Xuedu Lu Keywords ADB climate change environment Read more about Xuedu Lu Mr. Xuedu Lu, Ph. D., is Lead Climate Change Specialist at East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB). He joined ADB in 2010, working on low carbon development, carbon market, climate finance, and low carbon technology. Prior to joining ADB, Dr. Lu took different positions including Deputy Director General of National Climate Center of China, Member of the Executive Board of Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol to UNFCCC, Deputy Head of Global Environment Office, Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
Eminent Speakers' Forum - Protecting People and Profits Read more about Eminent Speakers' Forum - Protecting People and Profits The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development shows that governments are committed to the protection and equitable sharing of natural capital and the benefits it can bring. But it’s not enough. Lasting social, economic, and environmental progress can only be achieved with more private sector engagement. Protecting natural capital can be good for profits and for people. Damaging it can put entire economic sectors on the fast track to disaster.
Localizing Global Agendas: Introductory Statement Read more about Localizing Global Agendas: Introductory Statement Asia has seen remarkable growth in the last four decades though at the expense of inequality and environmental degradation. Lal Shanker Ghimire from the National Planning Commission of Nepal pointed out the need for Asia to move into a development model that considers economic, social, and environmental impacts.
7 Development Myths Read more about 7 Development Myths This presentation discusses seven development myths, provides evidence on how these perceived myths should not be considered realities, and shares corresponding take-aways that are just the exact opposite of these myths.
Kemen Austin Keywords environment climate change climate research Read more about Kemen Austin Kemen Austin Leads a research agenda evaluating the ecological, social, and economic impacts and tradeoffs of land-sector climate change mitigation policy scenarios at state, national, and global scales. She was previously a forest and climate research analyst in the People and Ecosystems Program of the World Resources Institute (WRI).
Clifford Polycarp Keywords climate change climate crisis environment climate energy Read more about Clifford Polycarp Prior to Green Climate Fund, Clifford Polycarp worked on international climate and development finance on WRI’s International Financial Flows and Environment team.
Ho-Sang Lim Keywords environment plastics Read more about Ho-Sang Lim Ho-Sang Lim is the Executive Director of Hanwha Chemical, which has led the Korean petrochemical industry through market-leading general-purpose plastics and inorganic chemical products.
Sudatta Ray Keywords environment Read more about Sudatta Ray I am an Assistant Professor at the Environmental Studies Department at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. I received my PhD from the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at Stanford University. I study the unintended consequences of different electrification strategies on rates of electricity access and how electricity access enables (or in some cases restricts) income-enhancing productive applications. My research aims to contribute to maximizing social benefits by effectively measuring, targeting and sequencing electrification policies.