JC3 SC5 Climate Data Workshop: Usage of Physical Risks and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Data

Administrative Announcement

Part 1:
Assalamualaikum and hi, everyone. I am Ain Zulaikha Zulkurnain and on behalf of the JC3 SC5, we
would like to express our gratitude for your participation in today’s JC3 climate data workshop.
Before we press play, I’d like to make some administrative announcement.

First, free internet connection/Wifi is available under the name MyStats 2023, and password
MyStats@2023. The restrooms are located just across this hall, where the gents would be on your
right, the ladies on your left. You shall also find the surau nearby, to accommodate your afternoon
prayer. Our designated smoking area is located near the atrium entrance. Simply make a left turn
from the reception desk, walk pass the atrium and Sasana Kijang Café and you’ll find your way
there.

Please check out our Museum & Art Gallery café as well as the shop, and get some of our must-
have merchandise, such as notebooks, caps and shirts, for your friends and family. Just walk over
to the reception desk and make a right turn. Make some memories by taking some pictures at the
Nautilus stairs there.

Finally, take advantage of the workshop and engage in the networking session, especially during
our lunch break which will take place at Conference Hall 2, at 12.30pm later. For further
assistance, please reach out to the Secretariat, and we shall assist you accordingly. With that
being said, I would like to invite Pn Nur Fazila Mat Salleh of BNM, on behalf of JC3 SC5, to deliver
the opening remarks.
Part 2:
Thank you, Pn Fazila for the wonderful remarks.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, today we have the privilege of being in the presence of a devoted and
award-winning climatologist. Our guest speaker has dedicated his career in climate variability and
regional climate downscaling.

He currently serves the position of a Climate Policy Strategist at the Sustainability Unit of Bank
Negara Malaysia as well as a CORDEX Scientific Steering Committee member and Coordinator for
CORDEX Southeast Asia. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. He received his
PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1997 and has since published more than 130
scientific papers in international journals and wrote several books.

Previously, he served as the Professor of Climatology and Oceanography at the Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia until his retirement early this year, and a former IPCC Working Group Vice-
Chair.

Today, he will be sharing his insights on the key findings of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and
physical climate risks. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in giving a warm welcome to the
exceptional Dr Fredolin Tangang.
Part 3:
Thank you, Dr Fredolin for an enlightening presentation and we appreciate having this area
clarified, particularly on (to mention 1 or 2 takeaways).

It’s hungry o’clock! Let’s head over to Conference Hall 2 downstairs for lunch and we shall resume
our session at 2pm. Enjoy your hearty meals and have fun connecting!
Part 4:
Welcome back, everyone. We hope you enjoyed those indulgences and now, let’s be all ears as
we move on with our next session. Before we start, just a quick head’s up that we shall be having
a 15-minute afternoon break around 3pm at the foyer of this hall.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure for me to introduce our second speaker, who is
going to talk about the usage of GHG emissions data for risk assessment and disclosure
commitments. This is a subject in which we should all be deeply interested because it’s by yielding
meaningful insights with the right data, we can produce a reliable and comparable climate-related
disclosure.

Our speaker is a climate change expert and possesses over a decade of experience in Climate
Change and Sustainability Policymaking. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Asia
School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management and a Non-Executive Director of
the Board of the Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia whilst offering
advice to the private sector and civil society organisations. Previously, he had obtained his PhD
from Mississippi State University and conducted Post-Doctoral Research at the University of
Minnesota.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, Dr Gary William Theseira.

Part 5 (Optional):
I hope you are feeling refreshed and managed to get acquainted over that quick break. As time is
money, we shall resume with our session and the floor is yours, Dr Gary.
Part 6:
Thank you so much, Dr Gary, for the informative session. The slides you showed gave us a close
look at the DC data that we couldn’t have gained in any other way.

As we have come close to the end of the programme, once again, we would like to thank you for
being a part of this workshop and making it a success. We hope you found the presentations and
interactions with the speakers and other attendees worthwhile and valuable.

Before you leave, please complete our quick survey by scanning the following QR code. We’d
highly appreciate your opinions on what went well and what could be improved so we could
deliver better programmes in the future.

Have a safe trip home and until we meet again!