Professor Ir Dr Haslenda Hashim specialises in energy planning, optimisation and climate resilience. She is internationally and nationally recognised as a certified energy trainer, assessor, technical expert and policy advisor to the industries and government, i.e. SEDA Malaysia, KASA, KeTSA, GreenTech Malaysia Iskandar Region Development Authority (IRDA) and international body, i.e. UN ESCAP, UNDP in energy and climate change-related area. Her research work in climateresilient and sustainability aspects is commendable. She specialises in developing and using modelling to plan and design climate-resilient energy systems and lowcarbon society. She has contributed to knowledge transfer and public engagement on policy issues, especially in lowcarbon society. She has also worked on policy papers, i.e. Low Carbon Blueprint for Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) (2015), Low Carbon Society Blueprint 2030 (2017) for IRDA, DBKL and Pengerang, as well as the National Climate Change Report (2020) for JAIF-ASEAN State of Climate Change Project. She has more than 200 publications in Scopus with an H-index of 33 and over 3,000 citations. She has received recognition as World Top 2% Scientists according to the 2019 ranking. Her expertise in the energy field is evidenced through her involvement as an Associate Editor of Energy Report (Elsevier; IF: 3.83) and Guest Editors for several reputable journals. She has led four international projects sponsored by the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality. She received a grant from UNDP for climate change forecasting and mitigation for the AFOLU sector. She has won many awards, internationally and locally, for her outstanding accomplishment, research discoveries and inventions, i.e. US-Asean Science & Technology Fellowship (2018), 1Belt-1Road Young Scientist from Shanghai Municipality (2018), Korean Women Inventors Special Award (2013) and Renewable Energy Research Program Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan (2014). She has been appointed as co-chair of the ASM Transboundary Haze Study that led to the formulation of the Local and Transboundary Pollution Act feasibility study and provided strategic input for setting the STI Agenda for Hydrogen Economy.