Dr Renard Siew

Climate-change adviser, Centre for Governance and Political Studies/World Economic Forum

 

Renard Siew is a champion of climate action in Malaysia and the region

Renard Siew is a climate-change adviser at the Centre for Governance and Political Studies, in charge of advancing the organisation’s work in the field of climate change and sustainability. He is also the first certified expert member of the Malaysian World Economic Forum on sustainable development in Asia. He served as a sustainability adviser for Sime Darby, helping the Malaysian conglomerate implement its environmental agenda.

Growing up in Kuantan, Siew experienced the impact of climate change at first hand when devastating floods hit his hometown, losing a close friend who was swept away in the floods. Driven to do something, he chose to pursue a career in the environmental field and dedicate his life to tackling the climate-change crisis.

A graduate of University of New South Wales and the UK’s Cambridge University, Siew was trained to be a climate reality leader by former American vice-president and environmental activist Al Gore. He is the co-founder of the Accelerating Climate Action initiative, which seeks to raise US$1 billion for climate entrepreneurs in Asia and is also the global lead for the Climate & Action Steering Committee in Asia-Pacific.

On the international level, Siew recently became the youngest co-chair of the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Working Committee of the Global Young Academy, a network of the top global scientists working to address the climate crisis. He previously represented developing countries as the co-chair of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Commitment Towards Climate Action, and served on councils such as the Global Basel Infrastructure Stakeholder Council and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, helping to draft frameworks to drive a low-carbon and sustainability agenda.

"If you want change to happen, you need to be courageous enough to sit amongst decision makers and not be apologetic about it."

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