Lifeng Li Keywords UN water management food security climate change Read more about Lifeng Li Lifeng Li is the Director of Land and Water Division, Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), leading FAO’s work on soils, land, water, geospatial and climate financing through partnership with the Adaptation Fund and acting as the FAO Focal Point to UNCCD Convention and Ramsar Convention. He has over 15 years of experience on water policy, river basin and freshwater ecosystems management through his works in World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Wetlands International, as well expertise of climate financing, national climate planning & programming and count
Rachael McDonnell Keywords climate change water management Read more about Rachael McDonnell Before IWMI: 2008-2018 International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai. Head of Climate Change Modeling and Adaptation, Principal Researcher Water Governance and Policy 1992-2013 University of Oxford Water group, with various roles including Course Director for MSc Water Science, Policy and Management Expertise: Climate change assessment, climate adaptation, climate risk management, drought monitoring and planning, water governance, water policy, science to policy
Yellow River Ecological Corridor (YREC) Seminar Series: Inaugural Session Read more about Yellow River Ecological Corridor (YREC) Seminar Series: Inaugural Session This presentation gave an overview of the ADB Yellow River Ecological Corridor Program.
Incorporating Nature-based Solutions in overarching IFRM strategies Read more about Incorporating Nature-based Solutions in overarching IFRM strategies This presentation gives an overview of natural River Management to reduce river-related risks while respecting natural dynamics and the flow of fresh water, sediment, and nutrients, and people.
Ellis Penning Keywords climate Resilience and Environment post-flood resilience integrated flood risk management water water and sanitation water management Read more about Ellis Penning Dr. Ellis Penning is an expert on Nature Based Solutions, aquatic ecology, and eco hydraulics at Deltares (Delft, The Netherlands). She has over 21 years of experience and a Ph.D. in Ecohydraulics. Ms. Penning heads the strategic research line on Nature Based Solutions within Deltares. Ms. Penning focuses her work on the interaction of vegetation in rivers and lakes with water quantity and water quality processes and the innovative monitoring and management of this vegetation, using remote sensing and innovative monitoring techniques.
Climate Change Adaptation in Hill Torrents of Punjab Read more about Climate Change Adaptation in Hill Torrents of Punjab This presentation gives an overview of how resilience approaches will be built into their flood reconstruction and risk management investments.
Ijaz Kashif Keywords climate Resilience and Environment post-flood resilience integrated flood risk management water water and sanitation water management Read more about Ijaz Kashif Mr. Ijaz-ul-Hassan Kashif is PMO Barrages for the Punjab Barrages Rehabilitation Project with the Punjab Irrigation Department in Pakistan. He has 36 years of professional experience in the field of water resources development and operation, watershed management, project management, procurement, contract management, and administration of World Bank and ADB projects. He holds a BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering and Water Resources Engineering.