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Tri Mumpuni [node:field_last_name]

Executive Director, People Centered Business and Economic Institute (IBEKA)

Tri Mumpuni (Puni) is an agriculture engineer who has been campaigning for community development and renewable energy for decades. As the Executive Director of IBEKA, she has implemented more than 60 micro-hydropower projects to stimulate economic growth in rural parts of Indonesia. Her…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: 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

Trina Leberer

Director of Pacific Regional Partnerships, The Nature Conservancy

Trina is the Director of Pacific Regional Partnerships, leading TNC’s engagement with key partners to advance large-scale conservation initiatives in the Pacific Islands region, including identifying and pursuing emerging public funding opportunities. Previously in her role as Pacific Division…

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

U Aung Myint

General Secretary, Renewable Energy Association Myanmar

U Aung Myint was a teaching staff and research scholar/leader at Departments of Botany, Marine Biology and Marine Science at Mawlamyine University between 1972 and 1989. In 1995, he founded the Renewable Energy Association of Myanmar (REAM), a local environmental NGO which works to educate the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: 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

Ugursel Erol

Social Security Expert, Social Security Institution of Türkiye

Uğursel Erol is a Social Security Expert in the Social Security Institution of Türkiye and has been working in the General Directorate of Universal Health Insurance since 2010. She is working in the area of health finance and reimbursement systems. She worked in the Department of Health Insurance,…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Uma Mahadevan

Additional Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner, Government of Karnataka

Uma Mahadevan, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, India, is a senior IAS officer and pioneering public administrator with over 30 years in service. As former Principal Secretary, Women and Child Development, she led critical reforms in Karnataka’s Integrated Child Development…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Umesh Madhavan

Research Director , The Circulate Initiative

Umesh is Research Director at The Circulate Initiative, a nonprofit organization committed to solving the ocean plastic pollution challenge and advancing the circular economy in emerging economies. In his role, Umesh leads The Circulate Initiative’s research strategy, with a focus on data and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Finance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [node:field_last_name]

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency, specifically an independent executive agency, of the United States federal government for environmental protection. https://www.epa.gov/

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Uzma Hoque

Principal Social Sector Specialist, SARD, Asian Development Bank

Uzma leads overall coordination, management and operational support to different sector divisions to integrate gender considerations in the department's overall programs and projects. Prior to joining ADB, Ms. Hoque spent 15 years working on women’ rights and economic empowerment, child protection…

   Topic(s): Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 4: Quality Education

V.B. Mathur

Chairperson, National Biodiversity Authority, India

Dr. V.B. Mathur is the Chairperson, National Biodiversity Authority, India since September 2019. Prior to this, he served as the Director of the Wildlife Institute of India between 2014-19. Dr. Mathur is the Regional Vice-Chair of the IUCN-World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA-South Asia) and…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land

Valerie Langer

Fiber Solutions Strategist, Canopy

Valerie has been engaged in forest conservation initiatives for over 30 years. Under Canopy, she works to accelerate the global availability of 'Next Generation' alternatives to tree fiber pulp for manufacturing paper, packaging, and man-made cellulosic fibers for textiles, and with Canopy Planet…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land