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Fiza Farhan

Advisor and Member, UN High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment

Fiza Farhan is a Pakistan-based entrepreneur and development expert, featured in the US Magazine Forbes “30 Under 30 List of Social Entrepreneurs” for 2015 and again in Forbes Asia List of” 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs in 2016”. She represents Pakistan on the United Nation's Secretary…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Gender Equality
   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 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Frank Haugwitz

Director, Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory Co. Ltd.

Frank Haugwitz is an independent solar energy consultant known for his insights into the workings of the solar market in the People's Republic of China (PRC). He advises foreign entities on solar market developments across Asia in general and the PRC in particular. He is a frequent…

   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

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

Gajanana Hegde

Team Leader, Regulatory Development (Energy), UNFCCC Secretariat

Gajanana Hegde leads the regulatory development (energy) team to develop standards to measure the outcomes of climate actions within the sustainable development mechanism (SDM) program of the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn. He has over two decades of professional experience in climate change, renewable…

   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

Gary Zieff

Principal Energy Advisor, USAID Viet Nam Low Energy Emissions Program

Gary Zieff is an accomplished renewable energy expert with over 18 years’ experience in emerging and established energy markets. He is currently based in Viet Nam serving as Principal Energy Advisor with USAID’s Viet Nam Low Emission Energy Program. He works with GVN on the DPPA policy design,…

   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

Gene Muller

General Manager, Pacific Islands Tuna

​Based in the Marshall Islands, Gene leads Pacific Island Tuna’s relationships and works on the ground in the Pacific. Gene has over 20 years of experience in the tuna industry, including roles as the fleet operations manager for a Marshall Islands-based fishing company and as the general manager…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Hanna Boogaard

Consulting Principal Scientist, Health Effects Institute

Hanna Boogaard has more than 20 years of experience in air pollution epidemiology. She is a Consultant Principal Scientist at the Health Effects Institute (HEI) in Boston, MA, an independent research organization with balanced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the motor…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Harald van Hoeken

Director, Oceans of Energy

Harald van Hoeken, a Dutch citizen, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering as well as Ocean Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology. Mr. van Hoeken has 25 years experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, and for the past 5 years has been working in developing floating…

   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

Harold Meurisse

Representative Director, Ciel & Terre

Harold Meurisse has been working actively on the Floating Solar sector for the past 7 years. Since he joined Ciel & Terre, the pioneer and world leader for floating solar applications, he contributed to open new markets especially by developing the activities of the company in South America…

   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

Helen Crowley

Secretary General, GEM Foundation

Helen graduated with an MEng in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London in 2000 and after working for a year as a graduate engineer, she moved to Italy to complete her MSc and PhD degrees in earthquake engineering at the University of Pavia (ROSE School). Helen worked as a researcher in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land