Dr Goh is a distinguished international policy advisor working to leverage data and technology innovations in developing countries in AgTech, FinTech, and Digital Transformation in Government. In October 2023, she was a resident at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre where she designed an innovation ecosystem bringing multi-stakeholder partnerships for decarbonisation of agriculture. Her work explores how biodiversity benefits that could unlock a “triple win” — supporting human health, environmental sustainability, and economic resilience.

Prof Guan's research uses satellite data, computational models, fieldwork, and machine learning approaches to address how climate and human practices affect crop productivity, water resource availability and ecosystem functioning, with a focus on solving real-life problems, such as crop monitoring and forecasting, water management and sustainability, and global food security.

Much of Assoc Prof Lee's work focuses on the social and ecological consequences of human impacts on the environment, especially within Southeast Asia. Specifically, she is looking at the conservation and development challenges faced by commercial and small-scale agricultural expansion in the tropics.

Having previously made significant contributions to defense technology at Defence Science Organisation, Dr Lim's current role involves planning and developing technological initiatives that bolster Singapore's space industry, promoting innovation, and facilitating international partnerships.

A climate change ecologist, Asst Prof Luo examines the impacts of climate variability and long-term trend on terrestrial ecosystems. His research interest is in studying the dynamics of the terrestrial carbon cycle, using data from several networks of ecological observations, Earth System Models, remote sensing, and results from field experiments.

Assoc Prof Carrasco is the Deputy Head of the NUS Department of Biological Sciences. His research interest revolves around the reconciliation of biodiversity conservation, food security and economic development in the tropics including identifying the mechanisms for global market systems to internalise the true economic value of tropical forests.

Mr Chua leads stakeholder engagements to develop Meta’s internet investment interests in Asia. He is a regional spokesperson for Meta and sponsors social and economic impact programs in relation to digital skills, sustainability and AI. In Singapore, he is vice-chair of SGTech, Singapore’s leading tech trade association, and executive member of Climate Action SG Alliance. Prior to Meta, he was a partner at Control Risks advising multinationals on business risks as they invested in emerging markets. Early in his career, he co-founded a data analytics start-up and gained experiences from the Singapore civil service (PM’s Office), university teaching (SUSS), and think tank advocacy (SIIA).

Mr Goldner has been working at the intersection of finance, sustainable development and diplomacy for over two decades. Prior to joining TNFD, he was an adviser to government, financial sector and philanthropic leaders on a range of sustainable development challenges, including as a Senior Adviser with the World Bank Group. As a Partner at Monitor Deloitte, Tony led the development of national reform strategies and advised on the design of governance arrangements and performance management frameworks aligned to the SDGs. He was a senior member of Monitor Group’s global public sector advisory practice, has advised Fortune 500 US companies on their sustainability strategy and co-authored a seminal 2008 report on the investment behaviour of Sovereign Wealth Funds.

Prof Loh leads key sustainability initiatives for Asia-Pacific, ASEAN and Singapore, including steering the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index and ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard. In the domain of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) relevant for strategic management and sustainable finance, he has extensive professional engagements in the global and regional arenas.

A Research Fellow at the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, Ms Low's research focuses on the transformative promise of transparency reporting, particularly on how it can increase the level of governments and stakeholders in ensuring environmental integrity when they enhance their climate ambition.

Mr Chiu leads his team to research for solutions to meet Singapore’s future planning needs and steers URA’s research programmes. He was previously Executive Director (Resource Development) in EDB, responsible for planning and securing resources needed for industries to grow in Singapore.

At CLC, Dr Hee focuses on research strategies, content development and international collaborations. Under her leadership, CLC Research spearheads forward-looking studies that consider how cities can prepare for the future and thrive in the face of driving forces such as resource shifts, the push for net-zero cities, ageing societies, and new ways of live-work-play. She previously played similar leading research roles at the NUS School of Design and Environment, as well as at the Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities and the Asia Research Institute.

Prof Yu’s research interests include urban economics (on topics related to transportation and real estate market) and environmental economics (on topics related to air pollution and climate change). Her research has been published in leading journals, including Nature Climate Change, Nature Human Behaviour and Nature Water.  Currently, she is the co-editor of the China Economic Review, associate editor of Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation, and in the editorial board of Journal of Economic Geography.

A dedicated researcher and teacher, Prof Renate’s key focus is on behavioural economics, environmental and energy economics, social and political analyses as well as digitisation. She is an advisor to governmental committees and an expert in assessments of research projects and institutions. She is the Dean of the Economics Faculty at UniDistance Suisse and was previously the Professor for Economics at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and a Research Professor and PI at the Singapore ETH Centre, Future Resilient Systems Program.

Dr Zain is also the Assistant Dean of Sustainability at NUS Medicine and a paediatric consultant at the National University Hospital. As a paediatric consultant and mother of two, her call to action was when she learned that 88% of the burden of climate change falls on children. She has since been actively engaged in clinical sustainability projects and advanced the community of practice in sustainable healthcare among clinicians across Singapore. She currently leads the Green QI module of the NUH Residency Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Distinction Programme (QIPS).

Assoc Prof Yuan is an associate professor with tenure at the NUS Department of Architecture as well as the Principal Investigator of Urban Climate Design Lab in NUS. He currently leads a research team – in collaboration with MIT and ETH Zurich – to conduct several studies on urban climate and future resilience for high density cities. His teaching and research focus include urban wind environment, air pollution, anthropogenic heat, passive cooling technologies, and urban greenery.