Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia

Dr. Joy Jacqueline Pereira is a professor and principal research fellow at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM) and fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. She is vice chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 2 on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability and a member of the UNISDR Asia Science, Technology and Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG). Previously, Prof. Pereira served as coordinating lead author for the Asia Chapter of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2014), lead author for the IPCC-AR5 Synthesis Report (2014), and review editor for the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (2012). In 2009, Prof. Pereira led the team that developed the National Policy on Climate Change for the Government of Malaysia.

Mr. Mohd Khairul Zain is a senior science officer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’sSoutheast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM). He is currently involved in research projects related to disaster risk reduction. He also actively provides input, technical advice, and support in the formulation of various government actions and negotiations on national, regional, and international platforms. In 2013, Mr. Zain was involved in the formulation of the country’s National Platform and Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (MyDRR), which serves to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, engage communities, and build resilience at the local level. Mr. Zain managed the successfully completed ASEAN Project on Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia funded by the ASEAN India Green Fund.

Dr. Rajib Shaw is a professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University’s Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC). Prof. Shaw was the chair of the UNDRR’s Global Science Technology Advisory Group (Global STAG) and a co-chair of the UNDRR’s Asia Pacific Science Technology Advisory Group (AP-STAG). He is also coordinating lead author for the Asia Chapter of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. He is, in addition, the co-founder of a Delhi based start-up called RIKA (Resilience Innovation Knowledge Academy). Previously, he was the executive director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and prior to that a professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University. Prof. Shaw has published more than 50 books and over 400 research papers.