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Maria Neira

Director of Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization

María P. Neira (born 1962) is a Spanish physician, international civil servant, and diplomat, who has since 2005, served as the Director of the Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health Department (PHE) of the World Health Organization (WHO). María P.…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Maria Paniagua

Principal Portfolio Management Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Maria Paniagua is an urban planner with extensive work experience in managing investment and sector research projects for the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. She has a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Maria Pia Ancora

Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB

For the past twenty years, Maria Pia has designed and implemented integrated, climate-resilient urban development programs while leading environmental policy advisory across Asia—including China, India, Mongolia, and Pakistan—focused on water and air pollution and, more recently, the circular…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action

Maria Spies

Co-CEO, HolonIQ

  Dr. Maria Spies is Co-Founder & Co-CEO of HolonIQ, the world's leading research and analytics platform for the global impact economy, whose data and insights power growth, innovation and risk intelligence for forward thinking governments, institutions, organizations and investors across…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Maria Theresa Capellan

Chairman of the Board, Philippine Solar and Storage Energy Alliance

Selected in 2013 as the Power Woman of the Year, Tetchi is a pioneer in renewable energy in the Philippines. In 2006, she began her career in renewable energy as Country Director for the US-government funded rural electrification project, where her work energized 500 villages using solar home…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   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

Maria Theresa M Castro

Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines, Los Banos

Maria Theresa Medina Castro is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development (ICOPED), College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines Los Banos. She finished her Master’s degree in Development Studies with Distinction at Victoria…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Maria Tran

Senior Project Officer (Urban Development), ADB

Maria is an engineer with over ten years' experience working with regional, rural, and vulnerable communities to access critical services such as water and sanitation. Her recent work in Nauru working in the water, sanitation, and solid waste management sectors particularly highlights the unique…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

MariaGoreti Muavesi

Senior Environmental Legal Officer, Oceania Regional Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Maria-Goreti Muavesi joined IUCN Oceania Regional Office (ORO) in 2013 where she oversees the implementation of ORO’s environmental law programme. She obtained her law degree from the University of the South Pacific in 2004 and was admitted to the Fiji High Court Bar in 2005. In…

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Mariana Mazzucato

Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London

Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). She received her BA from Tufts University and her MA and PhD in Economics from the…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Marianne Weinreich

Market Manager, Smart Mobility, Ramboll

Marianne Weinreich holds a master's degree in Scandinavian Literature and language and World History, but for more than 20 years she has advised cities about sustainable mobility policy and promotion and mobility management. She’s an expert in cycling policy and promotion.   For the last 4…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities