Kickstart the day with a warm welcome and the opportunity to connect with fellow participants over coffee.

Framing Malaysia’s green finance and carbon market agenda for collective action.

This special address highlights how green finance and carbon markets can turn global climate commitments into tangible, local impact - fostering cooperation, innovation, and inclusion as we advance toward COP30.

Exploring how finance can enable inclusive, equitable, and sustainable climate transitions.

Malaysia is prominent among the nations that should be in the receiving line of funding to prevent biodiversity loss, conserve ecosystems, and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Nevertheless, even as the deadline for achieving the goal of 30 x 30 grows nearer, progress continues to be elusive. We know that funding initiatives exist, but it is a challenge getting it to where it is urgently needed, quickly enough. In this session, we take a frank look at the challenge before us. By identifying some of these barriers and potential actions to remove them, together we can enable conservation finance to flow.

Deep dive into Malaysia’s carbon markets, structures, opportunities, and challenges.

Discussing high-integrity carbon credits and restoring trust in nature-based solutions.

This session explores how solar, hydrogen, and climate innovation are reshaping Malaysia’s energy economy, and the financial mechanisms driving a profitable, sustainable transition.

Take time to pause for Friday prayers and enjoy a light networking break. Finger food will be available, and local vendors will offer additional options for purchase.

A double screening of two powerful documentaries — Pakistan’s Himalayan Meltdown and To Sow — that capture Asia’s diverse climate frontlines. From the melting glaciers of Pakistan to Indonesia’s regenerative economy, the films highlight the human face of environmental change. The session concludes with a curation dialogue exploring common threads of resilience, adaptation, and hope.

Discover, through a fun and collaborative workshop, the systemic aspects of biodiversity: what it is, what it enables and what degrades it.

An interactive Climate Fresk workshop where participants work together to unpack the complex puzzle of climate change. Using a science-based yet playful and collaborative approach, the session makes climate science accessible, insightful, and engaging for all.

Before pharmacies, there were forests and before wellness trends, there was wisdom.
What if the key to a greener economy and healthier lives for Malaysian lies in the plants we’ve known for generations?
This immersive masterclass connects traditional wisdom, community wellbeing, and green financing, showing how ancestral healing practices can inspire modern, nature-based industries rooted in culture, ethics, and environmental stewardship.
It’s an invitation to rediscover local plants not only as remedies but as catalysts for a thriving green economy.

AlterCOP team Closing remarks and networking.