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Maria Hughes

Associate Program Management Officer , UNEP COBSEA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Maria Hughes is an Associate Programme Management Officer at the UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. In her work, she focuses on accelerating circularity and sustainable consumption and production in collaboration with regional and global partners. Before joining UNEP, Maria gained…

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

Marino Deocariza

Urban Planner, Oxfam

Marino Deocariza is an urban planner from Oxfam GB and Team Lead of Asian Development Bank regional technical assistance (TA) Promoting Urban Climate Change Resilience in Selected Asian Cities (Subproject 3). This TA project is implemented in eight cities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the…

   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

Mark Laska

Founder and President, Great Ecology

Mark Laska is one of the United States foremost authorities on ecological restoration, environmental strategies, wetland mitigation and conservation banking, natural resource damage evaluation and restoration, and is an ecologist and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience. Laska is an…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Mark Watts

Executive Director, C40 Cities

Mark’s aim as Executive Director is to ensure that C40 Cities is equally focused on science-based climate action and political leadership for climate justice. C40 has grown dramatically in scope and ambition under Mark’s tenure and its 300 staff now support nearly 100 of the world’s leading cities…

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

Mel Eden

Data Analyst Consultant, ADB

Mel Eden is a civil engineer and transport researcher based in the Philippines. He works as a data analyst at the Asian Transport Outlook (ATO) project, an initiative between the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank aimed at expanding the knowledge base of transport…

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

Michelle Meaclem

Civil Engineer, Tonkin and Taylor

Michelle is a New Zealand based Civil Engineer at Tonkin and Taylor. She has around 5 years’ experience across three waters infrastructure advisory and planning, climate change risk assessment, and water infrastructure design. She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the University…

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

Miko Cosep

Air Quality Specialist, Clean Air Asia

Enrique “Miko” Cosep plays a key role in the development, implementation and review of Clean Air Asia projects. Miko is a licensed chemist, holding a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines and a Master’s degree in Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering from the…

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

Na Won Kim

Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Na Won Kim has managed and worked on various range of technical assistance and loan projects relating to sustainable and inclusive development, low carbon city development projects promoting cross-sectoral intervention and system innovation for sustainable and climate friendly urban development,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   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

Nam Do Hoai

Team Leader, ADB

Nam’s professional career mainly focuses on climate change impact assessment and water engineering management with more than 20-year experience. He has conducted fundamental and practical studies in the field of environmental hydraulics and water resources, for instance, the studies on the…

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

Nanette MedvedPo

Founder and Executive Chairperson, Plastic Credit Exchange

Nanette Medved-Po, founder PCX Solutions, and PCX Markets, is dedicated to accelerating the transition to a circular economy and a future where no plastic waste ends up in nature. Witnessing the impact of plastic pollution in the Philippines, she launched the non-profit PCX Solutions in 2019,…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land