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REGIONAL CONFERENCE
THE IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: STRATEGIES AND
SECURITY FOR ASEAN MEMBER STATES
2-3 July 2015 Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel, CAMBODIA
Organizer Sponsor
PROGRAMME
C O N T E N T S
Background and Rationale 1
Programme 2
Role Players 7
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Regional Conference “The Impact and Implications of Climate Change:
Strategies and Security for ASEAN Member States”
Organized by Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP)
in Collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel – 2-3 July 2015
BACKGROUND The 2014 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states without reservation that the Earth is locked on an “irreversible” course of climatic disruption from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While immediate and drastic decreases in global emissions can mitigate the intensity of the coming impacts, they are now and will continue to be devastating. Climate change is a major concern to ASEAN and constitutes the most unpredictable threat to national economies, security, and the health and well-being of citizens. Mitigation strategies are currently underway that include carbon capture schemes, renewable energy projects, and emissions reduction protocols. The challenges of climate change reach into every aspect of human society and impact governance and security protocols across the region and the globe.
Climate change will impact different global regions in different ways. For this region discussions should be broad in scale and attend to trans-boundary phenomena in the search for effective mitigations and solutions.
RATIONALE OF THE CONFERENCE The focus of this conference is to examine current strategies and security implications in the ASEAN region as they relate to and are affected by the coming insecurities of climate change. With this, we hope to create wider debate on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and their implications for regional security. This conference takes a both a traditional and non-traditional approach to security and will address the roles and responses of conventional military security as well as the more pervasive threats that effect human security at the societal level. This conference will bring together leading researchers, environmental experts, civil society and policy makers from ASEAN Member States and other international organizations to discuss proposed and implemented climate-change strategies at country and regional levels in ways that bring thoughtful and critical assessments of their security implications.
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P R O G R A M M E DAY 1 Thursday, 2 July 2015 07:30 - 08:30 REGISTRATION
08:30 - 09:00 WELCOME REMARKS HRH Samdech Norodom Sirivudh Supreme Privy Counselor to His Majesty the King of Cambodia, Member of Constitutional Council and Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors, CICP
SPECIAL REMARKS Dr. Wilhelm Hofmeister Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Regional Program Political Dialogue with Asia
SPECIAL REMARKS 150 days before COP21 in Paris, what are the stakes and what is the state of play?
H.E. Ambassador Jean-Claude Poimboeuf Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Republic of France to the Kingdom of Cambodia
09:00 - 09:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS H.E. SAY Samal Minister, Ministry of Environment, Royal Government of Cambodia
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 - 12:00 PANEL I CLIMATE CHANGE AND CURRENT MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN ASEAN REGION
Chair:
H.E. Ambassador Pou Sothirak Executive Director Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Speakers: C
ambodia Climate Change Financing Framework H.E. Dr. Tin Ponlok Secretary General of the National Council for Green Growth , Ministry of Environment, Royal Government of Cambodia
Climate-Smart Agriculture and Green revolution in Cambodia: an odd convergence to enhance agricultural resilience?
Dr. Jean-Christophe Diepart The Learning Institute in Cambodia
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P R O G R A M M E
Climate Change and Social Processes
Dr. Courtney Work Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Studies (ISS) and Senior Research Fellow, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
The Impacts of Climate Change on Cambodia: Past Lessons Learned, Future Challenges and Present Opportunities
Dr. Krisna UK Executive Director, Center for Khmer Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Questions & Answers
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch at Sokha Hotel
13:30 - 15:00 PANEL II CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS, CARBON CAPTURE, AND LAND-USE STRATEGIES IN ASEAN REGION
Chair:
H.E. Dr. Ung Huot Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Speakers: Toward a Low Carbon Strategy in Cambodia
Mr. Sum Thy Director of The Climate Change Department, Ministry of Environment , Royal Government of Cambodia
Rising Fossil Fuel Demand and Change of Forest Land in Southeast Asia: The Implications of Climate Change
Dr. Han Phoumin Energy Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
The European Union's Roadmap for moving to a Low-Carbon Economy in 2050: What about Forests, Carbon Capture, and Land-Use Strategies?
Mrs. Elodie Maria-Sube Programme Officer for Environment and Climate Change at the Delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom of Cambodia
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P R O G R A M M E Questions & Answers
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:30 PANEL III CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER AND BIO-ENERGY PROJECTS IN ASEAN REGION
Chair:
Dr. Paul Chambers Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Speakers: Renewable Energy and Climate Change: The Case of Cambodia
Mr. Heng Pheakdey Founding Director of Enrich Institute
Climate Change and Disaster Management in Laos
Mr. Chanthy Inthavong Deputy Head of Legislation and Coordination Division, Department of Disaster Management, MoNRE, Laos
Climate Change Challenges and Water Security in the Lower Mekong Basin: A View from Vietnam Perspective under Water-Food-Energy Nexus
Dr. Kien Tran-Mai Deputy Director of Climate Change Research Center, Vietnam Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam
Questions & Answers
17:30 END OF DAY ONE
19:00 Dinner (All role players will be invited to a Cambodian dinner outside. Venue will be announced).
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P R O G R A M M E DAY 2 Friday, 3 July 2015 08:30 - 10:30 PANEL IV
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON MILITARY AND SECURITY SECTOR RESPONSES TO THE COMING CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Chair:
Professor Pou Sovachana Deputy Director Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Speakers: Proposals for Security Sector Responses to Climate Change in Cambodia
Dr. Paul Chambers Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Reactions of the Philippines Security Sector to Climate Change and its Military's Political Economy
Dr. Rosalie Hall Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, Visayas, Philippines
Climate Change and Political Economy: Implications for Vietnam's Defense and Security Sectors
Dr. Carlyle Thayer Professor Emeritus, Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales, Australia
Responses of Indonesia's Security Sector to Climate Change Challenges and the Political Economy of the Military in Indonesia
Dr. Jun Honna International Relations Faculty, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Improving Thailand's Climate Change Responses: Security Sector and Political Economy Dimensions
Dr. Napisa Waitoolkiat College of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
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P R O G R A M M E 11:00 - 11:30 WRAP-UP PANEL AND
CLOSING REMARKS H.E. Ambassador Pou Sothirak Executive Director Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
END OF CONFERENCE
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch at Sokha Hotel
14:30 - 17:00 Sightseeing in Phnom Penh City organized for all role players only
R O L E P L A Y E R S
HRH Samdech Norodom Sirivudh Supreme Privy Counselor to His Majesty the King of Cambodia, Member of Constitutional Council and Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Prince Norodom Sirivudh is a member of the Constitutional Council,
Privy Counselor to His Majesty the King and Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP). His political career began in 1971 when he joined the Paris-based royalist movement, GRUNC/FUNK (Gouvernement Royal d’Union Nationale du Cambodge/United National Front of Kampuchea). In 1981, he joined the National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) and in 1988, left France for Thailand where he was appointed Chief of FUNCINPEC’s Humanitarian Department. On Nov 7, 1991, he returned to Cambodia for the first time in 20 years, and, as Chief of Survey Mission on behalf of Prince Norordom Ranariddh, was in charge of laying the groundwork for FUNCINPEC’s participation in the electoral process, mandated under the Paris Peace Agreement, in advance of the UN’s 18-month Mission in Cambodia. In May 1993, as FUNCINPEC’s Bureau Chief in Phnom Penh, Prince Norordom Sirivudh helped his party to its elections victory, after which he was appointed Co-Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. And in August 2001, Prince Norordom Sirivudh was elected as Senator. In the July 2003 General Elections, Prince Norordom Sirivudh was elected as Member of Parliament for Kandal Province of the third legislature and was nominated as Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Minister of Interior of the Royal Government until March 2006. From March 2006, Prince NORODOM Sirivudh is Privy Counselor to His Majesty the King and Member of Parliament. In May 2010, King Norodom Sihamoni appointed Prince Norodom Sirivudh as a member of the Constitutional Council.
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R O L E P L A Y E R S
H.E. Dr. SAY Samal
Minister, Ministry of Environment, Royal Government of Cambodia
His Excellency Dr. SAY Samal, Minister of Environment, completed his high school and university studies in Singapore and Australia respectively. He holds a PhD degree in science from Monash University making him the only one, among hundreds of Cambodian students, who has completed science studies in Australia. At his 34 years of age, His Excellency Say Samal is the Cambodia’s youngest minister to hold such an important portfolio. With strong background in science, His Excellency Say Samal has actively advocated for promoting the culture of research by trying to mobilize funding supports for university students and lecturers to carry out basic research on biodiversity in Cambodia as well as to provide scholarships for people to undertake science degrees. He is also pushing for inclusion of basics of environment into formal education curriculum. Since he assumed office as Minister of Environment in late 2013, His Excellency Say Samal has been at the forefront of a major review and reform of public functions and financial systems within and to some extent beyond the Ministry of Environment. He is committed to addressing environmental issues with a strong focus on environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and appropriate use of natural resources for the sake of sustainability. For the environmental protection, the most priority is now on the effective management of solid and liquid wastes and for this he has championed the Government’s approval for establishment of environmental funds that can be used by sub-national administrations to clean up cities. Concerning biodiversity conservation, His Excellency Say Samal has played a key role in pushing for the review of economic land concessions in Cambodia in order to ensure its effectiveness for economy, society and environment towards the objective of inclusive and sustainable development. Additionally, he has joined his concerned cabinet members to work on development of uniform maps for both state and private lands as well as on possible zoning and demarcation of protected areas in Cambodia. He was awarded the Australian Alumnus of the Year 2014 by the Australian Alumni Association of Cambodia (AAA-C) in December.
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R O L E P L A Y E R S Dr. Wilhelm Hofmeister
Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Regional Program Political Dialogue with Asia
Dr Wilhelm Hofmeister is the Director of the Konrad Adenauer
Foundation’s (KAF) regional programme “Political Dialogue with Asia” based in Singapore. Before assuming his current position, he was Director of the Research Centre of KAF in Río de Janeiro, Brazil from July 1999 to April 2009. From 1993 to 1999 he served in the department of international cooperation in the headquarters of KAF in Germany, from 1996 to 1999 as its deputy-director with responsibility for programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. From 1988 to 1993, he was KAF’s representative in Chile. He studied Political Sciences, Sociology and History and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Mainz, Germany. His areas of special interest are, on one hand, political development, regime transformation and the institutionalization of political parties, and party systems, and on the other hand, the international relations of the European Union. These areas of interest are reflected by his numerous articles published in books and journals in Germany, Latin America and Asia.
H.E. Dr. Ung Huot Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
H.E. Ung Huot currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP). He was a prominent Cambodian politician and has served as First Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia from 1997-1998. He assumed many ministerial postings within the Royal Government of Cambodia, namely Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
He was elected Member of Parliament during the UN Election in 1993 and recently served as elected Member of the Senate of Cambodia from 2008 to 2013.
H.E. Ung Huot was honoured with Doctor of Letters by Latrobe University, Australia in 1996 and Doctor of Public Administration by Princess of Naradhiwas University of Thailand in 2012. He graduated Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Melbourne University in 1974 and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Phnom Penh in 1970.
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R O L E P L A Y E R S
H.E. Ambassador Jean-Claude Poimboeuf
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Republic of France to the Kingdom of Cambodia
As career diplomat, H.E. Ambassador Jean-Claude Poimboeuf completed
his tours in China, Thailand, Japan, Australia, and Taiwan and in the United Kingdom and also served as Secretary General of the G8 Summit in Evian from 2002-2003. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chinese and Political Science.
H.E. Ambassador Pou Sothirak Executive Director Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Ambassador Pou Sothirak currently Executive Director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, beginning in June 2013. He also serves as Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia as of February 2014. He was Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore from January 2009 to December 2012. He was appointed as Cambodian Ambassador to Japan from April 2005 to November 2008. He served as elected Cambodian Member of Parliament twice, in 1993 and 2003 and was appointed as Minister of Industry Mines and Energy of the Royal Government of Cambodia from 1993 to 1998. He worked as an engineer at the Boeing Corporation from 1981-1986 after obtaining a Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University, USA, in 1981. Pou Sothirak had written extensively on various issues concerning Cambodia.
H.E. Dr. Tin Ponlok Secretary General of the National Council for Green Growth, Ministry of Environment, Royal Government of Cambodia Mr. Tin Ponlok joined the Cambodian Ministry of Environment in 1994
after receiving his PhD degree in technical sciences in 1994. From 1996-2009 he had been managing a number of environment and climate change (both mitigation and adaptation) projects in Cambodia. He now works as Secretary General of the National Council for Green Growth. He also serves as the Director of the Sida/EU/UNDP-funded Cambodia Climate Change Alliance.
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R O L E P L A Y E R S Mrs. Elodie Maria-Sube
Programme Officer for Environment and Climate Change at the Delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom of Cambodia Elodie Maria-Sube is a Programme officer for Environment and Climate
Change at the Delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom of Cambodia. She received her MSc in Management from the HEC Paris and her MSc in Development Studies from the Copenhagen Business School. After a first three-year experience in Geneva at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in 2010 she decided to change scenery and moved to New Delhi, starting her career in the European Union at the Delegation to India and working on projects dealing with Environment, Energy and Climate Change. In parallel to her work, Ms Maria-Sube is an avid learner and enrolled in a MSc in Environmental Management at the University of London. When she is not in workshops or preparing an essay for her studies, she practices and teaches yoga, as she is a certified Sivananda yoga teacher since 2013.
Professor Pou Sovachana Deputy Director in Charge of Research and Publication of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Pou Sovachana is the Deputy Director in Charge of Research and Publication at the Cambodian Institute for Peace and Cooperation (CICP) since January 2014. He was professor of Ethics and Political Science at Paññāssāstra University of Cambodia from 2009-2013. He also works at the Buddhism Education for Peace Center. He volunteers with various NGOs to promote the importance of reading and to protect the environment in Cambodia. He has published various chapters and articles concerning the development of Cambodia, especially in the field of education. His research interests include human security, regional integration, social cultural community and political security of Southeast Asia. Recently, he just published a report on “Human Security in Practice in Cambodia: Far from Over” at JICA. He received a MA in Education in 2008 from Portland State University, USA
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R O L E P L A Y E R S
Dr. Jean-Christophe Diepart
The Learning Institute in Cambodia
Jean-Christophe has been a student of Cambodia since 2002 in the capacity of Scientific Collaborator with Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (Université de Liège, Belgium). His research examines agrarian dynamics in an historical perspective and focuses on the political economy of agrarian change – in particular in the Cambodian Northwest cross-border area - and the resilience of peasant communities to environmental changes. He also works as spatial planning consultant with German International Cooperation (GIZ) Land Rights Programme.
Dr. Courtney Work Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Studies (ISS) and Senior Research Fellow, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP)
Dr. Work completed her PhD dissertation at Cornell University and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in, the MOSAIC Project: Climate change mitigation policies, land grabbing and conflict in fragile states: Understanding Intersections, Exploring Transformations in Myanmar and Cambodia, with the Institute for Social Studies (ISS) and the Regional Center for Sustainable Development at Chiangmai University. Work resides in Cambodia and is also a Senior Research Fellow with the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace in Phnom Penh. She holds a PhD from Cornell University in Anthropology, an MA in Anthropology and Women’s and Gender Studies from Brandeis University, and a BA in English Literature from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Dr. Paul Chambers, Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Dr. Paul Chambers serves as Professor and Researcher, Office of the
University, Chiang Mai University. He is also concurrently Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Germany), and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg (Germany). He has written extensively on party politics and civil-military relations in Asia and has published widely as the author of books, chapters and journal articles.
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R O L E P L A Y E R S
Dr. Krisna UK, Executive Director of the Center for Khmer Studies
Dr. Krisna UK, is a scholar who studied at the University of California-
Berkeley and holds Masters degrees from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the University of Oxford, as well as a PhD in social anthropology from Cambridge University. Her previous scholarly work has focused on comparative literature and environmental changes management. Her dissertation in social anthropology was on the Cambodian minority Jorai people. Her extensive experience in NGO management includes five years with the Cambodia Trust as well as five years of development work in humanitarian demining, which includes research on the impact of landmine contamination on Southeast Asian communities living in high risk areas.
Dr. Han Phoumin Energy Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Han Phoumin has over 15 years of experience working at various international and inter-governmental organizations and multi-disciplinary research consortiums related to poverty, governance, integrated water resource management, economic development and energy economics in the region of ASEAN and EAST ASIA. He specialized in economic development and policy and applied econometrics. Much of his career in the past 7 years involved with power sectors, especially with Sustainable Hydropower development, renewable energy research, energy efficiency, energy security, and Macro energy demand, consumptions and forecasting. He is a co-author of published book on “ASEAN Rising Beyond 2015” and also editor to “ERIA Energy Market Integration Book”. Further he also published various articles and working paper related to energy challenge. He possess a Ph.D. specializing in Economic and Development from Kobe University, Japan.
Dr. Napisa Waitoolkiat College of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand Dr. Napisa Waitoolkiat serves as Deputy Director, College of ASEAN
Community Studies, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand. Her research interests focus upon emerging democracies in the areas of electoral politics, party politics, voting behavior, political institutions, political accountability, corruption, processes of democratization, and human security in Southeast Asia.
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R O L E P L A Y E R S Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer
Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales, The Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra
Carlyle A. Thayer is Emeritus Professor, The University of New South
Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Thayer is a Southeast Asia regional specialist with special expertise on Vietnam. He is the author of Southeast Asia: Patterns of Security Cooperation (Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 2012). He writes a weekly column on Southeast Asian defense and security affairs for the The Diplomat. He has held senior appointments at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London; Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu; School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Center for International Affairs, Ohio University; Australian Command and Staff College; and the Center for Defence and Strategic Studies at the Australian Defence College. Thayer was educated at Brown, holds an M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies from Yale and a PhD in International Relations from The Australian National University
Dr. Rosalie Hall Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, Visayas, Philippines
Rosalie Arcala Hall is Professor of Political Science at the University of
the Philippines, Visayas. Rosalie has also conducted research on post-conflict civil-military relations in the Aceh, Indonesia; Dili, East Timor; and Mindanao, Philippines. She is currently working on research projects with American and European collaborators on military mergers; asymmetric warfare and on Muslim women in the security forces.
Dr. Jun Honna
International Relations Faculty, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Dr. Jun Honna is Professor of Political Science, Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is concurrently adjunct professor, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia, and Visiting Lecturer, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. He has written books and articles about Southeast Asia, particularly focusing on civil-military relations and democratization in Indonesia.
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R O L E P L A Y E R S Mr. SUM Thy
Director of The Climate Change Department, Ministry of Environment, Royal Government of Cambodia Mr. SUM Thy was appointed as the Director of Climate Change
Department, Ministry of Environment in 2013. He has strong management experience to direct activities and programs under Department. He has actively engaged in the development of Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan (CCCSP), which was adopted by government in late 2013. Recognizing his profound knowledge and leadership in the matter he was appointed as the Focal Point of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Contact Point of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He has been a member of the Cambodia’s climate change negotiating team since 2009 and played an active role in coordination and drafting the Cambodia’s positions for the Conference of Parity (CoP). Mr. SUM Thy has made important contributions to the preparation of the National Communication under the UNFCCC. He provides a leadership in recourse mobilization for promoting the implementation of climate change activities in Cambodia. In 2001, Mr. SUM Thy was hosted by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan as a researcher on Greenhouse Gas Inventory. He has Master Degree on Development Management.
Mr. Heng Pheakdey Founding Director of Enrich Institute
Mr. Heng Pheakdey is the founder of the Center for Green Growth of Enrich Institute, a local NGO working to promote green growth and sustainable development in Cambodia. He is also the co-convener of the Finance for Development (FfD) working group of the Asia Development Alliance (ADA). Graduating from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Mr. Pheakdey is a policy analyst by training and his expertise lies in the field of energy, climate change, land rights, financing for development, and youth development. He has extensive research experience in these fields and his opinion was featured in numerous local and international publication and media. For more information about him, visit www.hengpheakdey.com
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R O L E P L A Y E R S Dr. Kien Tran-Mai
Deputy Director of Climate Change Research Center, Vietnam Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dr Kien Tran-Mai is currently a Deputy Director of Climate Change
Research Center of the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (IMHEN) and contributes as a national expert in adapting measures of Vietnam Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to be submitted to the UNFCCC in COP21, Paris. Up to November 2014, he was working as Senior Climate Change Programme Officer of Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative (CCAI) at the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRCS) based in Vientiane, Lao PDR. He has extensive experience and in-depth knowledge about transboundary issues, including security, in the Lower Mekong region, has worked with number of governmental and non-governmental organizations/agencies in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam. Dr. Kien Tran-Mai holds a University Degree in Medical Science and Public Health (1993), and a Ph.D on global environmental change and public health in Russian Federation (2000). He was awarded research grant and fellowship in Kyoto University, Japan (2008) and is author and peer reviewer of several international journals and books.
Mr. Chanthy Inthavong Deputy head of Legislation and Coordination Division, Department of Disaster Management, MoNRE, Laos
Mr. Chanthy Inthavong is currently the Deputy Director of Legislation and Coordination Division in the Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE). He is an active member of the technical Working Groups on Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Law, which deals with laws related to environmental protection, climate change, pollution control, forest management, water resources management, biodiversity, agricultural, fishery, nutrition. He is a law graduate from the National University of Laos (2001) and holds a Master’s of Science Degree in Agricultural Economies (Food and Agricultural Policies) from Kyushu University, Japan (2014).
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