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Nishan Raj Gautam

Undersecretary of Disaster Preparedness and Response, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr. Nishan Raj Gautam is currently serving as an Under Secretary in the Disaster Preparedness and Response Section of the Disaster Management Division at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Nepal.

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Nurul Fadlillah

Director, Climate Change Adaptation, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Indonesia

    

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

Okju Jeong

Urban Planning and Climate Change Specialist, Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund, ADB

Okju is the Urban Planning and Climate Change Specialist, Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund at ADB. 

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

Oliver Chapman

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Oliver’s work focuses on youth engagement and youth employment through ADB’s youth initiative, Youth for Asia, and also on Civil Society Participation. He also supports some of ADB’s work on citizen-led approaches to governance, including from the perspective of encouraging active citizenship in…

   Topic(s): Civil Society
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Orietta Valdes Rojas

Analyst, Government of Chile

Orietta has more than 10 years of experience in the field of project evaluation, leading projects to develop methodologies for the social evaluation of projects and coordinating medium-term ex-post evaluation projects for public investment. Her main area of interest is the strengthening of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Oyunjargal Lamjav

Head of Weather Forecast Division, National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring

Dr. Oyunjargal Lamjav is the Head of Weather Forecast Division, of the National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring in Mongolia.

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

Patricia Zurita

Chief Executive Officer, BirdLife International

Patricia leads BirdLife International, the world’s largest nature conservation partnership, bringing together over 100 organisations worldwide to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. An economist by…

   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, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Paul Venton

Independent Consultant, ADB

Dr. Paul Venton specializes in strengthening people’s disaster and climate resilience and is passionate about the protection, restoration and sustainable management of nature. He has 24 years of experience in more than 25 countries and an action-research PhD in improving the sustainability and…

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

Pelagia Makhauri

Governance and Anti-Corruption Specialist and Project Officer, Council of Europe

Pelagia is a Legal professional with 7+ years of experience in anti-corruption law and policy, human rights, public administration, policy development, good governance, civil participation, digital governance, anti-fraud law, and policy and business integrity. She is also…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Governance and Public Sector Management, Public-Private Partnership, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Peter Droogers

Expert on Integrated Water Resources Management, Kestrel Group Limited New Zealand

Dr. Peter Droogers is an expert on integrated water resources management at different spatial scales with an emphasis on climate change. His current activities include climate risk assessment for ADB and World Bank projects, focusing on assessing climate risks and analyzing potential adaptation…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, 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