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Vincent Aloysius

Team Lead, SEURECA

Dr. Vincent Aloysius is the Team Lead of the Technical Assistance project: “Promoting Action on Plastic Pollution from Source to Sea in Asia and the Pacific.” This project delivered city action plans and recommendations to shift towards plastic circularity in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Virginia Newton-Lewis

Director of Policy and Advocacy, WaterAid Sweden

Virginia specializes in water security as it relates to WASH. She has worked on a wide range of water issues including food security, irrigation, water resources management, and flood risk management. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, where she explored the topic of agricultural-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Virinder Sharma

Senior Consultant and former Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Mr. Sharma takes a lead role in managing delivery, maintaining strategic relationships, providing technical and advisory support to the ADB and to the UK Department for International Development (DFID), leading a team of 10 technical professionals and managing the implementation of 50 projects…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vita Sanderson​

Structural Engineer, Arup

Vita is a chartered structural engineer who currently works at Arup where she supports development clients on the implementation of infrastructure, particularly in health and education. She is currently also the Chair of the board at the Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Wanli Fang

Senior Investment Officer, Urban, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Dr. Wanli Fang is a Senior Investment Officer with the Infrastructure Investment Department Region 1 at the AIIB, where she manages infrastructure investment projects in Urban and Water sectors in South Asia and Southeast Asia. She has over 15 years of experience in sustainable urban development,…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Wassana Jangprajak

Environmentalist (Senior Professional Level), Pollution Control Department Thailand

Ms. Wassana Jangprajak has more than 26 years of experience with the national plan on the 3R strategy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and circular economy. She has represented her country regarding waste minimization, 3R, plastic waste management, and the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) to…

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

Watchalawalee Kumboonreung

Lawyer, EnLAWThai Foundation

Watchalawalee Kumboonreung (Dream). She is an environmental lawyer working on the air pollution PM2.5 Case in Chiang Mai, Thailand and the Omkoi Coal mining case to revoke the unlawful EIA report. She has an academic journal paper about the Climate Litigation in Thailand and being the columnist on…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wee Kean Fong

Deputy Country Director, WRI China

Dr. Wee Kean Fong is the Deputy China Country Director of World Resources Institute (WRI), who is also leading WRI' s China Climate and Energy Program. He has more than 20 years of professional experience on sustainability, including climate, environment, and urban development. He is leading WRI' s…

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

Wei Liu

Senior Sustainability Scientist, Luohan Academy of the Alibaba Group

Wei Liu is a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Luohan Academy of the Alibaba Group. He has 15 years of research and practical experience on sustainable development, through internationally funded projects in China, South and Southeast Asia, Southern African, and Europe. He publishes…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Wei Sen Li

Secretary General, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction

Dr. Wei-Sen Li is the Executive Director of APEC Emergency Preparedness Capacity Building Center (EPCC) and the Secretary General of National Sceince and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR). Dr. Li holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from National Central University, where he specializes…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals