Strengthening the Environmental Dimensions of the SDGs

This presentation gave an overview of ADB's regional technical assistance 9245 on "Supporting the Implementation of Environment Related SDGs in Asia and the Pacific" ad how the project helps strengthen the capacities of ADB developing member countries to integrate environmental dimensions of the SDGs into their national policies, plans, and programs. It also laid out the workshop's objectives, relevant background materials, and expected workshop outputs.

Kim Thi Thuy Ngoc

Ms. Kim Thi Thuy Ngoc is working at the Institute of Strategy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE). She graduated at Ha Noi National University in 1994 with a major in biodiversity. She also earned her Master of Science at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. She obtained her Ph.D. at Ha Noi National University.

Eric Zusman

Eric Zusman is a senior policy researcher/area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES) in Hayama, Japan. Dr. Zusman holds a bachelors degree in Mandarin Chinese from Rutgers University, a dual Masters Degree in public policy and Asian studies from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. For much of the past two decades he has conducted research on environmental issues in Asia.