Displaying 21 - 30 of 561
Alexandra Galperin has over 25 years of experience in Disaster Risk Management. Before joining ADB’s Pacific Regional Department in 2020, she worked for the Red Cross, the United Nations, and as a consultant for multiple technical, donor, humanitarian, and development organizations balancing…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Mr. Ali Jamil was born in Siabu, August 30, 1965. He has completed his Bachelor's and Master in Agriculture in North Sumatra and also has completed his Doctoral in Soil Science/Plant Physiology from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB), the Philippines in 2006.
He has had a career…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Health
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Mr. Fan Zhang (Allen) is an environmental economics scholar. He is the founder of the Hunan Innovative Low Carbon Center, the first private non-profit carbon neutrality think-tank in China with the provincial climate change authority as the business unit. Allen is also co-secretary of the Asia…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Mr. Aloysius Damar Pranadi is a Research Analyst under the Policy, Research, and Analytics Programme at the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE). He graduated from the Engineering Physics Department of the Universitas Gadjah Mada, and is pursuing his master’s degree at Energy and Power Management at…
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
Mr. Aman Ghalib is the Chief Executive Officer of DABS, the National Power Utility of Afghanistan. An engineer by profession, he has over a decade of professional experience and background in Afghanistan and abroad, and developed an exceptional proficiency and know-how in management and…
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
Before becoming the United Nations (UN) deputy secretary-general in early 2017, Amina J. Mohammed was the Minister of Environment of Nigeria. Prior to this, she supported the UN Secretary-General as special adviser on post-2015 development planning, where she was instrumental in bringing about the…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Hon. Ms. Aminath Shauna is the Maldives’ Minister of Environment, Climate Change, and Technology. Her portfolio includes protecting the natural environment and its resources, action, and advocacy on climate change, science and technology development, and the implementation of policies and…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Amit is the Executive Director of Integrated Urban Transport, WRI India. He is based in Delhi and provides vision and leadership to all transport initiatives across WRI India, managing relationships with partners and stakeholders.
Amit has around 20 years of experience in the field of urban…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management, Transport, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land
Amit is a solar engineer, with a Ph.D. in solar energy and Fulbright Scholarship from NREL, USA and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. He loves to shares real-life stories on how solar energy is transforming people’s lives across health, transport, water, and agriculture sector.
He works…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Health
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, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Amitabh Kant is India’s G20 Sherpa. The G20 or the Group of 20 is a forum where policymakers of industrialized and developing economies meet to discuss key issues in the global economy.
Kant is a governance reformer and a public policy change agent for India, having driven key reforms and…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth