[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1136, 286], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will strengthen the EU's position as a first line partner of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral, and will complement and create synergies with a planned German climate change intervention at Federal level, as part of the TEI. The Action aligns with the EU-Pakistan Strategic Engagement Plan (2019) and responds to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015). In addition, by supporting green enterprises, the Action will contribute to decent and productive employment, poverty eradication, and sustainable value chains."}, {"bbox": [96, 297, 1136, 696], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action is aligned with Government of Pakistan's strategic objectives of energy security and affordability, economic development, environmental protection, sustainable growth, and social equity as presented in the Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy 2020. At a broader level, the Action contributes to the Government's 'Vision 2025', which has identified private sector-led growth as a priority for making Pakistan a more globally competitive and prosperous country. The proposed interventions align with Pakistan's Policy for the Power Generation Policy 2015 and the National Electricity Policy 2021. The Action also represents a significant contribution to the effective implementation of the country's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In addition, the Action contributes to achieving goals established within Pakistan's Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan¹ (IGCEP), which calls for hydropower to comprise 40% of the country's national energy balance by 2030. Furthermore, the Action will contribute to specific development priorities in Gilgit-Baltistan under the newly announced Socio-Economic Development Plan (2020-2025), a five-year joint programme between the Government of GB and Government of Pakistan which has among its priorities the establishment of a regional power grid along with increasing productivity in agriculture, livestock and fisheries through promotion of agro-based and food processing industries."}, {"bbox": [96, 707, 1136, 841], "category": "Text", "text": "Beyond the domestic context, the Action contributes to the EU Global Gateway Initiative in its general objective of tackling the most pressing global challenges for the people and the planet by boosting smart, clean and secure links in energy across the world. Consistent with EU democratic values and high standards, the Action has been designed with idea to promote green, clean and secure energy infrastructures and catalyse private sector investment while ensuring good governance, transparency and equal partnerships."}, {"bbox": [85, 868, 341, 898], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [96, 914, 318, 942], "category": "Text", "text": "Short problem analysis:"}, {"bbox": [96, 966, 1136, 1100], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action recognizes the urgent need for comprehensive solutions to improve climate resilience based on mobilising key stakeholders across the government, civil society and private sector through productive partnerships. Addressing priority gaps, the EU support will foster a project intended to strengthen climate-resilience by focusing on the nexus between energy, natural resources management and climate-forward socio-economic development."}, {"bbox": [96, 1111, 1136, 1272], "category": "Text", "text": "While Pakistan has made headways over the last few years on increasing power generation, 25% of the population has remained with no access to electricity for the last 20 years, and disparities in access and reliability are widespread. 71% of the country's population (144 million people)² has either no access to electricity or experience a daily average of more than 12 hours of blackouts³. Key obstacles to electricity provision stem from insufficient generation capacity, under-developed and inefficient distribution networks, and inefficient or under capacitated operations."}, {"bbox": [96, 1283, 1136, 1496], "category": "Text", "text": "The territory of Gilgit Baltistan faces severe electricity shortages which hamper economic opportunities and result into a heavy dependence on firewood and fossil fuels. In the Hunza district installed generation capacities amount to 2.5 MW, while according to the Government of Gilgit Water and Power Department the estimated needs reach 6 MW in Summer months and 10 MW in Winter. For electricity transmission a majority of the project area relies on 11 kV feeders, and only in a few areas around the cities of Gilgit and Skardu the power supply network has been upgraded with 66 kV transmission lines. As a result, the overall transmission and distribution system experiences tremendous operational difficulties in terms of selective tripping and load management, resulting in high line losses (52%). In Chitral, line losses are estimated at 20% to 35% due to the poor distribution network"}, {"bbox": [85, 1550, 885, 1573], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ https://www.nepra.org.pk/Admission%20Notices/2019/09-September/IGCEP%20Plan%20(2018-40).pdf"}, {"bbox": [85, 1573, 433, 1597], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² International Finance Corporation, 2018"}, {"bbox": [85, 1597, 675, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database (2018)"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 28"}]