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Rowan Douglas joined Howden Group as CEO Climate Risk & Resilience in June 2023. Previously he led the Climate and Resilience Hub (CRH) at WTW which he grew to over 130 climate risk professionals across parametrics and wider climate related disciplines.…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Professor Roy Sidle has over 40 years of research, teaching, outreach and leadership experience in hydrology, earth sciences, environmental science, sustainability, and natural resources management in four continents — North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Prior to joining UCA, he served as a…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action
Rozina Haque is the Programme Head of the Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme at BRAC. She possesses over 18 years of proven experience in international development, focusing on social protection and economic inclusion and has built thematic expertise in the areas of climate change adaptation,…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
S.M. Nazrul Islam has been working for about 30 years at different levels in the Local Government Engineering Department in Bangladesh, dealing with the improvement of livelihood, living conditions, and communication for the people/communities especially poor and women through interventions of…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Saif Anjum is the Secretary of Punjab Irrigation Department, Government of Punjab. He is responsible for overseeing and management of the irrigation system, conceptualization, planning and execution of irrigation infrastructure development works, flood protection, and management. Major…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Dr. Sairam is a passionate researcher and entrepreneur, aimed towards developing environmentally safe and sustainable agricultural technologies. He obtained his PhD in Plant Biotechnology. He did his Post Doctoral research in IISc, Bangalore as a National Fellow of Biotechnology and in University…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Samantha Kay L. Lisay is a licensed Architect and a Certified BERDE Professional from the Philippines. After finishing her Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2014, she had been involved in a number of projects in the residential and commercial…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sanjay K. Srivastava is presently Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction at UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He was ESCAP Regional Adviser on Disaster Risk Reduction from October 2009 to June 2014; Head of SAAARC Disaster Management Centre – New Delhi from 2007-2008;…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action
Saroj Yakami has worked over the past 10 years in water resource management covering water resources, agriculture, irrigation, and water harvesting. He has been involved as Country Manager in Nepal working on (i) water security, climate change, and community resilience; (ii) road water management…
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. Sattor Saidov is the current head of the Climate Change and Ozone Layer Research Centre of the Agency on Hydrometeorology of the Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan. He is a holder of a degree in Programming from the Tajik University of…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action