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A. Lin Goodwin

Professor and Dean, Boston College

A. Lin Goodwin (葛文林) is the Thomas More Brennan Chair of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development. Prior to joining Boston College, she was Dean of the Faculty(School) of Education at the University of Hong Kong (2017-2022) and Vice Dean at Teachers College, Columbia…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aage Jorgensen

Program Manager, Nordic Development Fund (NDF)

Aage Jorgensen has for the past decade been Program Manager at the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) where he has helped build up a portfolio of climate change projects. He works with community-based adaptation, climate-resilient infrastructure, and urban development and is responsible for the NDF…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Abhay Bakre

Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power

Shri Abhay Bakre took over as Director General (Head) of Bureau of Energy Efficiency in 2017 which is the nodal organisation under Central Government to develop strategies for energy transition in the country. He is also Indian Sherpa for Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) platform…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action

Achala Chandani Abeysinghe

Senior Researcher and Environmental Lawyer, International Institute for Environment and Development

Dr. Abeysinghe is a Senior Researcher and Environmental Lawyer at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London. Her interests are in the equity and fairness issues in international climate change negotiations, adaptation to climate change, and finance for climate change…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Adelaida Roman

Senior Program Specialist/Head, Air and Atmospheric Pollution Cluster, Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology

Ms. Adelaida Roman is a Senior Programme Specialist and the Head of Air and Atmospheric Pollution Cluster at the Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology. She coordinates the activities of the "Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Aditya Handa

Founder and Managing Director, Abellon Group Aditya

Aditya Handa is the founder and managing director of Abellon Group. Abellon is engaged in finding sustainable development-led solutions to India's most difficult problems, such as climate change, waste management, energy security, food security, and realizing untapped human…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aditya Mahalana

Senior Researcher, International Council for Clean Transportation

Aditya Mahalana is a graduate of Universitaet Leipzig in Germany with an M.S. in Sustainable Development, focusing on sustainable urban and regional planning. He is a Senior Researcher of the International Council for Clean Transportation with more than 15 years of experience in the field of urban…

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

Adlibek Aubakirov

Head, Department of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of the North Kazakhstan

Country: The Republic of Kazakhsta Adilbek Bagdatovich Aubakirov was born in 1984 in the North Kazakhstan region, in 2001-2006 and in 2009-2012 he studied at the North Kazakhstan State University named after Kozybayev and received qualifications of an engineer and a lawyer. He began his career…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Adrian Sammons

Senior Transport Specialist, Maritime Transport and Ports, ADB

Adrian Sammons is an international transport specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in maritime, ports, and logistics. He currently serves as a Senior Transport Specialist (Maritime Transport & Ports) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), based at ADB headquarters in Manila, where he…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Environment, Finance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

Adrian Torres

Chief, ADB

Adrian Torres is the Chief of ADB's Public-Private Partnership thematic group. Prior to this position, he was the Associate Director of ANZ and Societe Generale.  He graduated from RMIT University with a degree in Business Administration and received his Master of Finance and Economics from…

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