Nicole Baker has almost two decades experience in strategy, institutional development and program design in climate change, renewable energy, transport and biodiversity, across the Asia-Pacific region. Nicole focuses on bringing people together to create a shared vision for a zero-emissions, sustainable future, to understand choices and trade-offs in the pathways to achieve that vision, and to commit to the necessary actions and investments.

Malavika leads Engie Impact’s work out of APAC, based out of Singapore. Malavika is a well regarded sustainability professional with over 20 years of experience, including projects in clean energy, smart cities, climate change, and sustainable agriculture. She has worked with the private sector, governments, and the development sector, both in the West (UK, Europe, and US) and in Asia (Southeast Asia, India).

Rathin leads the Energy Efficiency & Climate Change division at ICF Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. and has over 10 years of experience in delivering solutions to public and private sector clients on industrial energy efficiency, climate change and sustainability. He has successfully managed and delivered key assignments in small as well large industries, spread across different sectors. Mr. Kukreja has a dynamic portfolio of working in areas such as resource efficiency, climate change mitigation, market-based mechanisms, decarbonization and energy benchmarking of industrial sectors.

Vanita has over 25 years of experience in the development sector. She has been working on a wide range of issues including water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), small holder agriculture, forest governance, rural livelihoods, women’s land rights, renewable energy, climate change, extractives and mining. She is currently leading the policy and advocacy work with WaterAid at the South Asia regional level. Prior to WaterAid, Vanita worked with Oxfam India and the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development in New Delhi.

Katinka Weinberger is the Chief of Environment and Development Policy Section (EDPS) in UNESCAP. As Chief of EDPS, she is responsible for planning, coordinating, directing, and implementing ESCAP’s work program in the area of environment, especially on climate change, water and oceans and provides leadership in formulating and coordinating ESCAP’s response to the 2030 Agenda.