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Komal Sinha

Senior Director, Plastics and Sustainable Development Policy and Markets, Verra

​As the demand for Verra’s Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards, Plastic Waste Reduction Standard, and Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard grows, Komal leads on Verra’s policy engagement and market development related to these programs. Komal is a climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Laure Beaufils

British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, United Kingdom

Her Majesty’s Ambassador Laure Beaufils is currently the British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau. She was the Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa of the Department of International Development from 2019 to 2021 and the Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria from 2017 to 2019.…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Litea Biukoto

Team Leader Risk Reduction, Pacific Community

Litea has over 15 years of experience working in the region with Pacific Island Countries on disaster risk reduction programmes. She has worked with technical experts from various countries, research and technical institutes and development partners to expand the use and application of risk…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Liu Jianguo

Professor of School of Environment, Tsinghua University

• The main research directions are domestic waste classification and treatment technology and management system, solid waste energy/building materials utilization technology, etc. • Presided over a number of important research topics such as the National Key R&D Program, Science and Technology…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Luis Gonzales

General Manager, Power Industry Aboitiz Data Innovation

Luis has 24 years of experience leading and developing AI solutions, enterprise software and digital transformation initiatives of industrial enterprises with the development and implementation of ERP, Control, Analytics, Historians, GIS and Machine/Deep Learning AI platform solutions. Luis has…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Lyndsay Chapple

International Environment and Solid Waste management Specialist, Individual consultant

He has over forty years’ experience as an engineer, team leader and project director, predominantly involved with environmental engineering projects and particularly solid waste management projects and programs. He spent a decade with the Environment Department in Queensland and then 23 years with…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat), appointed by the Secretary‐General, following an election by the General Assembly on 22 December 2017.  She succeeds Joan Clos of Spain to whom the Secretary-…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Misako Kachi

Senior Researcher, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Misako is Senior Researcher at the Earth Observation Research Center (EORC), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). She received bachelor's degree in Earth and Planetary Physics in 1993 from the Hokkaido University and M.S. in Earth and Planetary Science in 1995 from the University of Tokyo,…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Montira Horayangura Unakul

Cultural Heritage Specialist, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Montira Horayangura Unakul is a culture program officer at UNESCO Bangkok. She has managed various UNESCO programs within the Asia-Pacific region related to the safeguarding and sustainable development of cultural heritage, with a focus on world heritage. She has developed capacity-building…

   Topic(s): Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Nino Bregadze

Project Officer, Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN)

Nino Bregadze brings over eight years of hands-on experience in the development sector to her role. As a dedicated professional, she has made significant contributions in her capacity at one of the strongest regional non-governmental organization, the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN).…

   Topic(s): Environment, Gender Equality, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals