29 September 2025 to 3 October 2025
United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC - BKK)
Asia/Bangkok timezone

Advisory Committee

APAN 9th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum Advisory Committee Members

Marlene Nilsson

Deputy Regional Director

UNEP Asia and the Pacific Office

Bangkok, Thailand

Mr. Arghya Sinha Roy

Director

Climate Change (Climate Change Adaptation)

Asian Development Bank

Philippines

Mr. Youssef Nassef

Director, Adaptation

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Germany

Mr. Yukihiro Haisa

Director

Climate Change Science and Adaptation Office

Global Environment Bureau

Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Mr. Sangmin Nam

Director

Environment and Development Division

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Thailand

Prof. Mukand Singh Babel

Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (WREE) and Director of the Centre for Water and Climate Adaptation (CWCA)

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Ms. Linda Anne Stevenson

Acting Director / Programme Director

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Japan

Mr. Osamu Mizuno

Programme Director

Adaptation and Water Unit

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Japan

Ms. Ju Youn Kang

Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change (KACCC), Korea Environment Institute (KEI)

Republic of Korea

Mr. Norbu Wangchuk 

Director-General

SACEP

Sri Lanka

Ms. Jessica Troni

Chief Climate Change Adaptation Unit/Adaptation Portfolio Manager

Adaptation and Resilience Branch

Climate Change Division

Mr. David Thomas Porter

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) 

Nepal

Mr. Dilovarsho Dustzoda

Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) 

Kazakhstan