Vivian Pun

Dr. Vivian Pun serves as Technical Head of Breathe Cities for Southeast Asia & Senior Advisor for Air Quality and Health at C40 Cities, a network of the world's megacities committed to addressing climate change. Vivian leads the delivery of the C40-led activities in the Breathe Cities initiative in Southeast Asia, as well as in-house modeling, analysis, report writing, and public communication through C40 air quality technical assistance projects.

Securing Climate Finance for Projects and Programs with Co-benefits with Air Quality

This presentation provides an overview of the Asian Development Bank's commitments and progress in climate finance, specifically in relation to air quality improvement projects. It also highlights the various financing mechanisms and initiatives, such as the ETM Funding Vehicle and the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific, that the ADB is implementing to mobilize climate finance and support the transition to clean energy.

Swati Mitchelle Dsouza

Swati Mitchelle Dsouza is a climate change specialist at the Asian Development Bank. Swati’s research interests include just transitions, power and transport sector decarbonization, and supply chain security. She was the India lead analyst for the IEA, a consultant on new strategic initiatives at IEEFA, and co-developed the India ZEV center at UC Davis on transport sector decarbonization. She founded the climate change center at the National Foundation for India and led one of the first studies on just transitions in India in 2021.

Practical Approaches and Opportunities for Integrating Climate and Air Pollution Action

This presentation provides an overview of the opportunities and practical approaches for integrating climate and air pollution action, with a focus on urban areas. It highlights the importance of integrating climate and air quality efforts, the key opportunities in action planning processes, data and data systems, and communication and engagement, and provides examples of successful city-level actions in addressing climate change and air pollution.