Climate Resilience: The Key to Peace and Sustainability in Asia

​Asia stands at a pivotal crossroads. Home to over half of humanity and many of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the region also faces some of the most acute climate vulnerabilities — from intensified storms and droughts to food, water, and migration pressures that test peace and stability.

​The upcoming 2025 Ecological Threat Report (ETR) by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) provides a data-driven understanding of how ecological risks and climate stress are reshaping Asia’s development and security landscape. Yet beyond quantifying threats, this session focuses on where the solutions lie — and how Asia’s innovation, leadership, and cooperation can turn ecological challenges into just, regenerative climate responses.

​Across the region, momentum is building for a new model of development that connects environmental security, social justice, and economic opportunity. From investments in clean technology and regenerative agriculture to community-based nature projects that deliver verified climate and livelihood benefits, Asia’s diverse leadership is defining the pathways to peace and sustainability in a changing climate.

​This session explores how insights from data, finance, nature-based solutions, and intergenerational diplomacy can work together to strengthen regional and global resilience — ensuring that sustainable growth also delivers stability, equity, and integrity.

​Hosts

• Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (GASP)
• Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP)

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​Session Highlights

Session Focus

​This high-level dialogue will explore how climate resilience can be the foundation for peace and sustainable prosperity, uniting perspectives from evidence-based research, sustainable finance, nature-based innovation, and inclusive leadership.

​Key themes include:

• ​Turning Ecological Challenges into Just Climate Responses — applying insights from the Ecological Threat Report to shape equitable and effective action.
• Building Resilience through Innovation and Nature-Based Solutions — advancing sustainable agriculture, community-led restoration, and low-carbon technologies.
• ​Mobilizing Sustainable Finance with Integrity — aligning capital flows and carbon markets with just transition, ecosystem integrity, and climate security goals.
• ​Intergenerational Climate Diplomacy — ensuring inclusive, youth-led perspectives shape multilateral decision-making and regional cooperation.

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Speakers

• ​Opening Remarks and Moderator: Satya S. Tripathi, Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (GASP)
• Michael Collins, Executive Director, Americas, Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), on ecological threats and peacebuilding insights from the Ecological Threat Report 2025
• ​Noel Lempriere, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Clean Seed Capital Group — on agricultural innovation and technological resilience
• ​Mitch Reznick, Head of Sustainable Fixed Income, Federated Hermes Limited — on mobilizing sustainable finance for just and resilient transitions
• ​Keith Bohannon, CEO, Plan Vivo Foundation — on the role of high-integrity nature-based solutions and community-led finance in building equitable resilience
• ​Veena Balakrishnan, Co-Founder and Director of Institutional Relations, Youth Negotiators Academy (YNA) — on intergenerational diplomacy and inclusive governance