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Smita Rawoot

Urban Resilience Lead, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Smita Rawoot is the Urban Resilience lead at World Resources Institute (WRI). She leads a team of researchers and urban development professionals who are focused on helping cities manage and adapt to their climate risks while advancing human & environmental health, economic opportunity, and…

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

Sophie De Coninck

Global Climate Facility Manager, Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Sophie De Coninck brings over 20 years of international development, environment, and climate change experience to her role as Manager for the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, or LoCAL. Designed by the United Nations Capital Development Fund, LoCAL is a standard and internationally…

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

Steven Wade

Technical Director, Atkins

An experienced consultant operating as Project Director, technical expert, reviewer, trainer and facilitator in UK water resources and international development. Highlights include roles as technical lead for the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, strategic water resources planning for London,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action

Sudarno Sumarto

Policy Advisor, National Team for Acceleration of Poverty Reduction, Indonesia

Sudarno is an economist and the first director of The SMERU Research Institute. His current position as a policy adviser at the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia shows his strong linkages to Indonesian…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

Sven Beyersdorff

Founding Partner, Nordic Sustainability

Sven Beyersdorff is co-founder of Nordic Sustainability, a Copenhagen-based consulting firm focusing on sustainability-related projects for public and private sector clients across the Nordics and beyond. Sven has a background in strategy consulting, having previously worked at a McKinsey spin-off…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Taichi Minamitani

Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Division, Japan International Cooperation Agency

Mr. Minamitani Taichi sis the Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Division 1, Global Environment Department, Japany International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He joined JICA in 2007. His division is in charge of JICA's flood and landslide projects globally. This includes JICA's operations for the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Thanapon Piman

Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia Centre

Dr. Thanapon Piman has 15 years of work experience in water resources engineering, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), river basin planning, climate change, and adaptation and disaster risk management.  He specializes in meteorological and hydrological analysis, water resources…

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

Tiffany M Tran

Human Settlements Expert (Consultant), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Tiffany Tran is a Vietnamese-American architect and urban designer who is passionate about inclusive and resilient cities. She approaches urban development from a people-centric lens that integrates urban planning, development economics, and environmental justice. Her policy areas of focus include…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Tom Wilms

Project Manager, Witteveen+Bos

Tom Wilms is a coastal engineer with over 10 years of involvement in various Building with Nature projects around the world and integrated, multi-disciplinary projects in the coastal zone. For this project he is the project manager at Witteveen+Bos and as such responsible for the implementation of…

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

V Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India

Prior to his appointment as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India in January 2022, Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran was a writer, author, teacher and consultant.​ He has written a weekly Mint column for fifteen years on Tuesdays since 2007.​ ​He has co-…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action