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Xiaoting Jin

Senior Project Officer, Agence Française de Développement

JIN Xiaoting is Senior Project Officer of French Development Agency (AFD). She is the focal point of “biodiversity” and “innovation” of AFD in China. She joined AFD in 2008 and has developed and managed over 800 million EUR of Official Development Aid (ODA) projects covering biodiversity…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Yasuhiko Hotta

Director, Sustainable Consumption and Production Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Hotta holds Dphil in International Relations from the University of Sussex in 2004. Since joining IGES in 2005, he has been involved in various policy initiatives and research projects in relation to resource efficiency and circular economy such as G8’s 3R Initiative, Working Group for 3R Policies…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Yongping Zhai

Former Chief of Energy Sector Group, ADB

Yongping Zhai graduated from the Department of Thermal Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1983. Subsequently, he studied at the Institute of Energy Policy and Economics Grenoble, France, and received Ph.D. in Energy Economics in 1989. From 1993 to 2000, he served as a Senior Energy…

   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

Yoonee Jeong

Senior Digital Technology Specialist, ADB

Yoonee Jeong is a Senior Digital Technology Specialist with the Digital Technology for Development Unit at ADB. She is a digital technology public policy professional with nearly 20 years of international experience. Before joining ADB, Yoonee was the Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs with…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Youree Lee

Co-Founder and CEO, W-Foundation

A philanthropist and an entrepreneur, Dr. Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of W-Foundation, CBO at Actwo Technologies of Peer, and an Adjunct Professor at Hanyang University School of Business. W-Foundation is an international non-profit organization and one of the most active nonprofits accredited by…

   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

Yu Qian

Program Director, International Crane Foundation

Yu Qian is China Program Director of International Crane Foundation (ICF). Before joining ICF, she worked for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for 12 years. She provided technical support to the development of “China Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2011-2030)” which was issued by…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Yuki Murai

Manager, Project Promotion Division, Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama

This presentation discussed the City of Yokohama's plans and efforts towards global warming countermeasures to making the city a zero-carbon society. Since 2014, he has been a Project Officer in the Climate Change Policy Headquarters of the city of Yokohama. He is in charge of the Yokohama Smart…

   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

Yunsoung Kim

Research Fellow, Green Energy Strategy Institute

Yunsoung Kim is a Research Fellow at Green Energy Strategy Institute which mainly concerns renewable energy, district heating and cooling, and electricity market reform policies for the energy transition. Ever since she received her PhD in Urban Planning from Seoul National University in 2007, she…

   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

Zhang Mingxiang

Project Environmental Policy and Legislation Expert; and Deputy Dean, School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University

Dr. Mingxiang Zhang, Professor and Deputy Dean of School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, the National Environmental Policy and Legislation Expert of the UNDP-GEF "Strengthening the protected area network for migratory bird conservation along the East Asian-…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Zhang Xiaohong

Yellow Sea China Project Manager, Wetlands International

Dr. Xiaohong Zhang works as an Associate Expert with Wetlands International. She is now working on the Flyway Bottleneck Yellow Sea Project as a project manager based in China representing Wetlands International. She started with Wetlands International in China in 2002 and was responsible for…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water