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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
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
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Nick is Co-Director of the Global Risk Modelling Alliance, and Coordinator of the Risk Modelling Steering Group of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF). These programmes accelerate use of risk insight in vulnerable economies, using open data and insurance principles to build resilience and…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land
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
Orietta has more than 10 years of experience in the field of project evaluation, leading projects to develop methodologies for the social evaluation of projects and coordinating medium-term ex-post evaluation projects for public investment.
Her main area of interest is the strengthening of…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management
SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Dr. Paul Venton specializes in strengthening people’s disaster and climate resilience and is passionate about the protection, restoration and sustainable management of nature. He has 24 years of experience in more than 25 countries and an action-research PhD in improving the sustainability and…
Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Dr. Peter Droogers is an expert on integrated water resources management at different spatial scales with an emphasis on climate change. His current activities include climate risk assessment for ADB and World Bank projects, focusing on assessing climate risks and analyzing potential adaptation…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Mr. Phonethavy Thammavongso joined the Disaster Prevention Division of the Social Welfare Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR in 2014. He currently serves as a technical officer responsible for disaster information. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Environmental…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Piyush Sharma is Senior Property and Casualty Analytics Solutions Manager at Swiss Re, serving clients across South-East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Australia, he joined Swiss Re in October 2021 to help build and scale analytical solutions which solve business problems.…
Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action