Atty. Edsel F. Tupaz, a Harvard Law Alumnus, served as a moderator for the Policy and Governance Plenary in the Climate Smart and Disaster Resilient ASEAN International Conference. The distinguished set of speakers include the Undersecretary of the DENR, Atty. Analiza Anna Teh, the Chief Science Advisor of the Zoological Society-London, Jurgenne Primavera, a US-ASEAN Fellow for Science and Technology in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dr. Siti Zaharah Sakimin, and the CEO of SunAsia Energy Inc., Hon. Tetchi Capellan. The conference brought together leading academic scientists, researchers, scholars, government agencies, non-government organizations, and other stakeholders to discuss climate change and disaster risks in the ASEAN region.