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Piet van Asten

Head Sustainable Production Systems Coffee, Olam Food Ingredients (ofi)

Transforming agriculture to (re-)build, rather than exhaust, livelihoods and nature requires knowledge, resources and motivation from farmers. Piet focuses on innovating the sustainability of production systems at Olam Food Ingredients (ofi) and is based in Singapore. In early 2017, he joined Olam…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Piyush Sharma

Senior Property and Casualty Analytics Solutions Manager, Swiss Re

Piyush Sharma is Senior Property and Casualty Analytics Solutions Manager at Swiss Re, serving clients across South-East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Australia, he joined Swiss Re in October 2021 to help build and scale analytical solutions which solve business problems.…

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

PK Joshi

Former Head, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dr. P K Joshi superannuated as the Director-South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC. Prior to this he was holding the positions of the Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, and the Director of the ICAR-National Centre of Agricultural…

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

Prakash Gaudel

Assistant Manager, Environment and Social Studies Department, Nepal Electricity Authority

Prakash has more than 10 years of experience in environmental assessment (IEE/EIA) of a variety of energy development projects, ranging from storage type to RoR hydropower projects, high voltage transmission lines, project access road, and camp facilities. He is currently engaged in cumulative…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Purdie Bowden

Assistant Director, Private Finance for Climate and Development, DFAT

Formerly a lead negotiator for Australia at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including for the Paris Agreement negotiations, Purdie is an experienced policy advisor at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has expertise in climate change and…

   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

Puri Jyotsna

Associate Vice-President, Strategy and Knowledge Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development

She leads the organization’s strategy work in IFAD’s key areas, targeting agriculture, climate, gender, nutrition, youth, and social inclusion as well as provides the vision for evidence-informed advice on programme designs and implementation, contributing to resource mobilization, and supporting…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Radhika Bhargava

Research Fellow, National University of Singapore

Dr. Radhika Bhargava recently completed her Ph.D. at the Department of Geography of the National University of Singapore, where she worked on understanding the response of mangroves and local communities towards shoreline retreats. Radhika used geospatial analysis, social science methods…

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

Rafid Shidqi

Youth Project Designer for the Atoll Youth Climate Project, ADB

Rafid's career aspiration is to work on the intersection of the marine ecosystem and protect the community's livelihoods. He is currently working as a Project Leader in a local NGO, Thresher Shark Indonesia. Their goal is to protect the declining and endangered thresher shark population in one of…

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

Raihanul Khan

Team Lead (Consultant), ADB

Mr. Raihanul Khan is an ADB consultant and currently the team lead of ADB’s Technical Assistance 10103: Increasing Investments in Early Warning Systems to Strengthen Climate and Disaster Resilience. He is the Bangladesh Country Program Lead for RIMES - the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early…

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

Rajan Bajracharya

Managing Director, Pathway Technologies

Rajan Bajracharya has a unique blend of engineering and management experiences. He has working experience of 20 years, mainly using digital technologies to address some of the societal benefit areas to solve environmental and livelihood challenges in the region by simplifying complex scientific…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger