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Pradeep Tharakan

Director, ADB

Mr. Pradeep Tharakan has over 17 years of experience focused on global energy and environmental issues. Mr. Tharakan has worked for the ADB since 2010. His primary expertise is in the origination, financing, and delivery of large-scale clean energy investment programs in the public…

   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

Prakash Gaudel

Assistant Manager, Environment and Social Studies Department, Nepal Electricity Authority

Prakash has more than 10 years of experience in environmental assessment (IEE/EIA) of a variety of energy development projects, ranging from storage type to RoR hydropower projects, high voltage transmission lines, project access road, and camp facilities. He is currently engaged in cumulative…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Preety Bhandari

Former Chief of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Theme, concurrently Director, ADB

In her role at ADB, Preety was responsible for providing policy and strategic direction to ADB’s initiatives on climate change and disaster risk management, including mobilizing concessional financing from multilateral funds such as the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) and the Green Climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Prof. Taikan Oki

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Prof. Oki is a Special Advisor to the President, and a Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. His previous academic positions include Associate Professor with the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo and Associate Professor with the Research…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Protap Mukherjee

Senior Research Manager, Young Lives India

Protap Mukherjee is a Quantitative Research Coordinator at Young Lives India and works on education, child labor, and poverty. He obtained his master's degree in Geography from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and a masters degree in Population Studies from the International Institute for…

   Topic(s): Environment, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Puan Sri Maimon Arif Patail

Director, Malaysian Mosaics Sdn. Bhd.

Arif Patail is also a Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and within FMM, she is the Chairman of Malaysian Ceramic Industrial Group and the Chairman of the Energy Management Committee. Additionally, she is also a trustee of the National Heart Institute Foundation. Arif…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Puji Lestari

Professor of Air Quality Management and Atmospheric Chemistry, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology

Professor Puji Lestari is currently appointed as a Chair of Research Group on Air and Waste Management of ITB. She does work in the field of air pollution, conduct research on air quality monitoring and modeling, aerosol characteristics and composition, and GHGs emission inventory.

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Purdie Bowden

Assistant Director, Private Finance for Climate and Development, DFAT

Formerly a lead negotiator for Australia at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including for the Paris Agreement negotiations, Purdie is an experienced policy advisor at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has expertise in climate change and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   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

Qiang Zhang

Professor, Tsinghua University

Qiang Zhang is professor at Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University. He received his Ph.D. in environmental science and engineering from Tsinghua University in 2006. From 2006-2009, he worked at Argonne National Laboratory as a postdoc. His research interests include development of…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Qingchan Yu

Program Manager of Climate Change, Global Environmental Institute

Insistence on research and talent for building strong international and domestic collaborations guide Ms. Qingchan Yu’s approach to addressing climate change. Serving as the Program Manager of Climate Change at the Global Environmental Institute (GEI), she has led a Chinese and American team to…

   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