Hina Rabbani Khar served as the first woman Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 2011-2013. She has been elected Member Parliament for four terms and is currently serving as Chair of Foreign Relations Committee of the Parliament of Pakistan. She began her political career in 2002 and has held several cabinet positions including Foreign Minister, Minister of state for Finance, Minister of state for Economic Affairs. Khar is widely regarded as one of the highest-ranking women in Pakistani politics and is a sought after speaker on global politics and world order.
She is currently serving as Commissioner at the Climate Overshoot Commission, an independent group focused on reducing the risk of exceeding the Paris Agreement’s warming threshold. She has been involved with climate diplomacy globally and has steered Pakistan’s diplomacy towards more effective climate cooperation.
“Currently at the receiving end of climate carnage, countries like Pakistan are suffering from the impacts of climate change coming directly in the way of their growth trajectories. When a reputable university like the University of Chicago puts this as a priority it gives us the hope that science, rational thinking and logic is what will help lead the debate. I am honored to lend my perspective to this conversation and hope we can work together to find possible solutions.”