CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
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Ms. Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock
President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

H.E. Mr. Lok Bahadur Thapa
Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, New York, and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Mr. Li Junhua
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Mr. Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Ms. Astrid Schomaker
Executive Secretary, UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)

H.E. Ms. Lynda Tabuya
Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Fiji; Host of UNFCCC Pre-COP31 (2026)

H.E. Mr. Kentaro Doi
Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

H.E. Dr. Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharal
Minister of State, Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Pakistan

H.E. Mr. Maina Vakafua Talia
Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, Tuvalu

H.E. Mr. Ali Shareef
Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy, Republic of Maldives

Mr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi
President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Ms. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Director, Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy (3CSEP)

Ms. Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Mr. Kaveh Guilanpour
Vice-President for International Strategies, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)

Mr. Daniele Violetti
Senior Director, Programmes Coordination, UNFCCC

Mr. Guoping Zhang
Head of Climate and Nature Team, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Ms. Maria Holtsberg
Deputy Regional Director and Officer-in-Charge, UN Women Asia and the Pacific

H.E. Mr. Sanoi Boyzoda
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tajikistan

Ms. Lin Yang
Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Mr. Gerd Trogemann
Manager, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

Ms. Dechen Tsering
Regional Director, UNEP Asia and the Pacific Regional Office

Ms. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi
Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC)

H.E. Mr. Wayne Osopo Ghemu
Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Solomon Islands

Ms. Meagan Fallone
Executive Adviser, Climate Justice, CARE; Member, Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies

Ms. Jennifer Tauli Corpuz
Fellow and Strategic Advisor, Nia Tero

Ms. Elisabeth Gilmore
Associate Professor, Carleton University, Canada

Ms. Florence Iautu
Strategic Manager, NAB Secretariat, Ministry of Climate Change, Vanuatu

Mr. Liu Zhenmin
Special Envoy for Climate Change, People's Republic of China

Mr. Hongpeng Liu
Director, Energy Division, ESCAP

Ms. Bahareh Seyedi
Senior Sustainable Energy and Climate Advisor, UNDESA

Mr. Pavich Kesavawong
Deputy Director-General, Department of Climate Change and Environment (DCCE), Thailand

Mr. Matias Antonio Senra de Vilhena
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. / Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Brazil in Thailand

Mr. Sean Lees
Regional Nature Pledge Coordinator, Asia Pacific, UNDP

Mr. Eric Zusman
Programme Director / Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Mr. Intouch Sricharoenchit
Youth Climate Activist

Mr. Kenzo Hiroki
Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; Coordinator of the High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)

Mr. Pema Gyamtsho
Director-General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Mr. Yevgeniy Zhukov
Director-General, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ms. Soumya Swaminathan
Chairperson, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)

Mr. Dindo Campilan
Regional Director, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Office

Mr. Curt Garrigan
Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Ms. Kalpana Viswanath
Co-Founder and CEO, Safetipin

Mr. Heinrich Gudenus
Programme for Sustainable Urbanization, GIZ

Ms. Nichamon May Hsieh
Sustainable Development Advisor, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Ms. Juhi Bansal
Regional Expert on NDCs and LT-LEDS, UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre for Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Sergey Tulinov
Economic Affairs Officer, Energy Division, ESCAP

Ms. Kathryn Bimson
Senior Programme Officer, Water and Wetlands NbS, IUCN Asia Regional Office

Ms. Robeliza Halip
Executive Director, Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples (REP)

Mr. Sandeep Sengupta
Head of Global Climate Policy, IUCN

Mr. David Guever Jurado
Head of Unit, National Mandatory Registry, Ministry of Development Planning and Environment, Plurinational State of Bolivia

Ms. Sizwile Khoza
Research Fellow, SEI Asia

Ms. Jitsai Santaputra
Co-founder, Youth for Energy Southeast Asia

Ms. Ling Lee Hoo
Regional CEO Central, KPJ Healthcare

Mr. Kanop Ketchart
Mayor of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

Mr. Subrata Sinha
Deputy Regional Director a.i., UNEP Asia and the Pacific Office

Mr. Heinz Schandl
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)