Prof. Dr. Nay Htun

Prof. Dr. Nay Htun

Founder of Green Economy Green Growth, Former U.N. Assistant-Secretary-General, (UNDP, UNEP), USA

Nay Htun is Founder and Honorary Patron, Green Economy Green Growth, GEGG Myanmar (not for profit) Association, Yangon <www.geggmyanmar.org> For the past decade, the Association organize GEGG Forums on green, sustainable, resilient, smart and inclusive development. GEGG also supports and hosts the ASEAN Institute for Green Economy, AIGE, an ASEAN Charter Entity endorsed by AEAN Heads of States / Governments at the 25th ASEAN Summit in 2014.

He is a Fellow of Imperial College, the highest recognition the University can award for outstanding achievements;  Adjunct Professor of Material Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, State University of New York; Hon. Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

 

Selected Academic Affiliations:

Graduated PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College.

Visiting Professor Imperial College Centre for Environmental Policy;

Visiting Professor & Intl. Advisor, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand;

Visiting Scholar, Harvard, Cambridge, MA;

Visiting Scholar Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, MA;

Chancellor Distinguished Fellow, University of California, Irvine;

Visiting Professor and Senior Advisor for Asia Pacific, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Sweden;

Professor / Research Professor. Stony Brook University, State University of New York

A Creator and Environmental Expert, 1990 Talloires Declaration, Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future

Associate Chairman and Professor Department of Environmental Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.

 

Selected Appointments and Core Responsibilities included:

UN Assistant-Secretary General, exceptionally at UNEP and UNDP. At UNEP Paris (Senior Programme Officer, Industry & Environment Office), Bangkok (Regional Director, Asia Pacific Regional Office), Nairobi (Deputy Executive Director). At UNDP he was Assistant Administrator & Regional Director, Asia Pacific Bureau, New York, managed & supervised 24 Country Offices,  directed large multi-year regional programmes that included negotiations, Chairing and establishment of and support for the Inter-governmental Mekong River Commission and the Tumen River Area Development Programme; Human Rights and Development; Strengthening the Role of Gender in Development; Energy, Environment and Climate Change; Development and Poverty Alleviation.

Director and Special Advisor, UN Conference on Environment and Development, UNCED, aka the 1992 Rio Earth Summit; He was also the focal point for business and industry; help established and liaised with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva.

Special Advisor, Asian Development Bank, advised and participated in the two years intensive inter-governmental preparations for the RIO + 20 Summit, Rio de Janerio, Brazil

Member, Town of East Hampton, N.Y Sustainable Energy Committee

 

Selected Affiliations with not-for profit organizations, included:

Member, Board of Overseers, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, New York;

Member, Board of Trustees, Institute for Global Environmental Studies, Hayama, Japan; 

Founder and Emeritus Trustee, International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea; 

Member, Advisory Council for the Environment, International Council of Scientific Unions, Paris, France;

Board Member, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 

Member, high-level China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, Beijing, China ;

Member, International Board of Advisors Urban Climate Resilience in SE Asia Partnerships a collaborative research and education programme coordinated by University of Toronto and Thailand Environment Institute.

Advisor, Screen Scope Washington DC, producer of not-for profit award winning environmental documentaries, e.g. Journey to Planet Earth episodes shown on PBS.

Editor, Sustainability Science Journal, University of Tokyo

Chairman, Peconic Institute of Long Island, NY

Member, United States Green Building Council, Long Island chapter.

 

Private Sector Affiliations included:

Member, Dow Chemical’s Corporate Environment Advisory Council, Midland, USA.

Department Manager of the largest department of  ESSO Thailand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon

 

Selected Awards, Recognitions :

At its 30th. Anniversary Commemoration in November 2014 was awarded the International Institute for Energy Conservation, IIEC, Washington DC Award for “outstanding contributions and guidance to the IIEC in its mission to accelerate energy and efficiency, promote sustainability and reduce GHG emissions in developing and emerging countries”

The Chulabhorn Gold Medal

The Newham Lecture, NZ Institute of Engineers

 

Publications, Keynote Lectures :

120 + authored / co-authored papers, reports, newspaper/ journal articles

Keynote Speaker in many major technical international Conferences