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Alanna Jayne Inserra

Senior Social Development Specialist , Asian Development Bank

Alanna Jayne Inserra is a Senior Social Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank's Fragility and Engagement Division. Seconded from Plan International, Alanna leads ADB's work on meaningful youth engagement with a focus on empowering young people, particularly marginalized young…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Bradley Hope

New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and former Wall Street Journal reporter, Project Brazen

Bradley is the co-author of Billion Dollar Whale, Blood and Oil and author of The Rebel and the Kingdom. He spent seven years breaking stories and leading investigations at the Wall Street Journal from New York and London. Before that, he covered the Arab Spring from Cairo, Tripoli and Beirut. He…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Finance, Public Sector Management and Governance
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Christina Cheong

Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Christina Cheong is a Climate Change focal at the Pacific Department in ADB. She joined ADB 3 years ago and supports Pacific governments to plan for and adapt to climate change induced hazards. As a civil and structural engineer, she is especially keen on promoting resilience in the built…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Christopher Au

Director, WTW

Christopher is the Director of WTW’s Asia-Pacific Climate Risk Centre, which focuses on climate risk quantification and management. Based in Singapore, the Centre works with support corporates, financial institutions, insurers, and governments to understand, quantify and build resilience against…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Danielle Wood

Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute

Danielle is the CEO of the Grattan Institute. She believes in the power of public policy to make Australia a better place. Danielle has published extensively on economic reform priorities, budget policy, tax reform, generational inequality, and reforming political institutions. She is a sought-…

   Topic(s): Education, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Eduardo Klein

Regional Director, HelpAge International

Eduardo Klein is Regional Director of HelpAge International, Asia Pacific Regional Offi ce. He oversees programs in collaboration with HelpAge network partners throughout the region. For the past 15 years, he has held various positions in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic , Viet Nam, and in…

   Topic(s): Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Erin Chu Felton

Senior Operations and Coordination Specialist, ADB

Erin is part of the FCAS and SIDS Unit in CCFE, supporting institutional capacity for operations in FCAS and SIDS. Last year she led a series of analytical products on Papua New Guinea, including a fragility resilience assessment to inform ADB’s country partnership strategy, and a climate and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Immanuel “Erick” E. Sarut

Senior Climate Change Officer, ADB

Erick Sarut serves as Senior Climate Change Officer at ADB’s Port Moresby Resident Mission, where he leads strategic engagement on climate resilience, adaptation financing, and institutional capacity building in Papua New Guinea. Prior to joining ADB, Erick worked for over 12 years with the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Janice Regoso

Chief of the Legal Division and Concurrent Board Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB)

Atty. Janice Regoso is the Chief of the Legal Division and Concurrent Board Secretary of the Pollution Adjudication Board of the Environmental Management Bureau of DENR.

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action

Jyoti Parikh

Executive Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development

Jyoti Parikh is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change –India and is a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC authors in 2007. She served as the senior professor and Acting Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai 1986-2003. IIASA…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Industry and Trade
   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 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production