Dr Minhaz Farid Ahmed is a University Lecturer/Research Fellow at the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He obtained a PhD on Environment and Development from UKM. Dr Minhaz also won a partial scholarship from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) while pursuing a Master’s Degree Program in Resource and Environmental Management in Bangladesh. Dr Minhaz’s research interests are on Sustainability Communication, which is in line with the aspirations of the Integrated Water Resources Management Concept (IWRM) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including through a disaster risk reduction (DRR) approach for ecological systems’ management. Dr Minhaz is also interested in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation research, namely access to safe water supply and migration due to climate change, including his previous involvement in several United Nations-sponsored research projects. Among the projects are, AP-FAST (Acceleration of Science and Technology in the Asia Pacific Region); MUCP (UNESCO Malaysia Cooperation Program) in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific Regional Area; as well as the Malaysian National Water Sector Transformation Research Program (WST2040) by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and the Malaysian Academy of Sciences (ASM). These are all being planned to support the IWRM implementation agenda for the sake of Sustainable Development of the nation and country, with Dr Minhaz acting as Head of special module development for government officials. Dr Minhaz is also recognized by the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Kyoto University, Japan and was invited as a panelist and special speaker at the 5th GADRI Global Summit: Engaging Sciences with Action (2021), also invited by UNESCO Jakarta in SETI Science Policy Forum fully funded by UNESCO in Davao, Philippines (2018); was also invited by the International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) at the 17th International Conference on the World’s Major Lakes fully funded by the Organizer, in Ibaraki, Japan (2018). Dr. Minhaz is also a member of the LESTARI promotion and exhibition committee (2022-25).