An interactive dialogue with Ms Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, on issues concerning cities, water and the environment. The session will be moderated by Prof Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore and Chairperson, Water Leaders Summit.

Theme: Sustainable Development – Our City, Water and the Environment

More than half the world’s population is living in towns and cities nowadays, and the trend towards urbanisation is accelerating. While cities have become engines of growth for developing countries and a magnet for people seeking better economic opportunities, cities today face numerous environmental challenges such as air and water pollution, resource scarcity and a mounting waste problem.

At the Opening Plenary, high-level speakers from the government, industry and international organisation sectors will be invited to share their respective role in tackling these challenges and creating a liveable and sustainable city.

The session will be chaired by Prof Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore and Chairperson, Water Leaders Summit.

Panellists:

• His Excellency Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
• Dr Roland Busch, CEO, Infrastructure & Cities, Siemens AG
• Ms Pamela Cox, Vice President (East Asia & Pacific), The World Bank
• His Excellency Shintaro Ishihara, Governor, Tokyo, Japan
• His Excellency Djoko Kirmanto, Minister of Public Works, Indonesia
• His Excellency Kamal Nath, Minister of Urban Development, India
• The Honourable Ms Ama Pepple, Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Nigeria
• Henri Proglio, Chairman, Electricité de France (EDF)
• Qian Min, Commissioner, Huai River Water Commission, China

Opening Video

Welcome Address by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore

Keynote Address by Her Excellency Dr Yoo Young Sook, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea

Address by His Excellency Tatsushi Terada, Vice-Minister for Global Envirenment Affairs, Japan

The emphasis on economic growth is creating unsustainable pressure on our resources, from land to energy to water. As engines of economic growth and centres of innovation, cities can help advance resource efficiency through formulating policies and implementing solutions that are effective and sustainable. Strong leadership and governance is essential to the realisation of these solutions. This high level plenary session provides an opportunity for leaders to discuss these challenges and share solutions to encourage resource efficiency to safeguard the environment, in promoting clean environment outcomes and stimulating green growth.

This session will be moderated by Dr Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption & Production Branch, UNEP

Panellists:

• His Excellency Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment & Water Resources, Singapore
• His Excellency Dr Yoon Jong Soo, Vice-Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea
• The Hon. Edgardo J Angara, Senator, Republic of the Philippines
• Ms Pamela Cox, Vice-President (East Asia & the Pacific), World Bank

In the toolkit of environmental solutions, technology features as an important component in helping to meet complex environmental challenges of the future in a dynamic changing environment. Technological solutions should help to overcome the current challenges faced by governments and stakeholders in sustainable waste and resource management.

This session will focus on instruments within the private, public and international arena that drive technological innovation and deployment, help developing regions access environmental expertise, plug technology gaps as well as to create meaningful roles for the private and public sectors in sustainable waste and resource management.

This session will be moderated by Mr Matthew Gubb, Director, IETC, UNEP.

Panellists:

• Mr Stan Krpan, CEO, Sustainability Victoria
• Mr Lim Chae Hoan, Executive Director, Korea Environment Corporation
• Mr Tay Lim Heng, CEO, Keppel Integrated Engineering
• Mr Kenichi Sasaki, President, Dowa Eco-system Co., Ltd
• Mr Jerome Leconte, CEO, Veolia Environmental Services

The Clean Environment Regulators Roundtable is jointly organised by the National Environment Agency, Singapore, and the World Bank, and supported by CleanEnviro Summit Singapore partners. The Clean Environment Regulators Roundtable provides enforcement officers with a platform to discuss the challenges faced by each participating country and city in working with environmental pollution and waste management issues. Participants are encouraged to highlight the problems encountered in their course of work, as well as share learning points and good practices.