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Kate Landry

Senior Manager, Community Action, WWF-Canada

As Senior Manager for Community Action, Kate Landry leads WWF-Canada's national bilingual community action programs to help reverse wildlife loss, increase biodiversity, and restore habitat across Canada. She was Country Director of BuildChange prior to joining WWF-Canada. She has a Bachelor…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Katherine Miles

Gender Consultant, InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-Smart Solutions

Katherine Miles is the gender consultant to the InsuResilience Gender Working Group and a technical expert on the gender dimensions of climate and disaster risk finance and insurance. Katherine co-authored research and guidance including Integrating Gender Considerations into Different Models of…

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

Kathleen Dematera

Coordinator, Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI)

Kathleen is the Coordinator of the Thematic Hubs of the Urban Living Lab Center (ULLC), a UN-Habitat Collaborating Center, at Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI). In this role, she works closely with a diverse range of stakeholders, including partner universities, NGOs, think tanks, Living…

   Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Kirsten McDonald

Associate Principal, International Development, Arup

Kirsten McDonald is an associate principal with Arup’s International Development team in the Australasian region. Kirsten has 28 years’ experience scoping, planning, designing and delivering programs and projects that maximise impact throughout Asia, Australia, and the Pacific for organisations…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action

Lenke Balint

Head, Partnership, Capacity & Communities Department, BirdLife International

Lenke leads two global programmes of capacity development, research, advocacy and conservation action focused on strengthening grassroots conservation organisations and on the linkages between biodiversity, well-being and human rights. She has responsibility, among others, for building the capacity…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Leonor Tarrason

Research Director for Environmental Solutions, NILU

Dr. Leonor Tarrasón is the research director for environmental solutions at NILU. She has 30 years of experience in shaping environmental policies in Europe and a PhD in atmospheric chemistry from the University of Oslo, Norway. She has contributed to developing and implementing various tools and…

   Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Li He

Natural Resources Officer (water), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Before FAO, Li He was working at the China Agricultural University as Associate Professor from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2016. She has been working on water resources management, ecosystems, and biodiversity related works and projects. She initiated, developed and implements the Eco-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Lizzie Collins

Vice President of Engineering, Build Change

Lizzie Blaisdell Collins is the Vice President of Engineering for Build Change, a non-profit social enterprise with a critical mission of preventing housing losses caused by disasters. After working early in her career with a private sector earthquake engineering firm in San Francisco, USA, Lizzie…

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

Luc Verelst

Consultant - Asset Management Conceptual Specialist , ADB

Luc Verelst is an ICT/GIS specialist with more than 25 years of professional experience in the use of GIS, ICT, and Remote Sensing for Ecosystems Engineering and Asset Management. He has confirmed experience in designing irrigation Asset Management Systems in combination with irrigation…

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

Luis Braganca

Civil Engineering, Professor University of Minho, Portugal

Luís Bragança, PhD, is a Civil Engineering Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal, Director of the Sustainable Built Environment program and the Energy and Sustainable Construction Lab. With expertise in Sustainability, Rational Energy Use and Building Acoustics, he contributes to…

   Topic(s): Environment, Industry and Trade, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land