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Nithi Nesadurai is the Director and Regional Coordinator of Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA) and the President of Environmental Protection Society Malaysia (EPSM). Nithi leads CANSEA’s involvement in a global consortium currently implementing Just Energy Transition in a coal mining region in Indonesia. He also manages ongoing projects on Influencing Just Energy Transition in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Since 2021, Nithi has represented CANSEA in co-hosting the Just Transition Forum Asia (JTFA), co-organized annually with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. As EPSM President, Nithi led the introduction of two sustainability instruments in Malaysia –Ecological Footprint Analysis in 2007 in Malaysia, to launch the society’s Sustainable Living in Malaysia program and Local Agenda 21 in 1997. Nithi is an elected Civil Society Observer to the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) since 2021. He also serves as an Advisor to CIF’s Evaluation & Learning Initiative. He is also a member of Oxfam’s Asia Leadership Forum.
Why did you join the Solutions Lab? “I joined this programme because I have a deep interest in reducing inequality. I was also intrigued by the reference to investments and transformation agendas. As I am a civil society observer to the Climate Investment Fund, which produces investment with the aim of transformational intent. I felt I could contribute to the discussions. With the presence of other participants who work in think tanks, I realized I would also benefit from their expertise on how to go about reducing inequality. Most importantly, the final product of our deliberations is to influence G20 through T20. So there is a real possibility of our work influencing decision making and bringing about positive change.”