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Agnes Surry

Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist, ADBI

Agnes Surry joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in September 2022 and is Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist. Her areas of interest include development and public finance, aid effectiveness, climate change adaptation, gender equality, social policies,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Amina Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

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

Angelique Songco

Protected Area Superintendent, Tubbataha Management Office, Philippines

After serving in the Armed Forces of the Philippines for five years, Angelique Songco worked as a diving professional on liveaboards boats in the Tubbataha Reefs for ten (10) years. She represented a local NGO in the multi-sectoral Tubbataha Protected Area Management Board. In 2001, she headed…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Anna Samwel

Co-director, WECF Georgia

Coming from the Netherlands and now calling Georgia home, Anna is deeply committed to social and environmental justice. With a MSc in Biology and a Master's in Rural Development Studies, she works on the integration of gender issues into climate policies and actions. As the co-director of WECF…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Antonio Ver

Co-chairman & CEO, Energies PH, Inc.

He served as Independent Director in the Philippines Electricity Market Corporation managing the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market up to the June 2015. He was Founder and first-elected President of Asia Pacific Basin for Energy Strategies, a Think tank in Special Consultative Status in UN-ECOSOC.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Arjun P Gupta

Co-founder, Smart Joules

Arjun P. Gupta is on a mission to eliminate energy waste. He started Smart Joules in 2014 to make energy savings simple, substantial and profitable for large businesses and through “energy efficiency as-a-service” business models and digital technology innovations. Smart Joules has since delivered…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Arun Abraham

Senior Environment Specialist, ADB

Arun Abraham is a Climate and Environment Finance Specialist. His main area of work is to support blended finance for investment programs which address priorities and obligations under global Multilateral Environmental Agreements such as UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD, BRS Conventions, Law of the Sea and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Asa Sajise

Professor, UPLB, Philippines

Asa is a professor at the Department of Economics of the University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños, where he has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in microeconomic theory and environmental economics since 2003. He is also part of the executive committee and a co-regional director…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bakhadur Paluaniyazov

Head, Environment and Climate Action Cluster, United Nations Development Programme

Since April 2020, works as a Head of the Environment and Climate Action Cluster of UNDP in Uzbekistan: responsible for programming UNDP initiatives in areas of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Nature Resource Management (including Biodiversity conservation, Agriculture), Disaster Risk…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi

Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific

Dr. Bernadia is the first woman Secretary-General of UCLG’s regional section. She has been working in urban development and related fields for more than 15 years. Beginning her career at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and afterward CITYNET in Yokohama, Dr. Bernadia is also a visiting…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Governance and Public Sector Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals