MALAYSIA PAVILION COP30

Malaysia Pavilion 2025 Speakers

AbdulMuiz Abd Aziz

Senior Vice President & Head of Sustainability

PEMANDU Associates

Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Woo Wing Thye

Vice President of Asia & Head of KL Office

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Mazlin Mokhtar

Deputy Head for Research (KL Office)

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Dr. Minhaz Farid Ahmed

Lecturer & Research Fellow, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI)

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Prof. Dr. Jatna Supriatna

Professor of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Universitas Indonesia

Emma Torres

Vice President of the Americas & Strategic Partnerships

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Sonké

Professor of Plant Systematic and Ecology

University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

The Honourable Datuk Dr. Haji Hazland bin Abang Hipni

Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Sarawak State Government

Datu Dr. Lulie Melling

Senior Research Fellow

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Prof. Leong Yuen Yoong

Director of Sustainability Studies; Professor

United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); Sunway University

Hajjah Ariffa binti Ariffin

Chief Corporate Officer & Special Projects

Lembaga Zakat Selangor

Abhishek Kumar

Carbon Pricing and Power Regulation Expert

KPMG

Suhaini Haron

Senior Director, Corporate Development, Sustainable Finance and Strategy

Malaysia Forest Fund

Idora Baharudin

Vice President of Sustainability Function

Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP)

Marina Aragão

Economics & Finance Lead - Brazilian Amazon

The Nature Conservancy

Ruth Davis OBE

UK Special Representative for Nature

UK Government

Ir. Mahathir Nor Ismail

Chief Distribution Network Officer

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)

Camyale Chao

Executive Director

International Climate Development Institute (ICDI)

Kylie Lai

Programme Manager

CarbonCare InnoLab (CCIL)

Keshav Jha

Senior Manager for Research & Advocacy

ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability South Asia

Dr. Renard Siew

Group Head of Corporate Sustainability, Yinson Holdings

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President, Malaysia Carbon Market Association

Dr. Scott Kennedy

Co-Founder / Advisor

Energy Action Partners (ENACT)

Kamran Siddiqui

Programme Officer, Country Engagement and Partnerships

IRENA

Dr. Isabelle de Lovinfosse

Director Singapore Program and Regional Diplomacy

Tara Climate Foundation

Rensie Panda

International Affairs & CO Manager

National Energy Authority, Papua New Guinea

Charlotte Wolff-Bye

Chief Sustainability Officer

PETRONAS

Junia Anilik

Head of Programmes

PACOS Trust

Pedro Garcia

Head of Social Responsibility

AXIA Energia

Dr. Wei-nee Chen

Head of Carbon Markets

Bursa Malaysia

William Liew

Deputy Director for Climate Mitigation

Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Singapore

Nithi Nesadurai

Director and Regional Coordinator; President

Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA); Environmental Protection Society Malaysia

Lauren Hermanus

Co-Founding Director

Southern Transitions

Katie Weintraub

Head of Partnerships

Sinal do Vale

Nicolas Buchoud

Fellow

Global Solutions Initiative (GSI)

João Francisco Maria

General Coordinator, Secretariat for Green Economy

Ministry of Development and Industry Brazil

Dr. Fong Chng Saun

Project Lead, Lembah Pantai SDG Precint

Universiti Malaya

Johan Rockström

Director

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Stockholm Resilience Centre

Prof. Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood

Executive Director

Sunway Centre for Planetary Health

Laetania Belai

Associate Board Member & Advocacy Program Coordinator

Health in Harmony

Philip Yang

COP30 Special Envoy; Founder

URBEM Institute

Dr. Kirsten Dunlop

Chief Executive Officer

ClimateKIC

Kong Man Jing

Content Creator & Co-Founder

Just Keep Thinking

Jan Lee

Co-Author

Fairhaven: A Novel of Climate Optimism

Kim Stanley Robinsin

Author

The Ministry for the Future

Dr. Teh Lian Tai

Head of Secretariat, FACT Dialogue

Ministry of Plantation and Commodities Malaysia

Dr. Marcelo Inacio da Cunha

Co-Lead

FACT Dialogue Secretariat (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Reubini Naidu

Director of Industry Development

Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) Certification Scheme

Tan Yin Yi (Henry)

Youth Delegate

Universiti Malaya

Maisarah Faiesall

Head of Policy, Strategy and Advocacy

Sunway Centre for Planetary Health

Jefferson Estela

Founding Convenor

Youth Strike 4 Climate

Alice Ho

Chief Youth Officer

Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC)

Stephen Cornish

General Director

Médecins Sans Frontières

Pilar Pedrinelli

Innovative Finance Officer (REP Fund Manager)

UNHCR

Dr. Zaifalaila Zakaria

Principal Assistant Secretary, Socio-Economic Division, Department of Federal Territories

Prime Minister Department Malaysia

Ir. Ainul Azhar Mohd Jemoner

Head of Planning and Capital Works

Air Selangor

Masdi Abdul Karim

Senior Director, Strategic Planning & Transformation

National Water Services Commission (SPAN)

Mauricio Luna Rodriguez

Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation Governance

NAP Global Network

Bernard Koh

Assistant Chief Executive

PUB Singapore

Edison Carlos

President

Institute Aegea Brazil

James Pilkington

Sustainable Finance Programme Manager

Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

Masanori Kobayashi

Senior Research Fellow

The Ocean Policy Research Institure

Prof Dato’ Dr. Nor Aieni Haji Mokhtar

Trustee; Distinguished Research Fellow

Amanah Lestari Alam (ALAM); Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)

Professor TPr Dr. Hong Ching Goh

Project Lead, PANACEA

Universiti Malaya

Hong Jinghann

Co-Lead, Adaptation Working Group

Malaysian Youth Delegation (MYD)

Firzanah Fadzlan

Adaptation Working Group

Malaysian Youth Delegation (MYD)