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Aisa Tobing

Senior Adviser to the Governor of Jakarta, Deputy Secretary General, CityNet

Ms. Tobing is a City Planner and Senior Advisor to the Governor at the Jakarta Research Council since 2013. She has been appointed as the Chairman of the Climate Change Task Force for Jakarta and serves as Special Staff for Urban and Environmental Management particularly focused on low…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Ancha Srinivasan

Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Ancha is a Principal Climate Change Specialist at the Southeast Asia Department (SERD) of ADB. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK and as the Climate Change Focal Point for Southeast Asia, he formulates and oversees the implementation of several projects on climate change…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Anju Sharma

Lead, Locally Led Adaptation, Global Center on Adaptation

Anju Sharma is the Global Lead on Locally Led Adaptation at the Global Center on Adaptation. She has previously worked for Oxford Climate Policy as Deputy Director;  and for European Capacity Building Initiative; UN Environment Programme; Oxfam GB; and the Centre for Science and Environment as…

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

Chettiyappan Visvanathan

Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Chettiyappan Visvanathan, is an Emeritus  Professor of Asian Institute of Technology.  Currently he is working with  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of  Mahidol University. He has a Ph.D. (Chemical /Environmental Engineering) from Institute National…

   Topic(s): Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Clares Loren Jalocon

Head-Corporate Planning and Communications, Philippine Electricity Market Corporation

Clares Loren Jalocon is a Registered Electrical Engineer (REE), holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, with more than ten (10) years of working experience under PEMC, and has been involved in PEMC’s developmental…

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

David Fairman

Managing Director, Consensus Building Institute

David Fairman is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute and Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program. For 28 years, he has built consensus and enhanced collaboration capacity on complex public and organizational issues internationally and in the U.S. His primary…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Fatima Yasmin

Vice-President (Sectors and Themes), ADB

Fatima Yasmin is the Vice-President for Sectors and Themes of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She assumed the position on 1 September 2023. Ms. Yasmin is responsible for management of the Sectors Group and the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department under ADB’s new operating model.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Gordon Prain

Independent Consultant, Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Security

Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising…

   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

Katherine Hughes

Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Kate has 20 years of experience working on climate change and sustainable development policy, financing, and technology projects across the Asia Pacific region. Kate is a Principal Climate Change Specialist at ADB where she leads the mitigation team and focuses on climate policy and financing,…

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

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