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Amerita Ravuvu

NCD Policy and Planning Adviser, Pacific Community-SPC

Amerita Ravuvu is an early career policy researcher and development practitioner with a trans-disciplinary professional background in human geography, climate change financing and development studies. She is currently a regional public servant focusing on policy and planning across cross-cutting…

   Topic(s): Health, Transport
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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

Amir Hamza Jilani

Social Sector Economist, ADB

Amir joined the ADB as a Young Professional (YP) in 2018. He has extensive experience working on the design, development, and evaluation of social protection, human development and women’s empowerment projects. Prior to joining the ADB, Amir worked at the International Food Policy Research…

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

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 Chanan

CEO, Water Authority Fiji

Dr Amit Chanan is an experienced senior executive with a career spanning over two decades within the international water industry and infrastructure services. Amit is currently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for the Water Authority of Fiji (WAF). Before this role, Amit was the Director of…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action

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

Amit Mishra

Vice President, Vassar Labs

Amit serves as the Vice President, Marketing at Vassar Labs. With his 14+ years of technology experience, he believes in working for a sustainable future. He has done a PG Course from University of Florida on Sustainable Agriculture and Land Management. Apart from that he has a degree in…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Amory Lovins

Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

Physicist Amory Lovins is co-founder, Chief Scientist, and Chairman Emeritus of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He is an advisor to major firms and governments worldwide on advanced energy efficiency and authored 31 books and over 630 papers. He is a recipient of the Blue Planet, Volvo, Zayed,…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Amy Leung

Deputy Director General concurrently Chief Thematic Officer, ADB

Leung has over 20 years of experience in water and urban development. She was chair of ADB’s in-house Water Community of Practice from 2008 to 2014. Her expertise includes urban planning, water and sustainable development, public-private partnerships, and green cities. Leung’s work in ADB allowed…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation