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Artessa SaldivarSali

Senior Municipal Engineer, World Bank

Artessa works in the East Asia & Pacific Region of the World Bank, where she leads a number of projects on disaster risk management, seismic risk reduction, and urban resilience. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2010, she worked in the Office of the President of the Philippines, and was also…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Atsumasa Sakai

Senior Energy Specialist, ADB

Atsumasa Sakai joined ADB in 2016 and have worked on energy sector operation in the East, Central, and West Asia since then. Before joining ADB, he had worked for the World Bank responsible for power development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, and for the power utility in Metropolitan Tokyo…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Bapon Fakhruddin

Technical Director - Disaster Risk and Climate Resilience, Tonkin + Taylor International

Dr Fakhruddin is an eminent hydro-meteorologist and disaster risk assessor with 20 years’ global experience in hydro-meteorology and climate resilience projects. His key areas of expertise are hazards forecasting, climate and multi-hazard risk assessments and coastal community resilience. His most…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Ben Milligan

Chair of Global Ocean Accounts Partnership, University of New South Wales

Ben is a Scientia Fellow based at the Environmental Law Cluster, Centre for Applied Economic Research, and Centre for Ecosystem Science. His interdisciplinary research, teaching and advisory work focus on energy policy, renewable energy. 

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Bregje van Wesenbeeck

Scientific Director, Deltares

Dr.van Wesenbeeck chairs the science council of Deltaresthat oversees the scientific quality of the work of Deltares. She is a senior expert in nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. She has over 15 years of experience working in multicultural settings for…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Carlyne Yu

Team Leader/Project Director, Regional Integrated Multi- Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES)

Carlyne Yu is the Team Lead for Risk Knowledge Applications at RIMES. She is also the Project Director for RIMES' Component of the World Bank Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CARE) for the South Asia Project. She has more than 10 years of experience working in academe, with government agencies…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Charles Rodgers

Senior Advisor for Climate Change Adaptation, ADB

Charles Rodgers is Senior Advisor for Climate Change Adaptation at the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines since 2015. He has served as Senior Environment Specialist with the Asian Development Bank in the Regional and Sustainable Development Department where he coordinated ADB’s climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Chau Vu

Senior Project Officer , ADB

At ADB, Chau N. Vu is a Senior Project Officer for Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Group. He is based in ADB’s Viet Nam Resident Mission and works closely with ADB’s Disaster Risk Management unit. 

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Cherie Gray

Global Lead Sustainability & Market Development, Swiss Re

Cherie Gray is the Global Lead for Sustainability and Market Development, with Swiss Re's Public Sector Solutions business. Cherie works with governments, institutions, NGOs, and the insurance industry to create opportunities that support nature-based solutions and broader sustainability practices…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Christian Ellermann

Senior Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Mr. Ellermann has more than 13 years of professional work experience with focus on climate finance. He is ADB’s focal person for the Green Climate Fund and the Climate Investment Funds, and for managing the associated internal trust funds and teams. As part of the Climate Change and Disaster Risk…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action