
UNFCCC & COP engagement✦
About CCCS
COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability
Advancing Science-Led Climate Action, Sustainability, and South-South Cooperation for the Global South.
Overview
CCCS serves as a scientific, technical, and policy collaboration platform for climate resilience and sustainability across the Global South.
Established in 2019Created to address multifaceted climate challenges through science, diplomacy, multilateral cooperation, and institutional collaboration.
Vision
A leading Global South platform for science-led climate action.
To become a leading Global South platform for science-led climate action, sustainability, and equitable climate governance.
MissionTo mobilize knowledge, research, technology, partnerships, and policy support for climate-resilient and sustainable development among COMSATS Member States.
Objectives
Five objectives shape the Centre’s work.
CCCS combines resilience, cooperation, research, finance readiness, technology exchange and capacity-building.
Promote climate resilience and sustainability across COMSATS Member States and partner institutions.
Strengthen South-South and Triangular Cooperation through institutional and multilateral partnerships.
Support climate-related research, innovation and evidence-based policy cooperation.
Facilitate institutional readiness for climate finance and implementation pathways.
Promote technology exchange, knowledge sharing and capacity-building for climate action.
CCCS Focus Areas
Targeted programmes aligned with climate priorities and the SDGs.
Being an intergovernmental organisation strongly believing in South-South cooperation, COMSATS addresses critical environmental and developmental challenges through targeted programmatic areas aligned with SDGs.
Sustainable Transport
Urban mobility systems that support lower emissions, resilience and sustainable development.
Climate-smart Agriculture
Climate-resilient agriculture, soil health, food systems and resource-efficient production.
Digital Infrastructure
Digital systems, data and connectivity that strengthen climate knowledge and decision-making.
Water Security
Cooperation and innovation for resilient, equitable and sustainable water systems.
Innovation in Blue Economy
Science, innovation and partnerships for sustainable oceans, coasts and aquatic resources.
Renewable Energy and Green Technologies
Technology exchange and research cooperation for cleaner, greener development pathways.
Carbon Credits Financing
Knowledge and capacity for carbon markets, credits and climate-aligned financing mechanisms.
Net-Zero Strategy
Policy, science and institutional pathways that support long-term net-zero ambitions.
Disaster Risk Reduction
Risk-informed cooperation, preparedness and resilience-building for climate-related hazards.
Biodiversity & Land Restoration
Protection and restoration of ecosystems, biodiversity and degraded landscapes.
South-South Technical Cooperation Program
Technical exchange, joint learning and institutional cooperation across the Global South.
Climate Finance
Finance readiness, partnerships and implementation support for climate-resilient development.
Global South network
A platform for science, policy, innovation and multilateral cooperation.
Through Centres of Excellence, international partners, diplomatic missions and multilateral platforms, CCCS supports policy dialogue, capacity-building, research collaboration, technology exchange, climate finance readiness and UNFCCC/COP engagement.
A shared platform for climate-resilient and sustainable development.
Scientific and institutional expertise connected across the COMSATS network.
Policy dialogue, research cooperation, training and international engagement.
Global South priorities represented through international climate platforms.
How CCCS delivers
From scientific knowledge to coordinated climate action.
CCCS connects research, policy, technology, finance readiness and multilateral cooperation so institutions can move from evidence to implementation.
Integrated delivery model
Established 2019
Science and diplomacy working as one system.
CCCS convenes scientific institutions, governments, diplomatic missions and international partners around shared priorities for climate resilience and sustainable development.
Evidence-led
South-South
Implementation-focused
Explore the knowledge hub
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Policy dialogue
Evidence-based cooperation across member states, institutions and international platforms.
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Capacity-building
Knowledge, skills and institutional readiness for effective climate action.
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Research collaboration
Shared science, innovation and technical expertise across the COMSATS network.
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Technology exchange
Practical solutions adapted to Global South development priorities and contexts.
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Climate finance readiness
Institutional preparation for financing pathways, partnerships and implementation.
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UNFCCC & COP engagement
Representation and cooperation across multilateral climate processes and forums.
CCCS Digital Knowledge Hub
Digitization and data centralization for climate action.
A structured knowledge-management gateway for policies, frameworks, science and technology resources, and searchable institutional knowledge.
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Documents and Policies
Access COMSATS climate policy documents, CCCS concept documents, strategic plans and policy briefs.
- COMSATS climate policy documents
- CCCS concept documents
- Strategic plans and policy briefs
Leadership
Leadership of COMSATS and CCCS.
The Centre operates under COMSATS executive leadership and is headed by the Director responsible for international organizations and climate change.
Leadership that connects scientific excellence, diplomatic cooperation and practical climate action across the Global South.
Executive Director, COMSATS
Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria
Executive Director
COMSATS Secretariat
Provides executive leadership to COMSATS and its science, technology and sustainable development programmes, including CCCS.
Head, CCCS
Dr. Mehwish Qayyum Durani
Director (Coordinator for International Organizations & Climate Change)
Head, COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability
Leads CCCS coordination, partner engagement, institutional networking and the Centre's climate and sustainability programme.
Leadership photographs and role details are retained from official COMSATS institutional sources, while the Centre’s core website content and focus areas are aligned with cccs.comsats.org.
Collaborate with CCCS
Build the next climate solution with the CCCS network.
Partner with COMSATS institutions to shape joint research, technical cooperation, capacity-building and policy engagement for the Global South.
Contact CCCS
Start a conversation.
Contact the COMSATS Secretariat or the CCCS leadership office for information on programmes, network participation, events, partnerships and publications.
Emailcomsats@comsats.org
Head, CCCSmehwish.durani@comsats.org
Telephone+92 51 9214515–7
AddressShahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan