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Okju Jeong

Urban Planning and Climate Change Specialist, Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund, ADB

Okju is the Urban Planning and Climate Change Specialist, Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund at ADB. 

   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

Om Prakash Agarwal

CEO, WRI India

Since June 2017, Dr O.P. Agarwal is the country director of the World Resources Institute in India and is also the Chief Executive Officer of WRI (India). Prior to this, from 2009 to 2016, he was the World Bank’s Urban Transport Adviser located at its headquarter in in Washington DC. As part of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action

Pallavi Pant

Head of Global Health, Health Effects Institute

Pallavi Pant is Head of Global Health at the Health Effects Institute. She has extensive experience in research and public engagement on air pollution, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Her research has focused on urban air quality, including source apportionment and exposure…

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

Piotr Jakubowski

Co-founder, Nafas Indonesia

Piotr is the Co-Founder of Nafas, Indonesia's largest end-to-end air quality platform focused on making healthy air accessible and affordable. Nafas has combined outdoor air quality data, indoor air quality monitoring, and filtration into one fully automated ecosystem to help Indonesian offices,…

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

Qin Hao

Senior Sustainability Expert, Mobike

Hao Qin is the Senior Sustainability Expert in Mobike. His work focuses on reducing the environmental footprint of bikes and improving the sustainable development of sharing bikes in different cities. His responsibility includes Mobike’s life cycle management project, cycling infrastructure/network…

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

Raisa Neith Salvador

Project Manager, UNDP Philippines

      

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

Rand Askar

PhD Candidate, University of Minho, Portugal

Rand Askar is a PhD candidate at the University of Minho, focusing on sustainable construction and rehabilitation. Her research emphasizes building adaptability and circular economy principles, aiming to design buildings for flexibility and durability. Her significant contributions include…

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

Ritesh Kumar

Conservation Program Manager, Wetlands International - South Asia

Kumar has been the Conservation Programme Manager of the organization since 2009, responsible for organizational strategy development, resource development, communications, programme management. Prior to his position, he was Senior Technical Officer from 2006 to 2009, and and Technical officer from…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Sanjay Srivastava

Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction, UNESCAP

Sanjay K. Srivastava is presently Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction at UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He was ESCAP Regional Adviser on Disaster Risk Reduction from October 2009 to June 2014; Head of SAAARC Disaster Management Centre – New Delhi from 2007-2008;…

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

Sarath Guttikunda

Director, Urban Emissions

Dr. Sarath Guttikunda is a chemical engineer, atmospheric scientist, TED fellow, founder of Urban Emissions (India) and also serves as an adjunct faculty at IIT-Delhi’s TRIP center. His main research interest is air quality analysis and finding ways to bridge the gap between science and policy,…

   Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land