Celia Garcia Baños Lopez Keywords energy gender equality Read more about Celia Garcia Baños Lopez Celia García-Baños is an Associate Programme Officer, in IRENA’s Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre in Abu Dhabi. Celia is a chemical engineer from the Industrial Engineering School of the Technical University of Madrid. She holds a masters in Water and Environmental Engineering from Masdar Institute.
Cambridge University-World Economic Forum-ADBI 2021 Regional Fintech Roundtable Read more about Cambridge University-World Economic Forum-ADBI 2021 Regional Fintech Roundtable Rapid advancements in financial technology, or fintech, are opening the door to greater financial inclusion and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. However, the growing knowledge gap between innovators and regulators regarding fintech and business models that apply it threatens to undermine the benefits while giving rise to new challenges.
Santosh Kumar Srirangam Keywords coral reefs energy artificial enhancement artificial reefs biodiversity ecology coastal management reef restoration Read more about Santosh Kumar Srirangam Dr. Santosh received his Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands. His expertise lies in Fluid-structure-interaction (FSI), CFD, Contact & Continuum Mechanics. He authored numerous international journal papers and presented technical papers in various international conferences and workshops. He helped Structural Mechanics group of TU Delft win many research funding proposals and collaborated with many esteemed research groups and universities in the US, UK, Europe. Currently, he’s heading Engineering dept. of HSL Constructor Pte Ltd.
Loke Ming Chou Keywords coral reefs energy artificial enhancement artificial reefs biodiversity ecology coastal management reef restoration Read more about Loke Ming Chou Dr. CHOU Loke Ming is Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore (Department of Biological Sciences). He obtained his PhD in Zoology from the University of Singapore in 1976. His research on coral reef ecology and integrated coastal management covers Southeast Asia. His current research focus is reef restoration, and he is particularly interested in how corals can be re-established in the highly turbid conditions of rapidly developing coastal areas. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Biology and a Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science.
Singapore’s High Relief Artificial Reef Read more about Singapore’s High Relief Artificial Reef This presents an overview of artificial reefs and its functions.
High-relief Artificial Reefs for Biodiversity Enhancement Read more about High-relief Artificial Reefs for Biodiversity Enhancement In response to the areal loss of natural reefs and degradation of existing reefs due to coastal urbanization, high-relief artificial reef structures were deployed in Singapore to assess their contribution to ecosystem recovery service in the vicinity of the Jurong Island Energy Hub. This webinar explored the opportunities presented around marine energy assets.
Introducing TA-6730: Promoting Life Cycle Management of Fluorocarbons Read more about Introducing TA-6730: Promoting Life Cycle Management of Fluorocarbons This presentation gives an overview on ADB’s support to promote proper management of fluorocarbons in developing countries.
Shintaro Fujii Keywords energy air cooling system clean air disease resilient energy efficient air-conditioning system Read more about Shintaro Fujii Mr. Shintaro Fujii manages the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM), which promotes advanced low-carbon technologies. He also supports the operations on climate change and environmental issues. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for the Ministry of the Environment of Japan for more than 15 years.
Centralised Air Conditioning vis-a-vis Montreal Protocol and Climate Change – Challenges for Developing Countries Read more about Centralised Air Conditioning vis-a-vis Montreal Protocol and Climate Change – Challenges for Developing Countries This presentation gives an overview on the implementation of natural refrigerants in developing countries.
Sukumar Devotta Keywords energy air cooling system clean air disease resilient energy efficient air-conditioning system Read more about Sukumar Devotta Dr. Devotta has immensely contributed to the field of Energy, Environment and Green Technologies. He has served and continues to serve in many prestigious National & International Committees, including Montreal Protocol-Ozone Cell, MOEFCC (Since 1992); UNEP Technical Option Committee on Refrigeration, AC& Heat Pumps (Since 1991). Dr. Devotta was awarded the US EPA "Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award" for 1997. As a member of IPCC, he also received the citations from IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.