Nicole Baker

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Nicole Baker has almost two decades experience in strategy, institutional development and program design in climate change, renewable energy, transport and biodiversity, across the Asia-Pacific region. Nicole focuses on bringing people together to create a shared vision for a zero-emissions, sustainable future, to understand choices and trade-offs in the pathways to achieve that vision, and to commit to the necessary actions and investments.

Sustainable Biofuel Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges after the Pandemic

Based on Covid-19 first analysis of impacts on the transport fuel sector, this presentation urged policymakers to act at two different timescales: 1) to provide support to meet short- and medium-term goals, such as assist fuel companies to overcome the collapse of demand and the economic shock, preserving direct and indirect jobs and business; and 2) provide support to meet medium- and long-term goals, such as to increase the ambition and promote higher amounts of domestic renewable and low carbon fuels, injecting economic resources on green domestic supply and conversion chains.

Arpan Paul

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Arpan Paul is an assistant professor at the School of Human Settlements at XIM University. He was previously an assistant professor at Sushant University and a research scholar at the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Ralf Schüle

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Dr. Ralf Schüle is the Co-Head of Research Unit Urban Transitions of the Wuppertal Institute. He studied sociology, political sciences and economics and holds a PhD in sociology. He is a leading expert in low carbon urban transformation and strategic planning of urban sustainability paths along the whole policy cycle and covering most relevant sectors (e.g. energy supply, buildings, transport) at national and local levels. He has 12 years of experience working in this field in Germany, across Europe, and China.

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Creating Clean Energy Entrepreneurs through Affordable Financing

Transportation is an essential part of economic growth. But petroleum-fueled vehicles have created serious health problems for citizens in all major Indian cities and many poor people struggle to afford to purchase a vehicle. To address these challenges, SVCL, having a presence in central India, initiated financing E-Rickshaws in FY2016-17. Under this program, low-income group families were targeted who didn’t have enough capital to buy normal auto-rickshaws and were provided credit facilities to purchase E-Rickshaw so that their income generation capacity could go up.

Clotilde Rossi di Schio di Schio

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Clotilde Rossi di Schio is part of SEforALL policy team, where she works as Specialist in the Cooling for All and Energy and Transport initiatives. Prior to joining SEforALL, Clotilde has been working in the energy field for the private sector, part of McKinsey’s German office and Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s Turboden spa. Until recently, she has been collaborating as Research Assistant with the SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, where she researched space heating and cooling electrification.

Atsushi Najima

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Atsushi Najima is the president and managing director of Nissan Philippines, one of the fastest growing automotive brands in the country. Prior to his present role, he joined Nissan as deputy general manager of Nissan’s regional financial management group in Japan. Atsushi currently develops business strategies to maximize and maintain Nissan’s outstanding performance in the country.

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