GTP 2026
Conference Programme
12–15 October 2026 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Programme structure and timings are indicative. Speaker line-ups will be confirmed closer to the conference.
12–15 October 2026 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Programme structure and timings are indicative. Speaker line-ups will be confirmed closer to the conference.
Objective
The fossil fuel industry and its allies in plastics and chemicals are not winning because the science is on their side. They are winning because they are better funded, better organised and more strategically sophisticated. This session asks why, and what it would take to change that. Five questions frame the discussion: why are these industries so much better at communications; what bold proposals would actually shift the balance; what are the genuine barriers to those proposals; how do we overcome them sustainably; and what role can AI play, given that it currently risks deepening the asymmetry rather than correcting it. The central proposal is a standing, properly resourced, cross-sector communications coalition, with professional expertise, sustained multi-year funding and a shared focus on unpersuaded public audiences, placing health framing at its core. The session connects to the Planetary Health Communications Working Group, the Pro-Social AI Working Group and the Asia Pacific Media Professionals Workshop Series.
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Nature is not an externality to be managed at the margins of economic growth. It is foundational for unlocking economic prosperity yet economies are not designed to unlock that capital. This session will focus on how nature inspires and provides opportunities for transforming economies and human resilience.
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Systemic change is ultimately rooted in shifts in values and culture — what societies consider normal, desirable, and morally necessary. This plenary explores how cultural belief systems, faith traditions, education, and storytelling shape collective behaviour at scale. The session examines moments in history where rapid cultural shifts unlocked political and economic transformation, and how similar value tipping points can accelerate planetary health today. Announcing the Faith Toolkit and showcasing cultural change mechanisms, the plenary positions values not as abstract ideals, but as practical levers capable of triggering widespread behavioural, institutional, and policy change.
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Parallel action-oriented workshops; participants choose one track per slot to go deeper on practice, skills, and collaboration.
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Research Sessions run simultaneously with Action Workshops. Explore the research schedule for this date; presenter details, presentation titles and venues will be added once confirmed.
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This discussion is oriented towards opportunity rather than risk, grounded upon the following objectives: 1) To test whether a register that tracks positive tipping opportunities, rather than risks, is useful, or just another risk tool with a different name. 2) To ask key stakeholders useful a separate Human Flourishing Index would be, and whether it needs to work alongside existing metrics 3) To bring together ongoing efforts and new thinking on flourishing-oriented development, preventing duplication and fostering collaboration
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Health is not the destination; it is the driver. Societies with healthy populations invest more productively, govern more stably, and respond better to climate and economic shocks, making health leadership a systemic lever capable of triggering positive tipping points across governance, finance, and planetary sustainability. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution have severe health and economic impacts. Healthcare workers are consistently ranked among the most trusted people and are increasingly speaking up on harmful impact of the planetary crisis. This session highlights importance of how health systems not only need to transform to be resilient and develop resilient societies and what health leadership is pivotal in accelerating positive tipping points.
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How can breakthrough innovations trigger systems change at the scale and speed needed to repair our planet? In this fireside chat, the University of Exeter and The Earthshot Prize will explore the findings of their new positive tipping points report, which provides a blueprint to help the world reach self-reinforcing change across environmental, economic, and social systems. Expanding the latest positive tipping point science across five Earthshots - from nature and oceans, to air, climate, and waste - the report provides a practical framework for investors, NGOs, corporates and policy makers to show where targeted action can make the biggest difference. The Earthshot Prize will share how they are taking these insights forward to identify, support, and scale solutions capable of driving rapid systems change.
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Bring participants together to synthesise insights from parallel sessions and connect themes across the conference programme.
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Showcase poster presentations and informal exchange between researchers, practitioners, and participants.
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As the sun sets over Sunway Lagoon Beach, join us for an evening of connection, conversation and culinary discovery. This informal networking dinner brings together delegates from around the world in a vibrant beachside setting, featuring some of Malaysia's most beloved street food classics. Proudly sponsored by Sunway Group.