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Elena Villalobos Prats

Capacity Building and Country Support Lead, Climate Change and Health, WHO

Elena has been working in WHO for over 14 years now and, in her current position at the Climate Change and Health Unit, she is the lead for capacity building and country support. She is also the lead of the WHO-led Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH), aiming to support…

   Topic(s): Environment, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 13: Climate Action

Elene Machaidze

former Intern, ADB

Elene Machaidze was an Intern at ADB’s East Asia Department (Urban and Social Sectors Division) in 2021. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design at Politecnico Di Milano in Italy. She is part of a dual degree programme with Tongji University, Shanghai. She…

   Topic(s): Health, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Elin Andersdotter Fabre

Manager, HerCity, UN-Habitat

Elin is managing the Her City initiative at UN-Habitat’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Global Public Space Programme.   She previously worked as the Sustainable cities programme director at the Swedish independent think tank for Global Utmaning. She has been active in advocacy…

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

Eline Boelee

Senior researcher and advisor, Deltares

Dr. Eline Boelee, senior researcher and advisor for water-environment-health interlinkages at Deltares, discussed how an integrated approach contributes to the understanding of health risks in water systems. She focused mainly on freshwater systems, looking at drivers, pressures, state, impact, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Elizabeth Burges-Sims

Former Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Elizabeth Burges-Sims was a Senior Social Development Specialist of the Southeast Asia Department at ADB.  She left ADB in June 2021.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Ellen Joyce Suficiencia

Director, Center for Learning and Inclusion Advocacy (CLIA), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

As the Director of the Financial Inclusion Group – Center for Learning and Inclusion Advocacy (CLIA) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Joyce is deeply involved in various initiatives to drive the BSP’s financial inclusion agenda forward. She handles policy development and advocacy work with…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Emiko Usui

Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Emiko Usui is an associate professor at Hitotsubashi University, Japan. She received her B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo and her Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University. Her research interests are in the area of labor economics, and include gender issues, compensating…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

EmPower

Organization, EmPower

According to the 2016 World Risk Report, 10 out of the 15 most at risk countries to climate change and disasters are in Asia and the Pacific. The region combines high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with a low capacity to manage the resulting risks.   Climate change and…

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

Eric Roeder

Technical Specialist on Green Jobs, Climate Action and Resilience, ILO

Eric Roeder boasts of two decades of service to the United Nations, specializing in diverse sustainability projects. Notable contributions encompass mitigating dust storms with UNCCD, promoting energy efficiency via UNEP, fostering smart agriculture with UNESCAP, and enhancing rural infrastructure…

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

Erick Hale

Project Coordinator, ADB

Erick Hale is the Project Coordinator for the ADB Solomon Water project hygiene promotion activities, with Live & Learn Solomon Islands. Mr. Hale has worked in senior project management, research and advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, and WASH for organizations including Plan International,…

   Topic(s): Environment, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation