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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

Avni Kumar

Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Avni Kumar specialises in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), with a cross-cutting focus on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) and climate resilience in WASH. She has a background in development economics and has worked in various capacities with government, civil society, private sector…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Caterina Meloni

Founder and Gender Finance Advisor, Connecting Founders

Caterina is a gender finance specialist with 25 years of experience working at the crossroads of finance. She supports international finance institutions, development partners, and government bodies in integrating a gender and climate lens across finance and infrastructure programs in a way that is…

   Topic(s): Environment, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Fiza Farhan

Advisor and Member, UN High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment

Fiza Farhan is a Pakistan-based entrepreneur and development expert, featured in the US Magazine Forbes “30 Under 30 List of Social Entrepreneurs” for 2015 and again in Forbes Asia List of” 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs in 2016”. She represents Pakistan on the United Nation's Secretary…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Gender Equality
   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, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Jittima Rodsawad

Public Health Technical Officer, Health Impact Assessment Division, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

Jittima is the Public Health Technical Officer in the Health Impact Assessment Division at the Department of Health. Since 2002, she has experience with HIA applications for public parks in the Yala municipality in Thailand. She is also responsible for developing HIA training courses for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Health
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Laksmi Dhewanthi

Director General of Climate Change Control, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia

Laksmi Dhewanthi is a government official with more than 25 years of experience in the field of environment and sustainable development. She is currently a Senior Advisor to the Minister on Industry and International Trade, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia.…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Health
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Shona Fitzgerald

Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist , World Bank

Shona is a water supply and sanitation specialist at the World Bank working on projects in the Pacific Islands since 2019. Shona is a water and wastewater treatment process engineer by training. She worked for 6 years at Australia’s largest water utility, Sydney Water, in a range of roles,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 14: Life Below Water