Conference - Coastal Flooding Adaptation and Resilience (COFAR)

ABOUT

The Adaptation and Resilience (A&R) Conference, organised by the Securities Commission Malaysia, brings together climate experts, financiers, academia and community leaders to explore how we can strengthen our nation’s resilience towards these climate risks. The conference will examine Malaysia’s climate adaptation landscape through the lens of resilience, highlighting technical and nature-based solutions to address our pressing climate risks. It will also delve into the role of capital markets in mobilising public and private finance for investments in A&R (which are often considered marginally bankable or non-bankable), including the use of blended finance structures.

Be part of the conversation on building our nation’s resilience. Register today.

agenda (pdf)

10 CPE POINTS

FEATURED SPEAKERS

YB Datuk Seri Johari bin Abdul Ghani

Minister of Plantation and Commodities, Acting Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability

YBhg. Dato’ Mohammad Faiz Azmi

Executive Chairman
Securities Commission Malaysia

YAM Tengku Zatashah
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah

Princess of Selangor,
Environmental Advocate

Prof. Dr. Joy Pereira

Co-Chair, Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Dr. Gary Theseira

Independent Director, Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM)

Prof Dr. Nicola Ranger

Executive Director, Earth Capital Nexus and Professor in Practice, Natural Capital, Risk and Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science

Eugene Wong

Chief Executive Officer
Sustainable Finance Institute Asia

Laura Canas da Costa

Global Policy Co-Lead at UNEPFI

Dr. Serina Hijjas

Director, Hijjas Kasturi Associates

AGENDA

14 October 2025 | 9.00am – 5.30pm | Securities Commission Malaysia

8.30 AM – 9.30 AM : REGISTRATION
9.30 AM – 9.40 AM : OPENING REMARKS: SETTING THE STAGE
By Dato’ Mohammad Faiz Azmi, Executive Chairman, Securities Commission Malaysia

SETTING THE SCENE

9.45 AM –10.25 AM : FIRESIDE CHAT: BRIDGING SCIENCE & CAPITAL FOR A CLIMATE-SAFE FUTURE
How does science inform investment priorities? This discussion explores what the IPCC says and its relevance to Malaysia’s risk landscape, as well as how private and public actors can align capital to avoid the cost of inaction.

Prof. Dr. Joy Pereira
Co-Chair, Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Laura Canas da Costa
Global Policy Co-Lead at UNEPFI
Tan Zhai Yun (Nat)
ESG Editor, The Edge Malaysia (Moderator)
10.30 AM – 11.25 AM : PANEL 1: UNLOCKING CAPITAL FOR RESILIENCE IN EMERGING MARKETS
How do we attract private capital to adaptation? This session explores the financing spectrum and tools to unlock bankable adaptation projects in Malaysia and the region.
Jeanne Stampe
Lead Policy Advisor, Norges Bank Investment Management
Timothy Colyer
Partner Climate & Sustainability lead for APAC, Oliver Wyman
Jennifer Ng
Head of Sustainable Finance, Governance and Taxonomies, Standard Chartered Bank
Eugene Wong
CEO, Sustainable Finance Institute Asia (Moderator)
11.30 AM – 12.20 PM : PANEL 2: NATIONAL ADAPTATION POLICY LANDSCAPE
This session maps the intersection of policy, finance, and technology. It focuses on how national and state-level planning
(e.g. MyNAP, WST2040) can enable private sector innovation and finance to flow into local adaptation needs.
En. Ahmad Farid bin Mohammed
Undersecretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment Sustainability
En. Syaiful Azmen Bin Nordin
Managing Director, Landasan Lumayan Sdn Bhd
Dr. Gary Theseira
Independent Director, Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM)
Martijn Regelink
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank (Moderator)
12.20 PM – 2.00 PM : NETWORKING LUNCH

From the Hills to the Sea: River and Coastal Resilience

2.00 PM - 2.20 PM : KEYNOTE ADDRESS: WHY ADAPTATION CAN NO LONGER WAIT
YB Datuk Seri Johari bin Abdul Ghani
Minister of Plantation and Commodities, Acting Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
2.25 PM - 2.45 PM : FEATURE TALK: THE OCEAN INTERCEPTOR: WHAT IF THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE BEGAN NOT IN THE OCEAN, BUT IN OUR RIVERS?
A presentation on river clean-up as climate resilience. YAM Tengku Zatashah discusses the Ocean Interceptor and how river plastic removal links to coastal resilience and disaster mitigation.

By YAM Tengku Zatashah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
2.50 PM – 3.50 PM : PANEL 3: COASTS IN CRISIS: GLOBAL LESSONS FOR LOCAL RESILIENCE
Drawing on international best practices in coastal resilience, this panel examines how Malaysia can apply nature-based and engineered solutions to protect its coastlines and communities.
Prof Dr. Nicola Ranger
Executive Director, Earth Capital Nexus and Professor in Practice, Natural Capital, Risk and Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr. Kelvin Koh
Director, Industry & Technology Collaboration, PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency
Bastien van Veen
Senior Climate Resilience Specialist, Deltares
Dato’ Ir. Dr. Lim Chow Hock
Advisor of the Water Resources Sector, Minconsult
Perpetua George
Director, Sustainability and Climate Change, Nature Lead, PwC Malaysia (Moderator)
3.50 PM – 4.10 PM : BREAK
4.10 PM – 4.30 PM : FROM THE HILLS TO THE SEA: RIVERS FOR RESILIENCE
A research-grounded view of how river basin management can reduce flood vulnerability and serve as the backbone of climate adaptation.

Ir. Ts. Dr. Safari Hj. Mat Desa, Director, River Basin Research Centre, National Water Research Institute of Malaysia

Addressing Malaysia’s Heat Stress

4.30 PM – 4.50 PM : CASE STUDY: PENANG’S NATURE-BASED CLIMATE ADAPTATION PROGRAMME (PNBCAP)
An implementation-focused case study on how Penang is deploying nature-based solutions to address urban heat, flood risk and biodiversity protection in an integrated adaptation model
Dr. Yogi Chellappan, Senior Manager and Lead, Climate Resilience, ThinkCity
4.55 PM – 5.45 PM : PANEL 4: COOLING CITIES: MATCHING INNOVATION AND FINANCE FOR URBAN HEAT RESILIENCE
As Southeast Asia’s cities heat up, this session explores how cooling technologies, design innovations and investor partnerships can be scaled to improve urban resilience.
Ander Zozaya
Project Manager of Cooling Singapore
Dr. Serina Hijjas
Director, Hijjas Kasturi Associates
Anjali Viswamohanan
Director Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
Charis Yeap
Southeast Asia Regional Lead, Green Finance, British High Commission (Moderator)

VENUE

SECURITIES COMMISSION MALAYSIA,
50490, KUALA LUMPUR.

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