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David von Hippel

Climate Resilient Energy System Expert - Consultant, Independent

David’s work for the Asian Development Bank since 2013 has focused on climate resilience assessments and other analyses of energy systems and infrastructure under a changing climate. As an independent consultant based in Eugene, Oregon, David works and has worked for many agencies, including ADB,…

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

Debora Utami

Program Manager, YAKKUM Emergency Unit Indonesia

Debora Dian Utami or Amie is currently the Program Manager of YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) Indonesia—an NGO that was established in 2001 and has mandates on inclusive emergency response, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and climate change adaptation. Amie graduated with a degree in communication…

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

Deepa Joshi

Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead, Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Deepa Joshi is the Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead at WLE and International Water Management Institutes (IWMI). A feminist political ecologist by training, her research has analysed shifts in environmental policies and how these restructure contextually complex intersections of gender, poverty,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Dewi Bramono

Deputy Director for Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, Asia Pulp and Paper

Dewi Bramono is the Deputy Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement of APP Indonesia. Bramono is responsible in driving and monitoring the implementation of standards and global best practices that improve the sustainability of APP’s operations in Indonesia. She is a key contributor to…

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

Diane Gail Maharjan

OIC-Assistant Director, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)

Diane Gail Maharjan is the current OIC-Assistant Director of the Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff of NEDA. She has been with the national planning agency for 12.5 years and has been shepherding policy review, planning, and programming for the environment and natural resources…

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

Dieldre Harder

Consultant, ADB

Dieldre is a freelance consultant who has been doing various research works in the water and sanitation sector for 15 years. She is currently involved with ADB as a WASH Survey Specialist for the preparation of the Survey Toolkit for the Urban Development and Water Projects. She served as Team…

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

Dilshan David

Executive (Sustainability and Environmental Management), Heritance Kandalama

David possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Sciences and currently reading for the master’s degree in Environmental Management, has been awarded the Presidents Medal for the Environmental Pioneer program conducted by the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka. Having served many years in the…

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

Ding Li Yong

Advocacy and Policy Manager (Asia), BirdLife International

Dr. Ding Li Yong is passionate about biodiversity (especially migratory species, wetlands and rainforests) and its protection, and how conservation practice can be reconciled with human development. He works with culturally diverse teams across Asia to create, drive, and scale-up projects that…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Dipal Chandra Barua

Founder, Bright Green Energy Foundation

Barua is the pioneer of solar energy in Bangladesh and played a role in the conceptualization resulting to the initiation of Grameen Bank project in later part of 1976. From then Barua started his creative work as a co-founder of Grameen Bank and dedicated himself 35 years for building Grameen Bank…

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

Divina Chingcuanco

Senior Energy Policy Specialist, IDG Learning, Energy & Environment for Development, RTI International

Divina brings over 38 years of experience in the energy and environment sectors, focusing on electric power industry restructuring, privatization, utility regulation, renewable and clean energy, and climate change. She was a three-term Chief of Party spanning 16 years for three USAID Philippines…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy