Dr. Monica is a determined advocate for climate and energy literacy. From helping to create academic and conservation NGO partnerships like the Cambridge Conservation Forum to developing frameworks for AAS degree in Sustainable Construction Technology in colleges, Read less. She sees the link between climate literacy, informed decision making and smart policy. Her focus on education and training in this area lead her to work for multiple international donor agencies and ultimately the United Nations. The main thread that links all of Monica's work is a commitment to effective decision making through education. Her journey began in 1992 when she noticed the disconnect between science and policy during the Rio Earth Summit. Her solution was to use systems thinking to explain the consequences of action and/or inaction to both policy makers and scientists.

Dr. Koki Ogura is an associate professor in Electrical Engineering at Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan. During his career at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kobe, Japan from 2005 to 2016, he was engaged in the development of the next-generation, renewable energy systems through battery-driven, low-floor light rail vehicle (LRV) and the advanced wayside energy storage system for electric railways in New York City Transit (NYCT)He received the B.S. Eng., the M.S .Eng. and the Dr. Eng. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan in 2000, 2002 and 2005 respectively. , Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd., Japan. His current interests include circuit design and integration of high-frequency soft switching power converters, power electronics applications in home appliances, transportation and renewable energy systems. He received the B.S. Eng., the M.S .Eng. and the Dr. Eng. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan..  

Dr. Akissa is a research and development expert and a professor at the National Agricultural Institute of Tunisia. Previously, she has served as Coordinator of the African Water Facility at the African Development Bank from 2010-2015; as Director for Africa at the International Water Management Institute from 2005-2010; and as Director of Research at the National Research Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Water, and Forestry in Tunis, Tunisia. She has worked in water research in the fields of water resources management, agricultural use of marginal waters and biosolids, and their impacts on the environment with a focus on water quality and water use efficiency. She has authored numerous papers and reports. She is a member of different international scientific committees and has received international honors. She holds an Agricultural Engineer degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie de Toulouse, France, a Doctor-Engineer degree from the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (France) and a Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering from Lund University (Sweden).

Chinenye is a social advocate with a deep passion for individuals with disabilities. She is National Coordination for Disability Aid Organisation (DisAid Nigeria), the Director of Corporate and Enterprise Disability Inclusion Project (CEDI Project) which focuses on sustainable inclusion of disabled persons in the work place. Globally, she is a committee member of the International Labor Organisation’s (ILO) of the Global steering working Group against stigma of Persons with disabilities in the work place amongst others. She developed the widely popular Yearning 2 Learn program for the remediation of dyslexia and dyscalculia, and has also developed educational and therapy plans with transition support for individuals with disabilities into inclusion and independent living. She holds dual masters in Msc. Clinical and Child Psychology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and an MA in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities from the University of Kent, United Kingdom with PhD research work in Disability Rehabilitation at the University of Cape Town

Dr. Bettina Bluemling is an environmental social scientist and policy analyst who focuses on the governance of regional sustainable development, where she in particular explores the interrelation between collective action, multi-stakeholder interaction and individual behaviour on multiple levels of governance. Bettina has been working on sustainability problems in Asia, including China, India,The Philippines and South Korea. Dr. Bettina has held positions at the University of Glasgow (UK), Wageningen University (The Netherlands), IAMO (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, Germany), the University of Osnabrueck (Germany), and is now assistant professor at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University (The Netherlands), as well as visiting professor at Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, China. Bettina's work has not only resulted in a number of academic publications, but has also contributed to policy reports for global institutions amongst which are the United Nations and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Dr. Evoh has over 15 years of progressive professional experience spanning over 5 continents in policy analysis, urban governance and sustainability. Dr. Evoh is an independent researcher and consultant to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Office (ILO) and has served as a technical advisor to various countries in labour policies and sustainable development. He holds several fellowships which include Future Earth Fellowship and Economic and Urban Policy Analysts (ECONUPA) fellowship among others. He provides analytical and practical expertise to various governments and development agencies across the policy cycle. His research and consulting practices connect various complementary issues in urban livelihood and resilience, inclusive economic growth, extractive industries, and educational development in the sub-Saharan Africa and other emerging economies. He has an advanced expertise in community social protection and poverty reduction. Dr. Evoh holds three masters degrees in International Development (Brigham Young University), International Relations (Obafemi Awolowo University), and Education (City College, City University of New York). He obtained his Ph.D in Public and Urban Policy from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at the New School University, New York

Dr. Lisa Palmer is Senior Fellow for Socio-Environmental Understanding at the U.S. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, and is a journalist and author of Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change. She participates actively in the national and international discourse on socio-environmental issues through writing and publishing, speaking, developing and leading seminars, contributing to SESYNC’s digital presence, and offering analysis and science communications strategy to SESYNC synthesis teams, postdocs, and leadership. She writes for publications such as The New Republic, Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Energy, Yale E360, The Guardian, Nautilus, The New York Times, Ensia, Slate, and many others. She is the author of Hot, Hungry Planet (St. Martin’s Press; 2017). She was previously a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., where she conducted research on global food security, resilience, and policies related to sustainable agriculture.

Dr Atul is a renowned energy research expert with over eighteen years cogent experience in the areas of Energy Technology Systems Analysis, Energy Modeling, Techno-economics of Renewable Energy Systems, Rural Energy Planning. As a consultant expert with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Planning Commission of Government of India at the national level, UNDP, and the International Energy Agency (IEA), Atul has led several studies using various modelling and analytical tools at various levels among which are . Dr Atul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Energy and Environment. TERI University, India, and has served as the Prince Claus Chair Professor on Development and Equity at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands (2010-2012) and since 2013, he is a visiting Professor of Energy System Analysis at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development of Utrecht University. He holds a Masters degree in Physics from H.N.B. Garhwal University and Ph.D. in Energy Policy and Planning from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.

Dr. Jasmine is a 2017 Carnegie Diaspora Fellow, a Fulbright Specialist Scholar and currently a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tenseness State University. She is the founder of the “Global Girls Leadership Mentoring Program” operating in five African countries and the president and founder of the eLearning Solutions Center a consulting firm specializing in eLearning and mobile-learning research and implementation in the continent of Africa. she practiced law as an attorney specializing in comparative international law and general legal practice and has author of several books on Leadership and character-building which have been translated into six different languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, Arabic) and English. She has also authored books on social media and the Law and is the recipient of several outstanding awards on leadership and research. .

Dr. Hrabin is a research and policy expert in agrarian and rural development and sustainability with over 300 academic papers, contributions to books and books in more than 40 countries around the globe and an academic career that spanned prestigious universities and institutes across the globe.  Dr. Hrabin has conducted extensive consultancies and contributions to a great number of policy assistance projects carried out by the National and international development organizations like UN FAO, EU, OECD, NATO, WB and IIED amongst others. He is the Co-founder, and the first Executive Secretary and Vice-President of the Bulgarian Association of Agricultural Economists, and has served in various capacities at the Agricultural Academy and COST IS1001 Bio-objects, the European Association of Agricultural Economists, and International Association of Agricultural Economics. He is currently a Professor, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria. .

Dr Qadir is a globally recognized expert for analyzing complex sustainability issues and implementing green projects. With over 3 decades of experience, he has an international development career that spans several Governments and United Nations Agencies (UNIDO, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCAP), African Development Bank and The World Bank. He has also served at CAI-A, JBIC, JICA, JETRO, LEAD, IUCN, SAARC Human Resource Development Centre and SASP at both international & regional levels. He has also held lecturing positions with Imperial College, LEAD, IUCN, WHO & IESE, AUD) and served in several capacity with MEAs (MP, SC, BzC, PIC, CBD, CITES). Dr Qadir is a certified work bank Trainer of Trainers. While maximizing integration of technology, he has served in leading advisory panels to Governments as well as Industries. Among these are "Waste Management ME Forum" 2010; National Steering Committee on TQM&P ; National Steering Committee for Education in M. of Planning ; National Committee/Think Tank for National Committee on Environment, Conservation & Earth Sciences (NCECES) by PCST, MOST, GOP. He has led several initiatives in the Middle East for monitoring or tracking sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling, carbon foot-print, energy efficiency strategies as per best international practices. His areas of expertise are Environmental (components including policy - regulations, compliance, implementation ; Environmental Management System

David Baxter is a globally recognized PPP specialist and international development advisor. He is a collaborator with a number of international institutions (including the World Bank, the IFC, the Inter American Development Bank, and UNECE ). He is currently the Executive Director for The Institute for Public Private Partnerships (IP3) and advisor to The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on the International Public Private Partnership Resilience Center (IPPPRC). He has led advisory teams that have provided capacity building and advisory solutions to over 100 countries. He has been responsible for thought/strategic leadership, is an enthusiastic researcher and writer who has written wrote over 150 opinion posts on PPP best practices that have been widely disseminated throughout the global PPP community of practitioners

Dr. Christopher is a sustainable development expert with over 25 years of experience in ecosystem management, climate change and livelihoods spanning in over 5 continents. Over the last ten years, he has acted as Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, worked as Environmental Practice Leader for Latin America and the Caribbean for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as Head of Operations and Policy for the Global Environment Facility and contributed extensively in global strategy formulations as in the management of UNEP-GEF Global Biosafety Unit, Geneva, Switzerland He is currently the Executive Director of the globally focused Water Footprint Network..

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