Themes: Climate & Nature
From Pilots to Systemic Shifts, Building Bold Pathways
17 Sep 2025, 13:45:00 - 14:45:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 1 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
From Pilots to Systemic Shifts, Building Bold Pathways
17 Sep 2025, 13:45:00 - 14:45:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Lab 1 (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If your climate plan fits in a spreadsheet, it’s too small. It’s time to think in living systems, not silos—because what benefits nature also strengthens your community and your core business.
It’s time to stop tinkering at the edges. This session challenges leaders to go beyond pilot projects and start reimagining entire systems—how we produce, trade, consume, and regenerate. From finance to food, from supply chains to policy, we will surface real-world pathways for scaling climate action and nature-based solutions that honour both planetary health and human dignity. Because the future we want is not incremental—it’s transformational.
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Extraction to Regeneration: Reimagining the Green and Blue Economies
17 Sep 2025, 16:30:00 - 17:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
Extraction to Regeneration: Reimagining the Green and Blue Economies
17 Sep 2025, 16:30:00 - 17:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If today’s extractive industries became tomorrow’s regenerative engines, what would business look like—and are we bold enough to fund that transition?
Green and blue economies are no longer abstract ideals—they are the necessary frameworks for planetary survival and economic renewal. Yet for many business leaders, policymakers, and capital allocators, the question remains: What do these models actually require?
This plenary moves beyond critique and explores the real decisions businesses must make today—from biodiversity conservation and community-based economies to the financing mechanisms needed for ecological and financial resilience. What if extractive industries—such as agriculture, forestry, and shipping—were retooled to serve the green and blue economies fully? What new metrics, mindsets, and market structures would we need? How can investments in carbon, conservation, and community become drivers of systemic value? This is not about greening business-as-usual—it’s about redesigning our economies to regenerate the very systems they once depleted.
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Impact Architects:
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Siddharth Chatterjee
Former UN Resident Coordinator, UN
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Ashley Brooks
Asia Director, Re:wild
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Christine Loh
Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Melanie Ryan
Chief Executive Officer, Unearthodox
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梁国勇 Guoyong Liang
Chair, UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
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From Carbon to Coherence: ASEAN’s Leap into Regenerative Climate Economies
17 Sep 2025, 15:15:00 - 16:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
From Carbon to Coherence: ASEAN’s Leap into Regenerative Climate Economies
17 Sep 2025, 15:15:00 - 16:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If carbon is the currency of our time, will we spend it on survival—or invest it in a regenerative future?
Carbon is evolving from a pollution metric to a driver of economic design and investment. In ASEAN, where climate risk threatens up to 11% of regional GDP by 2100, there’s a growing need to shift from offsetting to transforming systems. This high-level plenary convenes changemakers from across the carbon economy: policy architects, technologists, regenerative finance pioneers, and bio-economy innovators. They will explore how carbon can catalyse inclusive growth and ecological restoration. Anchored in the work of ASEAN Green Future, it will highlight real examples of regional collaborations — from interoperable carbon markets and cross-border green grids, to biobased materials and regenerative investments that are turning nature into infrastructure and restoration into economic value.
Impact Architects:
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Yuen Yoong Leong
Director, Sustainability Studies, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
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Matthew Rycroft
Senior Diplomat and Civil Servant, UK Government
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Wayne Mulligan
Chief Executive Officer, NZ Bio Forestry
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Satya Tripathi
Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet
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Weerawat Chantanakome
Senior Policy Counsel on Energy, The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Ed Peng
Co-Founder & Partner, Canopy Generations Fund
Financing the Blue Shift: From Pledges to Regenerative Capital
17 Sep 2025, 14:00:00 - 15:15:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
Financing the Blue Shift: From Pledges to Regenerative Capital
17 Sep 2025, 14:00:00 - 15:15:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
If finance doesn’t flow like the ocean—layered, interconnected, and regenerative—it won’t sustain what sustains us. Can we place those who live and work with the sea at the helm of ocean finance?
The ocean sustains all life on Earth — regulating our climate, feeding billions, and anchoring the entire economies of – yet it remains one of the most under-capitalised frontiers. In 2023, just $25 billion was invested in the blue economy—far short of the $175 billion needed annually to protect and regenerate this vast ecosystem. This plenary dives into what it will take to close this gap through real, deployed capital that rewires ocean finance for impact.
A new wave of ocean funds is combining philanthropy, private capital, and industry leadership to build regenerative ocean finance. True scale, however, requires better integration between those working at sea and those shaping financial systems. Drawing on insights from BEFF and OceanX, and inspired by TPC Chairman Frederick Tsao’s UNOC call to action, the plenary will unite key stakeholders—from investors to policymakers—to move from vision to action.
Impact Architects:
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Mark Dalio
Founder and Co-Chief Officer, OceanX
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Chavalit Frederick Tsao
Chairman, TPC (Tsao Pao Chee)
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Tharald Nustad
Founder, Katapult
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Sarah Kapnick
Managing Director, Global Head of Climate Advisory, Commercial & Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan
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Ashok Adicéam
Chief Executive of Mission Neptune, Deputy Special Envoy for France UNOC3
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Cherie Nursalim
Vice Chair, Giti Group
Capital at the Crossroads: Financing What the Future Needs
17 Sep 2025, 10:30:00 - 11:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
Capital at the Crossroads: Financing What the Future Needs
17 Sep 2025, 10:30:00 - 11:30:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
Capital builds futures—but whose future, and at what cost? The well-being economy won’t emerge from better spreadsheets—it will emerge when capital dares to serve life, not just returns.
Money doesn’t just fund the future—it shapes it. In today’s economic system, capital is the first mover. It sets the tone for what grows, what stalls, and what never gets the chance to begin. If we are serious about transitioning to a well-being economy then we must radically rethink where capital flows, what it values, and how it behaves. From catalytic philanthropy to impact-first private equity, from sovereign funds to grassroots-led investments, this plenary brings together visionary stewards who are already redirecting capital to where it matters most: climate resilience, social equity, circular economies, and community-led innovation. It will introduce a new capital logic rooted in regeneration – not extraction – to build systems that thrive. This requires a fundamental shift in how capital is structured, measured, and multiplied—making it a vehicle for shared well-being and systemic transformation.
Impact Architects:
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Isabelle Hayhoe
Senior Philanthropy Adviser, Barclays Private Bank
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Frederic Hoffmann
Chair, Unearthodox
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Bradley Horowitz
Partner, Wisdom Ventures Fund
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Bryan Goh
Chief Executive Officer, Tsao Family Office
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Niap Juan Loh
Chairman, OCTAVE Capital
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Tom Hall
Head of Social Impact and Philanthropy, UBS Group AG
From Within to World: Healing the Planet Starts by Healing Ourselves
16 Sep 2025, 14:45:00 - 16:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
From Within to World: Healing the Planet Starts by Healing Ourselves
16 Sep 2025, 14:45:00 - 16:00:00 (GMT+8:00)
Impact Forum (Level 4 Suntec Convention Centre)
What must we unlearn to become truly regenerative? And what new form of leadership will it take to restore both the Earth and ourselves?
As our planet reels from rising temperatures, degraded ecosystems, and resource exploitation, it becomes clear that these crises are not just environmental—they are deeply human. We cannot renew Earth’s systems without first addressing the internal systems that drive our decisions: the values, mindsets, and blind pursuits that normalise separation, excess, and control. This plenary challenges us to see the climate crisis not only as a technical failure but as a failure of orientation. What if pollution begins not in the factories or forests, but in the stories we tell, the ambitions we chase, and the leadership we elevate? We will explore the profound link between how we lead and how we live—how the same disconnection that damages ecosystems also fragments our societies and diminishes our humanity.
Impact Architects:
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Rajeev Peshawaria
Chief Executive Officer, Stewardship Asia Centre
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Carlos Álvarez Pereira
Secretary General, The Club of Rome
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Poman Lo
Vice Chairman, Regal Hotels Group & Co-founder, One Earth Alliance
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Anthea Ong
Chairperson, WorkWell Leaders; Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
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Chavalit Frederick Tsao
Chairman, TPC (Tsao Pao Chee)
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Yung Pueblo
NYT Bestselling Author & Partner, Wisdom Ventures
