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Amina Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

Before becoming the United Nations (UN) deputy secretary-general in early 2017, Amina J. Mohammed was the Minister of Environment of Nigeria. Prior to this, she supported the UN Secretary-General as special adviser on post-2015 development planning, where she was instrumental in bringing about the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aminath Shauna

Minister , Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives

Hon. Ms. Aminath Shauna is the Maldives’ Minister of Environment, Climate Change, and Technology. Her portfolio includes protecting the natural environment and its resources, action, and advocacy on climate change, science and technology development, and the implementation of policies and…

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

Amit Bhatt

Executive Director, World Resources Institute

Amit is the Executive Director of Integrated Urban Transport, WRI India. He is based in Delhi and provides vision and leadership to all transport initiatives across WRI India, managing relationships with partners and stakeholders. Amit has around 20 years of experience in the field of urban…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Amit Jain

Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank

Amit is a solar engineer, with a Ph.D. in solar energy and Fulbright Scholarship from NREL, USA and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. He loves to shares real-life stories on how solar energy is transforming people’s lives across health, transport, water, and agriculture sector. He works…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Health
   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, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Amitabh Kant

G20 Sherpa, India

Amitabh Kant is India’s G20 Sherpa. The G20 or the Group of 20 is a forum where policymakers of industrialized and developing economies meet to discuss key issues in the global economy. Kant is a governance reformer and a public policy change agent for India, having driven key reforms and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

An Maria Omer Notenbaert

Coordinator Tropical Forages Africa, CIAT

An Notenbaert is Coordinator and Researcher at CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security based in Kenya.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Ancha Srinivasan

Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Ancha is a Principal Climate Change Specialist at the Southeast Asia Department (SERD) of ADB. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK and as the Climate Change Focal Point for Southeast Asia, he formulates and oversees the implementation of several projects on climate change…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Anders Pettersson

Principal Operations Specialist, ADB

Mr. Pettersson, Principal Portfolio Management Specialist, Central and West Asia Department, worked with procurement on ADB funded projects for 14 years including all CWRD DMCs, PR China, Mongolia, Viet Nam and the Pacific and has held portfolio management positions in the ADB Mongolia Resident…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Andrea Della Mattea

President, Asia Pacific, Microsoft

As President APAC, Andrea Della Mattea is responsible for leading Microsoft’s overall business, accelerating the digital transformation journeys of our customers and partners and driving the company’s mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. She has…

   Topic(s): ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Andres Lorenzo Pinga

Founder, Earthbeat Farms, Philippines

Andres is the founder of Earthbeat Farms, an organic farm in San Pablo, Laguna, growing high-value and specialty crops, that served the Manila market. He actively looks to grow the food movement and to create a more sustainable food system in the Philippines.   Andres is…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities