Despoina Kouria Keywords sustainability World Bank procurement Read more about Despoina Kouria Despoina Kouria is a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability analyst with Corporate Procurement at the World Bank Group (WBG), which she joined in 2020. She is part of the team that mainstreams sustainability considerations into over $1.7 Billion of annual purchases for the World Bank Group’s global offices and leads Corporate Procurement’s efforts in promoting and increasing the participation of women- and other diverse-owned businesses within WBG procurement processes and across its supply chain.
Kazuko Ogasahara Keywords ADB sustainability natural resources agriculture climate change Read more about Kazuko Ogasahara Kazuko joined ADB as nutrition specialist. Before taking this position, she worked for Japanese food manufacturer, Ajinomoto, and has a wide range of experience from R&D to scientific communication in nutrition field. She has Ph.D in chemistry from Osaka University, Japan.
Tokyo Fiscal Forum Seminar: Towards Post-COVID-19 Fiscal Policy and Digitalization in Asia Read more about Tokyo Fiscal Forum Seminar: Towards Post-COVID-19 Fiscal Policy and Digitalization in Asia For nearly two years, governments have provided fiscal support to safeguard firms, households, and vulnerable populations from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, many countries face a difficult trade-off between protecting livelihoods and rebuilding fiscal buffers to reduce their economic vulnerability.
Is a Global Food Crisis Looming? Read more about Is a Global Food Crisis Looming? This presentation gives an overview of the current status of global food security and food price trend and potential responses to build resilient food systems.
Tim Benton Keywords brown bag webinar rural development food security economic growth Pandemic Response health crisis economic fall-out nutrition Health food index international food prices sustainability Read more about Tim Benton Professor Tim G. Benton leads the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House. He joined Chatham House in 2016 as a distinguished visiting fellow, at which time he was also dean of strategic research initiatives at the University of Leeds. From 2011-2016 he was the ‘champion’ of the UK’s Global Food Security programme which was a multi-agency partnership of the UK’s public bodies (government departments, devolved governments and research councils) with an interest in the challenges around food.
Looming Food Insecurity Concerns in Asia and the Pacific: What Should We Expect? Read more about Looming Food Insecurity Concerns in Asia and the Pacific: What Should We Expect?
Tim Gould Keywords environment energy economy sustainability climate change economist finance investment Read more about Tim Gould Tim Gould was appointed the Agency' s Chief Energy Economist in 2021. As Chief Energy Economist, he provides strategic advice on energy economics across a wide range of IEA activities and analysis. Mr. Gould is also Head of the Division for Energy Supply and Investment Outlooks, in which capacity he coleads the World Energy Outlook, the IEA' s flagship publication, and oversees the Agency' s work on investment and finance, including the World Energy Investment report.
Francesco La Camera Keywords climate sustainability international cooperation energy renewable energy climate change. environment green finance Read more about Francesco La Camera Mr. Francesco La Camera is the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He has than thirty years of experience in the fields of climate, sustainability, and international cooperation. He formerly served as Director-General Of Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, EU and International Affairs at the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land & Sea. In this capacity. he developed cooperation and partnerships agreements with a wide range Of countries, particularly developing countries.
Isaac Emery Keywords Life cycle assessment benefit-cost analysis agriculture biofuel land use change cellular agriculture sustainability Read more about Isaac Emery With a decade of life cycle assessment (LCA) experience and a lifelong commitment to improving humanity’s relationship with planet Earth, Isaac founded Informed Sustainability Consulting in 2019 to help organizations act on their environmental commitments. Isaac brings deep knowledge of sustainability metrics, broad experience in data analysis and communications, and a foundation of ethics and passion to every project.