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Abhay Bakre

Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power

Shri Abhay Bakre took over as Director General (Head) of Bureau of Energy Efficiency in 2017 which is the nodal organisation under Central Government to develop strategies for energy transition in the country. He is also Indian Sherpa for Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) platform…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action

Agnes Surry

Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist, ADBI

Agnes Surry joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in September 2022 and is Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist. Her areas of interest include development and public finance, aid effectiveness, climate change adaptation, gender equality, social policies,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ana Amazo

Managing Consultant, Guidehouse

Ana Amazo is a Managing Consultant at Guidehouse and a member of USAID’ Scaling up Renewable Energy (SURE) project. She is an expert in policy and regulation of renewable energy incl. auctions and market and system integration of renewable energy. Ana has led assignments for governments and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Ananya Basu

Director, PARD, ADB

Ms Ananya Basu is currently Director at the Pacific Department (PARD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She works on public sector management operations in PARD, and with the economics team on the Asian Development Outlook and the biannual Pacific Economic Monitor publications. She has also…

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

Angela Mae Minas

Research Associate, The University of Manchester

Angela Minas is a social scientist in the field of agriculture and low carbon energy based at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at The University of Manchester. She applies her interdisciplinary expertise to study social innovation and uses participatory methods and social network…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Antonio Ver

Co-chairman & CEO, Energies PH, Inc.

He served as Independent Director in the Philippines Electricity Market Corporation managing the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market up to the June 2015. He was Founder and first-elected President of Asia Pacific Basin for Energy Strategies, a Think tank in Special Consultative Status in UN-ECOSOC.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Arun Abraham

Senior Environment Specialist, ADB

Arun Abraham is a Climate and Environment Finance Specialist. His main area of work is to support blended finance for investment programs which address priorities and obligations under global Multilateral Environmental Agreements such as UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD, BRS Conventions, Law of the Sea and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bae Taegoan

CEO, Oyster Able

Taegoan Bae is the CEO of Oyster Able, a circular economy startup providing a collection device and a reward mobile application to local governments and private companies to make reusables and recyclables circulation well in their space and area. Oyster Able drives various projects…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment, ICT, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Bagus Mudiantoro

Co-Director for Policy Mentari, Castlerock Constulting

I am a climate change economist. Climate change, energy, and project management are my area of interest. As co-director for Policy under the MENTARI, policy and regulatory reform is one of the prominent agendas to accelerate the penetration of the renewable energy in Indonesia. My education…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Barak Ekshtein

Founder and CEO, TONTOTON

For the past 15 years, Barak has been developing initiatives to reduce disposable plastics, promote public awareness of environmentally friendly products and services, and build a certified plastic credit system that treats non-recyclable plastics in the ocean-bound. Through these ventures, he has…

   Topic(s): Environment, ICT
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land