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Julien Mélot

CEO, Azura Marine Pte Ltd

Julien Mélot has always treasured nature and water, spending his childhood summers on self-made rafts and sailing boats. Julien holds a masters in electro-mechanical engineering and in naval architecture. He has been living and working in Europe, South America and Asia building large ships while…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, 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

Katinka Weinberger

Chief of Environment and Development Policy Section (EDPS), UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Katinka Weinberger is the Chief of Environment and Development Policy Section (EDPS) in UNESCAP. As Chief of EDPS, she is responsible for planning, coordinating, directing, and implementing ESCAP’s work program in the area of environment, especially on climate change, water and oceans and provides…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Kijoon Kim

Independent Consultant, ADB

Mr. Kim has over 30 years of professional experience and academic research in the transport sector in Koreas and United Kingdom and has worked with public and private institutions on various transport and urban transport projects. He is currently working in ADB. Since joining ADB in 2010, he has…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land

Kotchakorn Vorrakhom

Landscape Architect, LandProcess/ Porous City Network Thailand

Kotchakorn Voraakhom is a landscape architect from Thailand who works on building productive green public space that tackles climate change in urban dense areas and climate-vulnerable communities. Winning a contract to build Bangkok’s first public park in three decades, she created an 11-acre “…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, 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

Louise Heaps

Head of Sustainable Blue Economy, WWF Global

Louise Heaps is WWF’s global lead on sustainable blue economy, with a focus on influencing mainstream finance and policy enablers, as well as addressing the barriers to delivering an inclusive sustainable blue economy at coastal community levels. Louise has worked in ocean conservation and natural…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance, Water
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

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

Matt Gerstenberger

Principal Scientist, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS)

Matt is a seismologist who focuses on earthquake forecasting and seismic hazard modeling. His role at GNS is twofold: he leads the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) - a scientific model that uses geodetic modeling and historical earthquake data to estimate the likelihood and strength of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Michael Carroll

CEO, HeliosAltas Corp.

Since 2001, Michael has worked in the environmental field developing industry leading technology that increases petroleum efficiency, reduces emissions, and optimizes utilization of oil field resources. Michael has directed operations for international corporations where he established worldwide…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, 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

Mohamed Ait Kadi

Technical Committee Chair, Global Water Partnership

Mohamed AIT KADI is presently President of the General Council of Agricultural Development. This Council is a high level policy Think Tank of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Morocco. He was also Secretary General of the Ministry. Previously as Director General of the Irrigation…

   Topic(s): Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 15: Life on Land

Naresh Giri

Senior Project Officer (Urban Development), ADB

Mr. Naresh Giri is a Senior Project Officer for urban development at ADB’s Water and Urban Development Sector Office. He plays a leading role in implementing ADB’s Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake. He has a blend of experience: at the field level as a…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land