IAIA23 Conference Proceedings

IAIA23 Conference Proceedings

Resilience through impact assessment and leadership
8-11 May 2023 | Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

IAIA23 logo on skyline of Kuching Malaysia
Summary

IAIA23 proceedings are a recap of the May 2023 event. Visit the IAIA23 Proceedings page to get a glimpse of the sessions, presentations, and activities that made IAIA23 a success. There you will find: 

Session Chair Reports: Read summaries of the concurrent sessions as submitted by the session chairs.

Presentations: View uploaded presentations; see the list below. (Note: Not all presenters choose to share their presentations.)

Final Program: Download the PDF final program to view the conference agenda and other final event details.

Papers: Presenters were invited to submit optional papers. The final (edited) papers are posted here.

Video: See IAIA23 in action through this highlights video.

Available Presentations

A Global Assessment for Prosperity, People and the Planet (II)
Presenting Author: Dr. Paul Jonathan Mitchell-Banks
Session: A Global assessment for Prosperity, People, and the Planet (Session 2)

Above and Beyond IA: Benefits for the Territory Development
Presenting Author: Andres Amaya
Session: Overhauling impact assessment in response to the sustainability imperatives

Accountability to long-term biodiversity committments
Presenting Author: Andrew Edward Cauldwell
Session: Moving beyond risk: Striving for data to deliver nature positive outcomes

Aligning Environmental Assessment and the Sustainable Development Goals: Practitioner perspectives
Presenting Author: Emilia Ravn Boess
Session: Overhauling impact assessment in response to the sustainability imperatives

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Presenting Author: andong
Session: 1996 SEA Effectiveness Study: A 25 year benchmark for review of progress

Assessing health impacts of agrobusiness for energy – Eni’s case
Presenting Author: Takherist Foudil
Session: Integrating risk and impact assessment in renewable energy supply chains

Assessing health impacts of energy transition technologies
Presenting Author: Mortara Simone Fortunato
Session: Integrating risk and impact assessment in renewable energy supply chains

Assessment Methods to Achieve Sustainability
Presenting Author: Bryan Jenkins
Session: Overhauling impact assessment in response to the sustainability imperatives

Building ecological resilience in a rapidly changing landscape
Presenting Author: Simmonds, Corin
Session: Ecological resilience and impact assessment: applications and challenges

Capacity Building For Social Impact Professionals in Malaysia
Presenting Author: TPr Herlina Abdul Aziz
Session: Implementation of social impact assessment for physical development of projects

Capacity building on social impact assessment through certification and accreditation
Presenting Author: Kojima, Takeharu
Session: Capacity Building on SIA through Certification and Accreditation

Challanges for Climate Change Resilience and Adapation in EIA of Myanmar
Presenting Author: Htet Wai Yan Aung
Session: ASEAN Day Session 3 – Climate Change and IA in ASEAN

Citizen Science yields reliable biodiversity baselines for assessments
Presenting Author: Alan Chenoweth
Session: The contribution of Citizen Science to Participatory Impact Assessment

Climate change impact assessment using the MOTIVE Ecosystem
Presenting Author: Seo, Changwan
Session: Climate Change Impact Assessment and Integrated Application Tools

Collaborative approach to protect aquifer eskers in power line projects
Presenting Author: Annie Prince
Session: Ensuring environmental and social performance of Infrastructure Projects

Community conflict mitigation measures in road development project in Laos
Presenting Author: Jong-Gwan Jung
Session: Ensuring environmental and social performance of Infrastructure Projects

Conceptualizing guidelines to monitor environmental data involving locals
Presenting Author: Randeep Singh Saini
Session: 1996 SEA Effectiveness Study: A 25 year benchmark for review of progress

Cost-efficient development of nature-based impact assessments
Presenting Author: Chevalier, Diogo
Session: How environmental impact assessment works: Case studies

Cost-efficient development of nature-based impact assessments
Presenting Author: Diogo de Rossi Chevalier
Session: How environmental impact assessment works: Case studies

Cumulative impact analysis from a project perspective
Presenting Author: Paez Zamora, Juan Carlos
Session: Analysis of cumulative impact and its input for climate change management through ESIA

Defining “green investments” and the role of impact assessment
Presenting Author: Relicovschi, Adina
Session: Sustainable Finance and ESG – double materiality assessment

Development of integrated model for climate change impacts
Presenting Author: Park, Songmi
Session: Climate Change Impact Assessment and Integrated Application Tools

Development of social indicators to evaluate USR activities
Presenting Author: Saito, Noriko
Session: Social Impact Assessment: How Universities’ Impacts on Society are Evaluated

Digital participation. Use local knowledge for a better IA process through digital participation
Presenting Author: Paul Eijssen
Session: The contribution of Citizen Science to Participatory Impact Assessment

Drought, water stress, and food security: A global perspective
Presenting Author: Chinweze, Chizoba
Session: Making impact assessment more effective: Approaches and changes

Ensure fairness in unregistered and customary land acquisition
Presenting Author: Ishihara, Satoshi
Session: Indigenous Knowledge as the Foundation of Indigenous-led Impact Assessments

Ensure fairness in unregistered and customary land acquisition (Supporting Document)
Presenting Author: Ishihara, Satoshi
Session: Indigenous Knowledge as the Foundation of Indigenous-led Impact Assessments

Ensuring FPIC in large and smallscale energy projects in Sarawak
Presenting Author: Celine Lim Kooi Hua
Session: Building Resilience through Indigenous Participation in EIA

Ensuring that Environmental Flows from Dams will Sustain Biodiversity
Presenting Author: George Ledec
Session: Ecological resilience and impact assessment: applications and challenges

Environmental/Cultural Flows for Impact Assessment
Presenting Author: Nathanael Bergbusch
Session: Overhauling impact assessment in response to the sustainability imperatives

ESG performance on Chinese energy companies
Presenting Author: Lin, Mengyuan
Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Estimating the effects of climate change on food consumption pattern in South Korea
Presenting Author: Yena Suh
Session: Climate Change Impact Assessment and Integrated Application Tools

Evaluating significance of community visioning in social impact assessment
Presenting Author: Chitakira, Munya
Session: Perspectives on Social Impact Assessment

First-ever SIA for a deep-sea mining project in the Clarion Clipperton Zone
Presenting Author: Nazari, Mehrdad
Session: The Role of EIA in Deep-Sea Mining

Heritage management as a force for economic and social resilience
Presenting Author: Roberts, Kirk
Session: Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment at Critical Sites

HOW DOES AN SIA ADD VALUE AND REDUCE RISKS FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Presenting Author: SAIFUL AZMAN
Session: Implementation of social impact assessment for physical development of projects

HOW FAR DOES THE SUPPLIER AND CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT GO?
Presenting Author: Olga Skotareva
Session: Ensuring environmental and social performance of Infrastructure Projects

How Universities Lead Climate Action -RE100 University League in Japan-
Presenting Author: HARASHINA, Sachihiko
Session: Universities Should Lead Climate Action

Improvement of climate suitability model for fruit trees
Presenting Author: Hyun, Shinwoo
Session: Climate Change Impact Assessment and Integrated Application Tools

In pursuit of the environment impact assessment: A challenge in open data
Presenting Author: Katebaka, Raymond
Session: Moving beyond risk: Striving for data to deliver nature positive outcomes

Influence of SEA on foreign investment in Cambodia
Presenting Author: Kuoch, Layheng
Session: Strategic Environmental Assessments in Mekong Country

It is also the rain: Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Assessing Impacts
Presenting Author: Charles Kelly
Session: Overhauling impact assessment in response to the sustainability imperatives

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Professor Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood
Presenting Author: Professor Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood
Session: Opening plenary

KSEIA for the Sustainable Future
Presenting Author: MYUNGJIN KIM
Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Leaders as transformers: Lessons for more effective ESIA at USAID
Presenting Author: Bernhard, Teresa
Session: Fueling effective ESIA through leadership and systems transformation

Leadership and Change Management in Higher Education: A Conceptual Review
Presenting Author: Evelyn Gan
Session: Workshop on EIA Leadership Practice

Legal framework of environmental impact assessment in West Africa
Presenting Author: Mobongol, Edichi Brigitte
Session: Poster session

Linkages between the EU Taxonomy and current impact assessment tools
Presenting Author: Dusík, Jiří
Session: Sustainable Finance and ESG – double materiality assessment

My Odessa.
Presenting Author: My Odessa.
Session:

Occupational, Health and Safety (OHS) in Environmental Impact Assessment
Presenting Author: Annu Rajbhandari
Session: Impact Assessment: Fostering Partnerships for Green Resilient Development

One health in impact assessment for ecological resilience
Presenting Author: Francesca Viliani
Session: Ecological resilience and impact assessment: applications and challenges

Overhauling social impact assessment by promoting community investment
Presenting Author: Gulakov, Ilya
Session: Perspectives on Social Impact Assessment

POSTER: Spatial optimal model of ecological mitigation measures
Presenting Author: Kim, Eunsub
Session: Poster session

Preparing Guidance for Sustainability decision making
Presenting Author: Akiko Urago
Session: Workshop on EIA Leadership Practice

Recent lawsuit case analysis related to EIA of Korea
Presenting Author: Lee, Youngsoo
Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Recycling building materials in Hong Kong: Where IA meets
Presenting Author: Lui, Crystal
Session: Synergies of Impact Assessment and Circular Economy

Renewable energy projects in the Netherlands: urgency and the role of Impact Assessment
Presenting Author: Luis Martins Dias
Session: Is IA agile enough to balance urgency of reviews of complex green projects?

Returning the social pillar to sustainable infrastructure
Presenting Author: Munday, Jane
Session: Making impact assessment more effective: Approaches and changes

Roles of ESG and EIA in preserving biodiversity: A case study in Hong
Presenting Author: Mok, Yoyo
Session: How environmental impact assessment works: Case studies

Romaine hydroelectric complex environmental monitoring program: lessons learned so far
Presenting Author: Maude Richard St-Vincent
Session: Ensuring environmental and social performance of Infrastructure Projects

Safeguarding Biodiversity and Meeting International Obligations through IA
Presenting Author: Anna Johnston
Session: A Global Assessment for Prosperity, People, and the Planet (Session 1)

SATOAYAMA Bank: The first case of biodiversity bank establishment in Japan
Presenting Author: Kawamura, Takafumi
Session: Sustainable Finance and ESG – double materiality assessment

SEA Guidance for Renewable Energy: Progress and prospects
Presenting Author: Barry Dalal-Clayton
Session: IAIA SEA Guidance for Renewable Energy

SEA: How it addresses the failure of EIAs in Cambodia
Presenting Author: Koem, Chhuonvuoch
Session: Strategic Environmental Assessments in Mekong Country

Site selection for small hydropower plant based on resources time footprint
Presenting Author: Xiaoxun Huang
Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Smarter Solar Procurement in the Pacific: Addressing lowest-cost risk
Presenting Author: Philip Martin
Session: Integrating risk and impact assessment in renewable energy supply chains (II)

Social Impact Assessment in Urban Renewal Projects in Sarawak
Presenting Author: Amra Ramly, Saiful Bahari
Session: Implementation of social impact assessment for physical development of projects

Social Impact Assessment in Urban Renewal Projects in Sarawak (Slides PDF)
Presenting Author: Amra Ramly, Saiful Bahari
Session: Implementation of social impact assessment for physical development of projects

Sourcing regionally: Local building materials and their re-use
Presenting Author: Lyons, Anna
Session: Synergies of Impact Assessment and Circular Economy

Space for renewable energy?
Presenting Author: Petra Boonman
Session: Ensuring environmental and social performance of Infrastructure Projects

St. Lawrence Cultures & Nations An Approach Built on Trust and Reciprocity
Presenting Author: Catherine Guillemette
Session: Workshop on EIA Leadership Practice

Strategic environmental assessments in Mekong country (Session Introduction)
Presenting Author: Thy, Try
Session: Strategic Environmental Assessments in Mekong Country

Strengthening SEA in the Pacific region: Challenges and opportunities (Handout)
Presenting Author: Davetanivalu, Jope
Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Strengthening SEA in the Pacific region: Challenges and opportunities (Slides)
Presenting Author: Davetanivalu, Jope
Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

The FPIC process: a way of empowering indigenous communities?
Presenting Author: Francesca Rossi
Session: Working with Indigenous community to create confidence in projects

The need for streamlining EA in The Netherlands
Presenting Author: Maarten Scheffers
Session: Mapping of mapping: the role of spatial tools for impact assessment

The Vandhoo Turtles: When biodiversity conservation meets environmental management
Presenting Author: Mokshana Nerandika Wijeyeratne
Session: Impact Assessment: Fostering Partnerships for Green Resilient Development

Toward better argument for clearer communication and more effective IA
Presenting Author: Glenn Brown
Session: Workshop on EIA Leadership Practice

Transforming Environmental Governance to Improve ESG Outcomes
Presenting Author: Mellissa Winfield
Session: Transforming environmental governance at local and international scales to improve ESG outcomes

UI GreenMetric World University Rankings Findings In Evaluating The Social Aspect of A Sustainable University
Presenting Author: Riri Fitri Sari
Session: Social Impact Assessment: How Universities’ Impacts on Society are Evaluated

Unfolding simplification beyond drawbacks
Presenting Author: Lone Kørnøv
Session: Efforts to “simplify” environmental assessment: Opportunity or threat?

Unpacking the Social in ESG
Presenting Author: Louise J. Cord
Session: Putting the “S” in ESG: Social impact assessment for major projects

USAID optional social impact assessment framework
Presenting Author: Aryeetey, Henry
Session: Perspectives on Social Impact Assessment

Using remote sensing and machine learning to identify biodiversity offsets
Presenting Author: Perez Chaves, Pablo
Session: Mapping of mapping: the role of spatial tools for impact assessment

Using River Ecosystem Service Framework to identify sweet-spots and hotspots for protection and management in rivers of South East Asia
Presenting Author: Peter-John Meynell
Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Walk the Talk: Mitigating Human Rights Impacts of Infrastructure Projects
Presenting Author: Isabelle Kim
Session: New developments in human rights impact assessment

YUKPA: A semi-nomad Colombian community coexisting in a mining and energy territory
Presenting Author: Ruiz, Yaddy
Session: Building Resilience through Indigenous Participation in EIA

Available Papers

A Global Assessment for Prosperity, People, and the Planet (Session 2)
Paul Mitchell-Banks

Above and Beyond IA: Benefits for the Territory
Andres Amaya

An Overview of Socioeconomic Impacts of Landslides
KwanBen sim

Assess and review socio-environmental mitigation in the oil & gas industry.
Patricia Tometich

Assessment Methods to Achieve Sustainability
Bryan Jenkins

Beyond Avoidance: AIFFP’s journey to strengthen E&S in Pacific Infrastructure
Jo Buldeski

Building IA Resilience through Advances in Qualitative Study Design
John Sinclair and Heidi Walker

Challenges for Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation in EIA of Myanmar
Ei Ei Mon

Climate change considerations for federally regulated pipelines in Canada
Usha Mulukutla

Conceptualizing guidelines to monitor environmental data involving locals
Randeep Singh Saini

Cost-efficient development of nature-based impact assessments
Diogo Chevalier

Development of Social Indicators to Evaluate USR Activities
Noriko SAITO

Global Perspectives on the Application of Western Worldview in SIA
Kathleen Vukovics

Integrated Assessment and indigenous community participation: an emerging market case study
KAMALA VAINY KANAPATHI PILLAI

Leadership and Change Management in Higher Education: A Conceptual Review
Evelyn Gan

Legislative changes to enable renewable energy development and build capacity in Impact Assessment in South Africa
Abulele Adams

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Resilience and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Javaid Afzal

Returning the social pillar to sustainable infrastructure
Jane Munday

Roles of ESG and EIA in preserving biodiversity – a case study in Hong Kong
Yoyo Mok

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Smarter Solar Procurement in the Pacific: Addressing lowest-cost risk
Philip Martin

Systems Analysis for Assessing Cumulative Effects – a generic tool for all tiers
Johanna S. Gordon

The EIA system of the Republic of Djibouti
ABDEK M.ABDI

The Role of International Developmental Partners in Impact Assessment & Implementation – Experiences from Nepal
Raju Gyawali

The Role of International Financial Institutions in Integrating Climate Change into Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in ASEAN
Mateusz Slowik

Toward better argument for clearer communication and more effective IA
Glenn Brown

USE OF MCDA TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AT SITE SCREENING
Bulent Kadioglu

Walk the Talk: Mitigating Human Rights Impacts of Infrastructure Projects
Isabelle Kim

YUKPA – A Semi-Nomad Colombian Community coexisting in a Mining and Energy Territory
Yaddy Ruiz