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Since 1st January 2020, Vibeke Jensen is the incumbent Director of the Division for Peace and Sustainable Development within the Education Sector at UNESCO Headquarters. The Division covers, amongst others, education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, prevention of violent…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Education, Health
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Vicente Anzelini leads the global and regional analysis team at Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and coordinates the production of the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID), regional reports, and country profiles. He previously worked for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Country: Lithuania
Vidmantas Jankauskas studied at the Vilnius University and worked for twenty years at the Lithuanian Energy Institute, researching energy economics. During that period he received his doctorate and doctor habilitation scientific degrees, published more than 100 scientific…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Vidya Soundarajan has more than 2 decades of experience in the fields of sustainable development, climate change, public policy, development fund management, and large-scale adaptation programmes. She is the former India Programme Head of Oxford Policy Management and Senior Regional Advisor…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Viganda Varabuntoonvit is an assistant professor at the Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Her areas of specialization and research include life cycle assessment, energy efficiency, energy and carbon intensity, energy management system, carbon…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land
An electrical engineer from IIT Madras, with a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, Vignesh has significant experience in technology development and renewable energy, in initiating, sustaining and…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, 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
Vijay Jagannathan comes from the World Bank where he was Sector Manager for infrastructure in the East Asia and Pacific region. He was responsible for an annual lending program of about $5 billion in the urban, water, transport and energy sectors. Mr. Jagannathan has been also …
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Vikas Gaba is the Partner, Power & Utilities, KPMG in India. He has over 14 years of experience working across the South Asia region with leading donor agencies and public sector institutes in designing power markets and policy & regulatory reforms. His expertise includes renewable energy,…
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
Vina is the Regional Director (Asia) of BirdLife International and has been in post since January 2017. BirdLife International is a Partnership of about 120 local organizations globally and supports conservation in 15 countries in Asia. Prior to joining BirdLife, Vina worked for the business school…
Topic(s): Environment
SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water
Dr. Vincent Aloysius is the Team Lead of the Technical Assistance project: “Promoting Action on Plastic Pollution from Source to Sea in Asia and the Pacific.” This project delivered city action plans and recommendations to shift towards plastic circularity in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam…
Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land