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David Nguyen

Associate Professor, Tohoku University

Dr. David N. Nguyen is an Associate Professor of Tohoku University's International Research Institute for Disaster Science in Japan, as well as a researcher at Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention. Dr. Nguyen is originally from the United States and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

David Simmons

Senior Director, Disaster Risk Finance, WTW

David Simmons has over 40 year’s re/insurance experience focusing upon catastrophic hazards. He has a mathematics degree from the University of Bristol and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Vice-President of the London Insurance Institute.  He was a pioneer in…

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

David Tan

Founder and CEO , CrowdFarmX, Singapore

A serial entrepreneur with over 28 years of experience in IT, Control Engineering and FMCG Supply Chain  Management, David was responsible for optimizing the McDonald’s and KFC cold chains, as well as Global Distribution for the Jardines Group. He was also a dotcom…

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

Dawit. Mekonnen

Senior Research Staff, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dawit Mekonnen is a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in the Environment and Production Technology Division. He completed his PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. He holds M.Sc. and B.A. degrees in Economics from Addis…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Deanna Olney

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Deanna Olney has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biology from the University of California Davis with a designated emphasis in International Nutrition and minors in Statistics and Epidemiology. Currently, Deanna is a Senior Research Fellow and a theme co-leader for Nutrition-Sensitive Programs in IFPRI’s…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Debora Utami

Program Manager, YAKKUM Emergency Unit Indonesia

Debora Dian Utami or Amie is currently the Program Manager of YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) Indonesia—an NGO that was established in 2001 and has mandates on inclusive emergency response, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and climate change adaptation. Amie graduated with a degree in communication…

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

Deepa Joshi

Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead, Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Deepa Joshi is the Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead at WLE and International Water Management Institutes (IWMI). A feminist political ecologist by training, her research has analysed shifts in environmental policies and how these restructure contextually complex intersections of gender, poverty,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Organization, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. https://www.gov.uk/government/…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   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

Dina Umali-Deininger

Agriculture Practice Manager, East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank

Dina Umali-Deininger s the Agriculture Practice Manager, Sustainable Development, in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank. She manages advisory activities and a lending portfolio focused on increasing agricultural productivity, linking farmers to markets and value chain development,…

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

Ding Li Yong

Advocacy and Policy Manager (Asia), BirdLife International

Dr. Ding Li Yong is passionate about biodiversity (especially migratory species, wetlands and rainforests) and its protection, and how conservation practice can be reconciled with human development. He works with culturally diverse teams across Asia to create, drive, and scale-up projects that…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land