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Wee Kean Fong

Deputy Country Director, WRI China

Dr. Wee Kean Fong is the Deputy China Country Director of World Resources Institute (WRI), who is also leading WRI' s China Climate and Energy Program. He has more than 20 years of professional experience on sustainability, including climate, environment, and urban development. He is leading WRI' s…

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

Wei-Nee Chen

Chief Corporate Officer, Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Malaysia)

Dr. Wei-Nee Chen was appointed as Chief Corporate Officer of SEDA on 1st October 2011. She was the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SEDA from 2nd August 2018 until 8th January 2019. Dr. Wei-nee Chen holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch,…

   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

Weiwei Kou

CEO, Tianjin Climate Exchange

Weiwei Kou is currently the Director of Investment and Enterprise Development Department of Ant Financial Services Group, where she is responsible for the management of the invested companies. In January 2018, Ant Financial completed the strategic investment in the Tianjin Climate Exchange. In…

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

Wilhelm van Butselaar

Area Manager Energy Storage and Integration, Wärtsilä Corporation

Wilhelm has over 25 years of experience in sales, renewable energies, and storage applications with a strong background in leadership and management, motivating teams in a target-oriented work style. The combination of multi-language skills, a track record of exceeding targets as well as work with…

   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

William Lucht

Youth Project Designer, Youth for Asia, ADB

William Lucht is the Youth Project Designer in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Rural Development and Climate Change at Youth for Asia, where he supports the environmental program by creating and designing sustainable innovative solutions for youth inclusion in environment-focused ADB projects.

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

Wiwandari Handayani

Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Diponegoro

Wiwi is a distinguished expert in urban and regional planning, currently serving as the Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Universitas Diponegoro. With over 15 years of experience, Wiwi has been actively involved in urban sustainability and resilience projects. She has led…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Woochong Um

Managing Director General, ADB

Woochong Um is ADB’s Managing Director General. He assumed the position on 22 February 2021. Mr. Um is responsible for ensuring bank-wide coherence of key initiatives and issues. He provides oversight to the Department of Communications, the Office of Professional Conduct, and the Office of the…

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

Xia Li

Founder, Shenzhen Power-Solution Ind. Co., Ltd.

Xia Li obtained her Master’s degree in Business Administration from Ursuline College. She is a young entrepreneur and the Founder of Shenzhen Power-Solution Ind. Co., Ltd., a solar company dedicated to supplying the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) people with high-quality and affordable solar solutions…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Poverty
   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, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Xian Zhang

Deputy Director, Division of Social Service and Regional Development, Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21）

Over the past few years, Xian Zhang has always been contributing himself into pushing the work on planning energy strategies, tackling with Climate Change, and also accelerating the development of CCUS technology in China as well as supervising and extending international bilateral and…

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

Xianfu Lu

Former Senior Climate Change Specialist (Adaptation), ADB

Xianfu, ADB’s focal point for climate change adaptation, has worked on the science and policy of climate change adaptation for the past 20 years. Trained as an applied meteorologist, he spent the first 10 years of her career researching climate scenarios and their use in climate change impacts and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action