Sumit Pokhrel Keywords Sumit Pokhrel ADB GMS Environment Operations Center GMS Core Environment Program Environment and Climate Change Specialist ecosystems and community-based climate change mitigation and adaptation landscape conservation and livelihoods development disaster incident management energy conservation environmental planning environmental assessments and compliance environmental science Read more about Sumit Pokhrel Sumit Pokhrel is Environment Specialist of the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division in the South Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is responsible for preparing and administering projects and programs and engaging in the areas of environment, and climate change.
Diane Gail Maharjan Keywords NEDA Philippines environmental science environmental planning climate change Read more about Diane Gail Maharjan Diane Gail Maharjan is the current OIC-Assistant Director of the Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff of NEDA. She has been with the national planning agency for 12.5 years and has been shepherding policy review, planning, and programming for the environment and natural resources sector. Ms. Maharjan led the formulation of, and the current midterm updating of the Environment Chapter of the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 including its accompanying Results Matrix and Public Investment Program.
Rising to the Challenge: Sanitation Sector Read more about Rising to the Challenge: Sanitation Sector India is confronted by challenges in urban sanitation. The Government of India, through its National Urban Sanitation Policy, has taken steps to transform the country's urban areas into community‐driven, totally sanitized, and healthy and livable cities and towns.