Pak Sum LowDr Pak Sum Low joined China–ASEAN College of Marine Sciences of Xiamen University Malaysia in September 2020 as an adjunct professor. He is a fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia; a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Internationa Programme on Climate Change and Variability Risk Reduction initiated by the Pacific Disaster Centre, Hawaii, in 2009; and a member of the editorial board of World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, and International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development. He is the editor of Climate Change and Africa (Cambridge 2005). Dr Low has previously worked as the Regional Adviser on Environment and Sustainable Development (2001–2007) at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP); Programme Officer/Senior Programme Officer (1991–1999) at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); and Senior Research Associate (1988–1991), Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, UK. He was visiting professor/adjunct professor at Bond University, Australia (2009–2018), the inaugural Yayasan Sime Darby Chair in Climate Change at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2011–2013); a senior visiting professor at the UNEP International Ecosystems Management Partnership (IEMP), hosted by the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (2011–2012); and a visiting professor at the Institute of Desertification Studies, Beijing (2013, 2015). Read More Read Less