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Duncan Lang

Senior Environment Specialist, ADB

Duncan is a Senior Environment Specialist at ADB in the Environment Group of CCRE, CCSD where he provides advisory and compliance support to operational departments as well as working on thought leadership work within the environment sector. His current work involves development of ADB’s long-term…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Eang Sophalleth

Under Secretary of State, Government of Cambodia

Eang obtained his PhD from the University of Calgary. Prior to his current position, he was Chairman of the Association of Natural Rubber-Producing Countries, and was Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia, from 2013 to 2016. He was also Under Secretary…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Emily Pindilli

Director of the Science and Decisions Center and Chief Economist, U.S. Geological Survey

As a PhD environmental economist, Emily focuses on a diverse portfolio of environmental and informational economics research topics including the value of scientific information, ecosystem services assessment and valuation, methods to integrate multi-disciplinary analyses to support…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Emma Sinclair

Environment Scientist, Samoa Independent Water Schemes Association (IWSA)

Emma plays a crucial role in our European Union-funded project “Support to better improve the capacity of communities to better manage water resources”. Emma is responsible for the development of drinking water safety plans for the communities under the IWSA. She works closely with the communities…

   Topic(s): Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action

Erik SpiroLarrea

Senior Engagement Manager (Nature for Water Facility), The Nature Conservancy

Erik is a senior project lead for TNC’s Nature for Water Facility, a specialist team that helps local programs analyze, develop, and execute NBS for water security. Erik led Nature for Water’s first project and has since directly supported 15 NBS programs worldwide with various detailed analyses.…

   Topic(s): Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Evelyn PiñaCovarrubias

Postdoctoral Research Fellow , University of Southampton

Dr. Evelyn Piña-Covarrubias was previously a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences of the University of Southampton, where she led a study on climate change risks for two basins in ASEAN countries. She previously worked for the Mexican Secretariat of…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Francis Areki

Senior Technical Advisor, WWF Pacific

Francis Areki is Senior Technical Advisor to WWF Pacific’s Director. He has worked in the environmental and community development field for over 20 years with expertise in forestry, climate change and marine fisheries management- project design, resourcing, research and advocacy. Through WWF and as…

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

Fred Wurster

Hydrologist (Infrastructure Management Division), National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Fred has worked as a wetland hydrologist with more than 20 years of experience developing water management strategies and implementing hydrologic restoration on National Wildlife Refuges in the United States. He has worked in a variety of wetland ecosystems, both inland and coastal, from…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Haixia Zheng

Professor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS); International Poverty Reduction Center in China

Zheng Haixia is a professor at the Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), and a researcher at the Centre for International Agricultural Research (CIAR), CAAS. She is also senior advisor to the International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IRPCC). Dr…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Poverty
   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, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Hiroki Yoshida

Deputry Director, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Strategy Office, ANRE, METI, Japan

Since 2002, he has a lot of policy-making experiences in METI for various sectors: Space Industry, Semiconductor, Metal Stamping/Die&Modl/Foundry/Heat Treatment, SME, International Standard, Protecting know-how, Energy, and International cooperation.

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, ICT, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action