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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

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

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

Lykke Leonardsen

Head of program for Resilient and Sustainable City Solutions, City of Copenhagen (Denmark)

Lykke Leonardsen has more than 25 years of experience in various fields of urban development – from regeneration, economic development, and physical planning. During her 13 years in the Technical and Environmental Administration in the City of Copenhagen, she has been heading the development of the…

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

Lyndon DeSalvo

Urban Conservation Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Lyndon works to advance NBS in cities and communities to maximize outcomes for people and nature. He leads efforts to implement and scale nature-based and green infrastructure projects that improve water quality and provide local communities with climate resilience and other co-benefits. He…

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

Mara Warwick

Country Director, World Bank

Mara K. Warwick is the World Bank Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. Trained as an environmental engineer, she has expertise in flood management, urban development, urban environmental services and disaster risk management. She manages a portfolio of more than US$ 3…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 13: Climate Action

Marcus Mayr

Senior Urban Sector Specialist , GCF

Marcus, a German national, joined GCF as a Senior Urban Sector Specialist. He has more than 15+ years of experience in urban development, gained in local, national and international organizations. He is joining us from the African Development Bank (AfDB), where he was working in the Infrastructure…

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

Maria Delia Cristina Valdez

Supervising Environmental Management Specialist, Environmental Management Bureau, DENR, Philippines

Delia Valdez has been with the Environmental Management Bureau or EMB since 1996. She is currently the Supervising Environmental Management Specialist at the Office of the Assistant Director, and is the interim head, of the EPR Review Committee, at National Ecology Center. Ma’am Del was the former…

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