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Aditya Handa is the founder and managing director of Abellon Group. Abellon is engaged in finding sustainable development-led solutions to India's most difficult problems, such as climate change, waste management, energy security, food security, and realizing untapped human…
Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Arnold Tukker is a Professor of Industrial Ecology and the Scientific Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University. He also serves as a senior researcher at TNO, a large Dutch not-for-profit research organization. Arnold has set up prominent EU projects in the field…
Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land
Brigitte contributes to the financial management of disaster and climate risk across ADB’s developing member countries by working with ADB’s operational departments to prepare and implement respective solutions. Her primary responsibilities include developing disaster and climate risk financing…
Topic(s): Environment
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action
Chinguun Batkhuyag is the Chief Compliance Officer at Gobi JSC, where he oversees the sustainable development, legal, quality and standard assurance, internal control, and HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment) divisions.
As a seasoned lawyer with an LLB and LLM, Chinguun ensures that Gobi JSC…
Topic(s): Environment
SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Donald founded and leads CRDC, a zero-waste incubator in Costa Rica that harnesses the commercial potential of regenerative design, and CRDC Global, a world leader in circular economy solutions for the construction industry. His innovative Recover-Enrich-Appreciate-Prosper (REAP) Business Model was…
Topic(s): Environment
SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Douglas Gayeton is co-founder of Lexicon of Food, a US-based NGO. The platform has gathered over 1000 companies and organizations across the globe to build impact movements tackling our food systems' greatest challenges, from food waste to food as medicine, transparent supply chains to climate…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 14: Life Below Water
Francesca has over 12 years of experience in video production, having worked in advertising, journalism and corporate communications. Formerly an on-camera correspondent, she interviewed all sorts of colorful personalities ranging from Hong Kong's tycoons to Los Angeles' gangsters, before finally…
Topic(s): Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
In 2018, François Lesage co-founded Plastic Flamingo, a French social enterprise based in the Philippines. Previously, he worked as a consultant for various firms. He holds a master’s degree in Public Policy Management from Sciences Po and an MBA from Institut Mines-Télécom Business School.
Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Ms. Thomas joined WWF’s Coral Triangle Program in 2008 as a Pacific Policy Officer based in Fiji, and in 2014, became Program Leader. Ms. Thomas has lived and worked in the Pacific region since 2003, when she relocated from Australia to work for WWF in the Solomon Islands. Before that, she worked…
Topic(s): Environment
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Mr. Jens Thraenhart has over 25 years of international travel, tourism, and hospitality experience. In 1999, he founded Chameleon Strategies, an Affiliate Member of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), advising tourism organizations and travel businesses in leveraging digital engagement to drive…
Topic(s): Environment, Industry and Trade
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions