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Tris Allinson

Senior Conservation Scientist, Birdlife International

BirdLife’s work on the impact of energy infrastructure on birds is overseen by Tris Allinson, a world expert in the development of spatial planning tools to facilitate responsible energy expansion. Tris works closely with governments, international financial institutions, and the energy sector to…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Tserensambuu Nurenzedgombo

Head of e-GP and Information Technology Division , State Procurement Agency, Mongolia

Tserensambuu Nurenzedgombo is a ICT and Public procurement expert with 15 years of experience in web application development, system analysis, business architecture and ICT development including work for governmental projects, 10 years of experience in Public Procurement. Currently, He is the Head…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

U Aung Myint

General Secretary, Renewable Energy Association Myanmar

U Aung Myint was a teaching staff and research scholar/leader at Departments of Botany, Marine Biology and Marine Science at Mawlamyine University between 1972 and 1989. In 1995, he founded the Renewable Energy Association of Myanmar (REAM), a local environmental NGO which works to educate the…

   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

Udayanga Hemapala

Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Sri Lanka

Prof. Udayanga Hemapala is the current Secretary of the Ministry of Energy in Sri Lanka. He graduated in 2004 with a BSc in engineering (first-class honors) degree specializing in electrical engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Genova, Italy in 2009.  He was promoted to…

   Topic(s): Energy, ICT, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Ulrich Volz

Professor in Economics, SOAS University of London

Dr Ulrich Volz is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS, University of London. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability, a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Umesh Madhavan

Research Director , The Circulate Initiative

Umesh is Research Director at The Circulate Initiative, a nonprofit organization committed to solving the ocean plastic pollution challenge and advancing the circular economy in emerging economies. In his role, Umesh leads The Circulate Initiative’s research strategy, with a focus on data and…

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

Undral Ganbaatar

Head of Social and Human Science, UNESCO

Undral Ganbaatar is responsible for the Social and Human Sciences sector at UNESCO's Jakarta Office which oversees UNESCO's operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines and Timor-Leste. The sector oversees implementation of the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of…

   Topic(s): ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Urda Eichhorst

Director, NDC Transport Initiative for Asia

Urda is the director of the NDC Transport Initiative for Asia, coordinating the initiative’s work across all components. She consults partner countries on their climate strategies in the transport sector and related transparency frameworks and data collection. Urda is based in Bonn, Germany.  

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

V Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India

Prior to his appointment as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India in January 2022, Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran was a writer, author, teacher and consultant.​ He has written a weekly Mint column for fifteen years on Tuesdays since 2007.​ ​He has co-…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Vaibhav Tidke

Co-founder and CEO, S4S Technologies

Vaibhav is the CEO and co-founder at S4S Technologies, India. With a background of a Ph.D. in agri-food processing and management training at IIM-A, he started S4S as a full-stack food processing company. S4S manufactures and sells food ingredients to FMCG and the foodservice industry. The S4S…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure