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Yunji Tak

Assistant Director, Public Procurement International Cooperation Division, Public Procurement Service (PPS), Republic of Korea

Ms. Yunji Tak is the Assistant Director of the Public Procurement International Cooperation Division, PPS, Korea. Before her appointment in this position, she was an intern of the International Development Project Team of World 2022 –2023. Ms. Tak completed her Bachelor’s degree in English and…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Yunsoung Kim

Research Fellow, Green Energy Strategy Institute

Yunsoung Kim is a Research Fellow at Green Energy Strategy Institute which mainly concerns renewable energy, district heating and cooling, and electricity market reform policies for the energy transition. Ever since she received her PhD in Urban Planning from Seoul National University in 2007, she…

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

Yuqing Yu

Unknown, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Dr. Yu joined IGES in April 2013 and is a Senior Policy Researcher and task manager in the Climate and Energy Area. Her current research has focused on climate finance, in particular the governance mechanism, the institutional arrangements, and the effectiveness of climate finance. Before IGES, she…

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

Yuriko Koike

Governor of Tokyo, Japan

Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician who currently serves as the Governor of Tokyo. She graduated from the American University in Cairo (B.A. in Sociology) as the top student in 1976 and was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 1993 until 2016 when…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Yutaka Arai

Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of Japan

Yutaka used to be the Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan. She joined it in April 1987. Some of the positions she held was detailed below: • April 1987 Joined Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) • October 2006…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Zac Goldsmith

Minister for Pacific and the Environment at the Foreign, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom

The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park is the Minister for Pacific and the Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He was first appointed as a Minister of State in the Foreign & Commonwealth…

   Topic(s): Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Zairil Khir Johari

State Executive Councilor for Infrastructure and Transport, Penang State Government; State Assemblyman, Tanjong Bunga, Government of Malaysia

Zairil Khir Johari is the State Executive Councilor for Infrastructure and Transport in the Penang State Government. He is also the State Assemblyman for Tanjong Bunga, a seat he won in the 14th General Election in 2018. From 2013 to 2018, Zairil was the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bendera,…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Zeynep Pinar Ogretmen

Carbon Market Specialist / Independent Consultant , ADB

Zeynep Pinar Ogretmen has over 15 years of experience in climate change and GHG emission reduction projects. She is highly skilled in the Gold Standard and Verified Carbon Standard certification schemes. She worked as a Regional Affairs Manager, coordinating efforts across different regions and…

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

Zhe Yuan

Natural Resources Economist, ADB

Zhe Yuan is a Natural Resources Economist at ADB with over ten years of experience in environmental economics, natural capital accounting, and climate change adaptation. She has worked extensively in the Asia-Pacific region on projects related to sustainable resource management and climate finance…

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

Zhenglian Wang

Senior Research Fellow of CPDRC and Senior Research Scientist of DuPPR, China Population and Development Research Center (CPDRC) and Center for Population Health and Aging of Population Research Institute at Duke University (DuPRI)

Dr. Zhenglian Wang, received PhD degree in Health Science (Medical Demography) of Medical School of University of Southern Denmark in 2001, and graduated from Department of computer science of Peking University in 1982. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow at China Population and Development…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals