Bakhadur Paluaniyazov

Since April 2020, works as a Head of the Environment and Climate Action Cluster of UNDP in Uzbekistan: responsible for programming UNDP initiatives in areas of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Nature Resource Management (including Biodiversity conservation, Agriculture), Disaster Risk Reduction and the Aral Sea environmental crisis. Prior to this assignment, Bakhadur  managed UNDP lead UN Joint Programmes in the Aral Sea region and made substantive inputs in the establishment of the Multi-Partner Human Security Trust Fund for the Aral Sea region.

Anbu Anbumozhi

Anbu Anbumozhi is a Senior Energy Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia. His previous positions include Senior Capacity Building Specialist at Asian Development Bank Institute, Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Senior Policy Researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and Assistant Manager in Pacific Consultants International, Tokyo.

Hans Woldring

Hans Woldring is a principal natural resource and agriculture specialist in ADB. He is a national of Australia and has 40 years of professional experience, with 26 years in the field.  He joined ADB in 2007 and has worked in the Central and West Asia and South Asia Departments. He led with major assignments for ADB in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Nepal, and has worked in the Central Asia region since 1994.

Localizing Global Agendas: Sustainable Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, and Climate Change

This presentation introduces the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG), an association that represents and defends local governments’ interest on the world stage. It shares the work of UCLG in the Asia-Pacific region and what the organization does to support localization of the sustainable development goals at the global level.

Alexandra Linden

Alexandra Linden has been working as an Urban / Regional Planner, Project Leader, and Consultant for the private and public sector, NGOs, research institutions, and international organizations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Her assignments dealt with urban development, infrastructure and resource management, urban upgrading, institutional capacity development, civil participation, professional networks, decentralization, and multi-level policy advice.