Indo-Pacific Environmental Hub

Dynamic Solutions to Protect and Rejuvenate Our Environment

The Indo-Pacific Environmental Hub (IPEH) is a platform for entrepreneurs, NGOs, governments, donors, investors, academics, professionals, students, and volunteers looking for proactive and effective solutions to environmental issues in the Indo-Pacific Region. IPEH’s mission is to deliver accelerated results to the region’s climate-induced challenges and anthropogenic impacts.

Our organization is founded on the principle that the protection and rejuvenation of the planet’s natural harmony is the core of our interconnected societies’ sustainability. This sustainability is inseparable from the advancement of social, ethnic, and gender equity, as economic betterment and education relieve many points of pressure on the environment.

IPEH tackles environmental issues with practical and innovative solutions that mitigate ecological deterioration and rejuvenate our eco-systems.

IPEH is the coordinating center for four different entities:

Indo-Pacific Climate Challenge Summit & Expo (IP-CCSE)
Indo-Pacific Environmental Affairs (IPEA): research, consulting, negotiating liaison
Indo-Pacific Green Growth (IPGG): incubator and venture builder of innovative enterprises
Environmental Regeneration Institute (ERI): R&D network

Indo-Pacific Climate Challenge Summit & Expo

Stakeholder engagement platform and annual convenings
www.IP-CCSE.org

The IP-CCSE is a platform for stakeholder engagement, education, and communication that advances cooperation in climate change mitigation and environmental protection.
The IP-CCSE also hosts annual hybrid convenings in the Indo-Pacific region, including in the United States. These events gather leaders and thinkers in policy, finance, business, technology, academia, government, and the media. Their mission and contribution are to elevate, design, and activate cumulative steps towards net zero and environmental rejuvenation.

Annual Summit & Expo convenings:

October 8-9, 2025, in Canberra, Australia
June 4-6, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan
June 3-5, 2027, in New Delhi, India
June 4-6, 2028, in Washington, DC

Indo-Pacific Environmental Affairs

Effective Solutions to Environmental Challenges for Governments and Corporations

IPEA is a research and consulting body comprised of a network of researchers, professionals, academics, civil servants, NGOs, and financiers providing input, data, and study in order to deliver effective options to issues submitted to IPEA.

This specialized and adaptable organization enables IPEA to address a wide range of topics:

Research, consulting, marketing, and education focused on de-carbonization, renewable clean energy, resilience, and mitigation.
Research and proposals towards achieving “Circularity”: economic endeavors are to be conceived with the least “Negative Eco-Impact”, recycling all by-products into new usable elements. There is value to be found and created in by-products of production, manufacturing, distribution, and consumption. Circularity invites governments and businesses to envision industries and their regulations based on local and global environments, as well as socio-economic realities.
Research and consulting to improve existing activities to reach “Positive Eco-Impact”
Carbon pricing, carbon tax, carbon credits, trading, mitigation
Government/Corporate liaison for negotiated regulations
Corporate environmental issue resolution and governance
Assessment and critical analysis of a client company’s history and related community sentiment in the framework of the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)
Drafting of Corporate Sustainability Strategies and Corporate Governance Principles
NGOs/business groups liaison for creative mitigation of undesirable practices
Assembling of “Government Green Teams”
Assembling of “Corporate Green Teams”

“Negotiated regulations can be an engine that powers businesses’ competitive and evolutionary edge, not a threat to corporate development and profitability.”

Philip Lajaunie, founder

Indo-Pacific Green Growth

Incubator and Venture Builder for Accelerated Environmental Progress

IPGG is an incubator and venture builder platform that fosters the creation and development of environmentally progressive products and enterprises.

The incubation of new concepts may be supported by grants and funding from NGOs and nonprofits, rapidly bringing promising endeavors to the proof-of-concept/of-market stage.

The venture building of the new companies brings in seasoned professionals and investors to accelerate growth and financial results.

Both the incubator and the venture builder are powered by project-focused teams assembled by IPGG from networks of experienced international professionals and entrepreneurs.

The needs addressed by these products and enterprises include:

Reduction/cleanup and mitigation of negative environmental impact, such as river and ocean plastics, air and water pollution, micro-plastics, de-carbonization
Environmental rejuvenation: productive reforestation -along with alternatives to wood fuel and timber, river flows, wetlands, mangroves, etc.
Design of new energy production models and systems, including multi-source energy production units and storage: “Managed Power Packs”. Objective: implementation of micro/nano/pico-grids based on diverse local sourcing and cybersecurity imperatives. Applications: military and sensitive industrial installations, government centers, hospitals, refuge facilities, remote and island communities, etc.
Emission-free personal and commercial transportation
Progressive food production/packaging/transportation/distribution methods to reduce negative impacts. Reduction of fertilizer and pesticide use, reduction of methane and carbon emissions, elimination of single-use plastics.
Introduction and integration of environmental protection awareness in education and public communication

“Corporate biosphere stewardship provides a new business logic with the purpose of shepherding and safeguarding the resilience of the biosphere for human well-being.”

Nature Ecology & Evolution.

“Ventures that are conceived with strong and irrevocable inclusion of ecologically sound, far-sighted SDG principles are not only sustainable, they are now the only way to launch new ventures.”

Philip Lajaunie

“Whether it’s pulling plastics from our oceans or carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the road to success needs to be paved in gold.”

Torben Daeneke, RMIT physical chemist, in Nature Communications.

“Environmental sustainability yields sustainable profitability”

Philip Lajaunie

Environmental Regeneration Institute

R&D at the intersection of public policy, technology, and “ecopreneurship”, to advance environmental regeneration

The Environmental Regeneration Institute (“EnReIn”, EnReIn.org) is a network of diverse professionals collaborating to research and develop solutions to environmental issues, as well as to the ecological rejuvenation of our planet.

The network explores sustainability strategies for governments, industries, and companies. It focuses on the design and implementation of circular models, and the design of marketplace platforms for manufacturers’ supply chain circularity.

EnReIn advises on data collection and innovative analysis, impact-free economic development, eco-rejuvenation, rewilding, no-impact energy solutions, emission-free transportation, city modernization, new city planning, pro-environment taxation schemes, carbon taxation, carbon markets, and local/national/regional public policy.

A particular skill of EnTReIn is to facilitate the introduction of sustainability programs to decision-makers in governments and companies, as well as to the public, with innovative marketing techniques.

Team

Philip Lajaunie

Founder:

Philip Lajaunie was born and raised in Bordeaux, France, where he initially pursued a medical career. After emigrating to the United States in the early 1980s, Philip became an avid entrepreneur: hospitality, real estate, product development, manufacturing, and international distribution. Sustainability and environmental engagement have been woven throughout Philip’s career, initiated by the Kyoto Protocol’s commitments at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992.

His Executive Education include:

Cambridge Judge Business School: Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies (2021)
The University of Edinburgh, Schools of Engineering and Geosciences: Certificate in Climate Change, Carbon Capture and Storage (2021)
Harvard Kennedy School: Executive Certificate in Public Policy. (2018-20) Programs: Climate Change Policy: Economics and Politics; Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure; Climate Change and Energy
Harvard Business School: Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation (2011)
Harvard Law School: Program On Negotiation (2009)

IPEH’s professional network:

The network is being assembled, and candidacies and proposals are continuously considered. The network’s seasoned professionals join in IPEA and IPGG’s various projects based on their nature. Members participate in developing endeavors, or are consulted when creative input is needed. From engineers, accountants, environmentalists, academics, financiers, lawyers, government staff, and NGOs to C-suite executives, motivated individuals are welcome to become members of our growing network. Members may elect to contribute their professional contribution as seed investment.

IPEG is also looking for co-founders bringing unique talent, knowledge, and (renewable!) energy to its global endeavors.

Hervé Houdré

Sustainability in Hospitality and Real Estate

Hervé Houdré enjoyed a rewarding hospitality career managing prestigious hotels: Plaza Athénée New York, Hôtel de Crillon and Plaza Athénée Paris, Willard InterContinental-Washington D.C., InterContinental Barclay-New York and held the position of Chief Operating Officer, Kempinski Hotels & Resorts. Houdré was recognized as the 2006 Independent Hotelier of the World by HOTELS magazine readers.

A leader in sustainability, in 2006 he published Sustainable Hospitality© – Sustainable Development in the Hotel Industry, a white paper promoted by Cornell University’s Center for Hospitality Research. He co-edited a book, Hotel Sustainable Development: Principles and Best Practices, published in 2011 by American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. He teaches Sustainable Tourism at New York University, lectured at New York Institute of Technology, George Washington University, Michigan State University, Tourism College of Zhejiang and in numerous trade conferences. Throughout his career he served on several boards such as The Leading Hotels of the World, Hotel Association of New York City, American Hotel & Motel Association, NYC & Company, United Nations International School, Global Sustainable Tourism Council.

Robert Thomas

Environmental Strategy and Compliance

Highly regarded as a global leader in environmental stewardship, Robert D. F. Thomas, PhD.c., has built a stellar reputation by developing and implementing innovative risk mitigation and sustainability initiatives; which ensure environmental, social, and governance (ESG) engagement. Throughout his career, he has led the implementation of innovative processes to ensure strict adherence to global policies and applicable regulations, with a particular emphasis on identifying and resolving emerging risks.

Currently, Mr. Thomas serves as the Director, Environmental Compliance for Sysco Corporation where he is responsible for the environmental performance of Sysco Operating Companies and U.S. Specialties; thereby, overseeing Sysco’s environmental strategy, systems, policies and programs that promote sustainable development. Mr. Thomas holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, an MBA from Palm Beach Atlantic University, a Masters in Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School, and he’s currently pursuing Ph.D. in Global Sustainability from Prescott College.

Paolo Tamagnone

Hydroclimatology, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Prevention, and Agricultural Development for Food Safety

Paolo Tamagnone is an emerging hydraulic engineer. He graduated with honours in civil engineering from Politecnico di Torino, with specialization in Hydraulics. After the studies, he gained field experiences collaborating with an engineering association to then come back to his university where he is currently pursuing a PhD in Hydraulics. His research interests are related to the comprehension of hydroclimatic hazards striking African drylands and investigation of strategies aimed at the adaptation and mitigation of these threats. Moreover, the emphasis is focused on the study of nature-based solutions as sustainable approaches. He was also involved, as research collaborator, in the second phase of the international cooperation project “ANADIA Niger – Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Prevention and Agricultural Development for Food Safety”.

Professor Elena Comino

Applied Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Phytotechnology, and Phytoremediation

Elena Comino is a Professor of Applied Ecology at Politecnico di Torino – Environmental, Territory, and Infrastructure Engineering Department. She obtained a Biology Degree cum Laude, a Ph.D. in Geological and Environment Engineering, and a Master in Environmental Engineering, developing a particular interest in the integration of phytotecnologies in strategies and programs for the sustainable development. She teaches the courses of Applied Ecology to the students in Environmental Engineering and of Environmental Sustainability Procedure. She is responsible for the Laboratory in Applied Ecology and most of her work is now oriented in the fields of phytoremediation and environmental sustainability. She coordinates an interdisciplinary team group, technical specialists, young researchers, and graduate students. She was a visiting professor at The Melbourne University (Australia), EPFL (Lausanne), USP (Universitade de Sao Paulo Brasile). She is Professor at Turin Tashkent Politechnica Universitate (Uz).

She supervised and co-tutored Thesis, Master Thesis, and Ph.D. Thesis, with projects focused on restoration, land conservation, bioremediation, and new phytotecnologies.

She authored over 80 publications, of Nationals and Internationals relevance and she participates in several Conferences as an invited speaker, chairman, and presenter.

She is responsible for scientific and economic matters in national and international projects. Recently she focused all these studies also on the social and planning aspects.

Member of: Ecology Italian Society (SItE), Wetland Scientist Society (SWS), International Phytotecnology Society (IPS).

Zara Amer, Founder and Editor

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Chukwuemeka Cosmas Nwedeh

Chukwuemeka Cosmas Nwedeh is an Energy Economist and Policy professional, offering over 5 years of research experience and consulting in energy access and power generation to enhance energy transition and mitigate climate change.

Previously, Cosmas has worked with Green Climate Fund, Republic of Korea, African Development Bank, Abidjan Cote d’ Ivoire, and MicroEnergy International, GmbH, Berlin, Germany, where he supported their energy access and power generation efforts to mitigate climate change. Cosmas worked on GCF’s resource assessment for universal access in the Division of Mitigation and Adaptation to enhance energy transition and help developing countries fulfil their ambitious NDCs. During his time with AFDB, he supported light up and Power Africa in the Department of Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation. His early career experience was with MEI, a German consulting company, where he supported the development of clean and renewable energy services in the region with poor infrastructure and low income.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and two masters’ degrees respectively: M.Sc. Energy Economics from the Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and M.Sc. Energy Policy from the Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences, Algeria.

He has served as a research leader of Policy Analysis and Research Group, and a member of the Nigeria Association of Energy Economics. Cosmas is the author of the high-impact book on the Macroeconomic Determinants of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Nigeria, which is now in eight languages and sold worldwide.

Indo-Pacific Region

The Indo-Pacific Region stretches from India to the western shores of the Americas, and from NE Asia to Australia and New Zealand. The region encompasses nations with many of the fastest-growing populations and industrial developments, creating unprecedented environmental pressures. Many countries are at immediate risk of massive floods, requiring urgent adaptation. In numerous areas, the regulatory universe is insufficient, which allows rapid environmental deterioration.

The region’s young populations, however, are dedicated to improve the earth’s environment, bringing dedication, creativity, and power to change the current paradigms and, in fact, save the world.