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Louise Heaps

Head of Sustainable Blue Economy, WWF Global

Louise Heaps is WWF’s global lead on sustainable blue economy, with a focus on influencing mainstream finance and policy enablers, as well as addressing the barriers to delivering an inclusive sustainable blue economy at coastal community levels. Louise has worked in ocean conservation and natural…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance, Water
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Lu’isa Uai Taunga

Senior Assistant Secretary, NDRMO, Kingdom of Tonga

Lu’isa Uai Taunga has served at the Ministry of MEIDECC within the National Disaster Risk Management Office (NDRMO) since 2016. Her current role now is the Senior Assistant Secretary and the HOD for the Research and Training Division within NDRMO. Her team works extensively in conducting CBDRM to…

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

Ludovico Lim

General Manager, Antique Electric Cooperative

Engr. Lim is the General Manager of Antique Electric Cooperative (ANTECO), an electric distribution cooperative, owned by the consumers it services. He has been at the helm of ANTECO over the past 23 years, spearheading the electrification of 18 municipalities and several island villages within…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   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

Lukas Arenson

Principal Geotechnical Engineer , BGC Engineering

Dr. Lukas Arenson, Ph.D., P. Eng. (BC, YK, NU, NT), is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer with primary areas of expertise in geotechnical and mountain permafrost engineering, including specializations in frozen soil mechanics and geothermal modeling. He is a renowned expert in the dynamics of ice-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 13: Climate Action

Lupe Fe’iloaki

Deputy Secretary, Attorney General’s Office, Kingdom of Tonga

Lupe Fe’iloaki is a Tongan citizen serving at the Attorney General’s Office since September, 2023. Lupe’s role is leading the Corporate Service Division in ensuring effective management and efficient operation of the Corporate Services for the office in which consisting of the Human Resource,…

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

Lusia Sefo-Leau

CEO, Pacific Water and Wastewater Association

Lusia Sefo Leau is the CEO of PWWA and has held this role since late 2016; she helped establish PWWA as a permanent regional organization for Pacific water and wastewater in Samoa. She has held senior leadership roles in a number of government Ministries, including CEO of the Ministry for Revenue,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Lykke Leonardsen

Head of program for Resilient and Sustainable City Solutions, City of Copenhagen (Denmark)

Lykke Leonardsen has more than 25 years of experience in various fields of urban development – from regeneration, economic development, and physical planning. During her 13 years in the Technical and Environmental Administration in the City of Copenhagen, she has been heading the development of the…

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

Lynda Miller

Director, Vatuvara Private Islands, Fiji

Lynda Miller is a Director of Vatuvara Private Islands since 2010. Vatuvara Private islands is a premier Fiji resort in Northern Lau that provides an exclusive experience to travelers who are interested in exploring Northern Lau's pristine marine environments. The Northern Group of Lau has been…

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

M.V. Lee Badgett

Professor of Economics, Williams Institute

M. V. Lee Badgett's new book is "The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fairness and Equality Benefit Us All" from Beacon Press. Her research focuses on economic inequality for LGBT people, including wage gaps, employment discrimination, and poverty, and on the global cost of homophobia and…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Ma Luisa (Lulu) Zuniga-Carmine

Gender Specialist, Consultant, ADB

Ms. Ma Luisa (Lulu) Zuniga-Carmine is a Gender Specialist, who has over 20 years of experience working on poverty, involuntary resettlement, and gender in 14 Pacific countries including Kiribati, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu and Fjij. She has also worked in Asia including Sri Lanka, Kyrgyztan, Mongolia and…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality