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James Greevy

Business Development and Product Manager, Herdwatch

  

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

James Lynch

Former Director General, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

James Lynch was the Director General of the East Asia Department of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines. He assumed office in February 2020. Mr. Lynch managed ADB’s sovereign operations in the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia across multiple sectors and thematic areas,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

James Spurgeon

Founder/Director, Ecosystem Valuation Specialist, Sustain Value

James Spurgeon is the founder and director of Sustain Value, a consultancy firm he established in 2011 to advise financial institutions, investors, multi-national companies and governments on natural capital, multi-capitals and the blue economy. He is an environmental economist with 30 years…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

James Symons

Vice-President, Business Development, APAC, Zero Mass Water

James Symons is Vice President for Business Development, APAC for Zero Mass Water. Zero Mass Water is the manufacturer of SOURCE Hydropanels, a completely off-grid, infrastructure-free system that produces water from sunlight and air. James has worked in a variety of business development roles in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Jan Newton

Senior PrincipalOceanographer and Affiliate Professor/Oceanograph, University of Washington

Dr. Jan Newton is a Senior Principal Oceanographer with the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington and an affiliate professor with the UWSchool of Oceanography and the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, both in the UW College of the environment. She is the Executive…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Jane GerardoAbaya

Director, Department of Technical Cooperation, Asia and Pacific Division, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria

Jane is an Austria-based Filipina scientist. In January 2019, she was appointed as director of the IAEA’s Department of Technical Cooperation Asia and the Pacific Division which provides technical cooperation support to 37 countries and territories in Asia and the Pacific.   Jane has…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jane Romero

Technical Assistance Officer, The Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility

Jane Romero is a Technical Assistance Officer in the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). Jane has an engineering and economics background and has worked in various aspects of infrastructure development in many countries in Asia and the Pacific for over 15 years. In her present role in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Private Sector, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jang Heo

Research Director Emeritus, Korea Rural Economic Institute

Dr. Jang Heo (Ph.D. in Sociology) got his bachelor and master degrees at the Seoul National University majoring in sociology. After spending several years as junior researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI), Seoul, Korea, he studied environmental sociology at the University of…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jaquelin Cochran

Group Manager for the Grid Systems Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jaquelin Cochran analyzes best practices to integrate renewable and distributed energy resources to the electric grid. She recently co-led a renewable energy grid integration study of India and is currently leading the City of Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study. Before joining NREL, Dr.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Javed Mir

Agriculture Specialist (Consultant), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Javed is a 2019-2020 Visiting Fellow at International Program, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA. He is currently an ADB consultant working on the Rural Development and Food Security Forum and East Asia Department’s project preparation…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities