United Nations Environment Programme

Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon has work with UNEP for more than 17 years, including 11 years at UNEP-IETC for water and sanitation, and waste management; and 5 years at UNEP-ROAP. He was also working as Director for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Pakistan for 4 years. At ROAP, He served as the Sub-programme Coordinator for Resource Efficiency. He led UNEP’s COVID-19 Response on Medical and Humanitarian Phase focusing on COVID-19 waste management, Mushtaq served as Project Manager for the Regional Policy Advocacy Component of the EU-funded SWITCH-Asia Programme to promote sustainable consumption and production and uptake of SDG 12 in Asia. He also implemented GO4SDGs in the region and led the Low-Carbon Lifestyle Challenge Startups.

He has a Doctorate in Environmental and Resource Economics from Hiroshima University in Japan, a Master’s from the University of Bradford in the UK, a postgraduate diploma in Transport and Undergrad in Civil Engineering from Pakistan, and schooling at Cadet College Petaro in Pakistan. He has also published various papers in international journals and has delivered various training programmes.