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Woochong Um

Managing Director General, ADB

Woochong Um is ADB’s Managing Director General. He assumed the position on 22 February 2021. Mr. Um is responsible for ensuring bank-wide coherence of key initiatives and issues. He provides oversight to the Department of Communications, the Office of Professional Conduct, and the Office of the…

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

Xia Li

Founder, Shenzhen Power-Solution Ind. Co., Ltd.

Xia Li obtained her Master’s degree in Business Administration from Ursuline College. She is a young entrepreneur and the Founder of Shenzhen Power-Solution Ind. Co., Ltd., a solar company dedicated to supplying the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) people with high-quality and affordable solar solutions…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Poverty
   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 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Xian Zhang

Deputy Director, Division of Social Service and Regional Development, Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21）

Over the past few years, Xian Zhang has always been contributing himself into pushing the work on planning energy strategies, tackling with Climate Change, and also accelerating the development of CCUS technology in China as well as supervising and extending international bilateral and…

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

Xianfu Lu

Former Senior Climate Change Specialist (Adaptation), ADB

Xianfu, ADB’s focal point for climate change adaptation, has worked on the science and policy of climate change adaptation for the past 20 years. Trained as an applied meteorologist, he spent the first 10 years of her career researching climate scenarios and their use in climate change impacts and…

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

Xu Haiyun

Chief engineer, CUCD

 Member of the Sustainable Development and Resources and Environment Expert Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Urban-Rural Development  Member of the Environmental Sanitation Expert Group of the Municipal Public Industry Expert Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Urban-…

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

Xue Yuwei

Director International Consulting Center, CUCD

She has been engaged in solid waste research and consulting industry for more than 20 years ，and she specializes in consulting projects of international financial organizations. Member of the Professional Committee of MSW Treatment of China Urban Environmental Sanitation Association, the member of…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Xuegeng Luo

Assistant President, GM of International Business, Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited

Mr. Luo works at the Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited. He is involved in O&M cases sharing and provides advice and suggestions. 

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Yale Wong

Lead Adviser Urban Mobility, Indonesia Australia Partnership for Infrastructure (KIAT)

Yale Z Wong, PhD, is Lead Advisor, Urban Mobility at the Indonesia Australia Partnership for Infrastructure (KIAT), a partnership between the Governments of Australia and Indonesia to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth through improved access to infrastructure for all people. Yale…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Yaling Wu

Senior Advisor, Ant Group Research Institute

Yaling Wu is responsible for the green finance policy research and green business innovation incubation at Ant Group Research Institute. Before joining Ant Group, Ms. Wu worked at MEPFECO and MOF, participating in international cooperation projects in the fields of climate change and environmental…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Yana Waldman

Assistant Deputy Director of Capital Projects, San Francisco County Transportation Authority

Yana used to work with Arup as its Senior Consultant. She now works as Assistant Deputy Director of Capital Projects for the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. 

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure