CAIP Speakers
Opening Preliminaries and Forum Overview
Climate Change Envoy
Office of the President
Asian Development Bank
Ambassador-designate
Embassy of Ireland to the Philippines
Policy Advisor and Adaptation Specialist
Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
Government of Italy
Kathryn Milliken
Natasha Kuruppu
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
High-Level Opening Panel
Scott Allen Morris
Vice-President East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank
H.E. Lekey Dorji
Minister
Ministry of Finance
Government of Bhutan
Rachel Anne Herrera
Commissioner
Climate Change Commission
Government of the Philippines
H.E. Sopheap Sao
Secretary of State
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Royal Government of Cambodia
Climate Change Envoy
Climate Change Directorate
Government of Marshall Islands
Joint Secretary (ADB)
Department of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Government of India
Vice President of Resilience
International Institute
for Sustainable Development
Plenary 1: Understanding Climate Change Risk to Inform Development Pathways
Alessio Giardino
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Adriaan Jeuken
Expert
Climate Change Adaptation and Water Management
Deltares
Amina Maharjan
Senior Livelihood and
Migration Specialist
International Center for Integrated Mountain Development
Belinda Hewitt
Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Yasmin Siddiqi
Director
Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office Asian Development Bank
Robert Wilby
Professor of Hydroclimatic Modelling, Geography
and Environment
Loughborough University
Suren Minasyan
Chief Specialist
International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Finance
Government of Armenia
Kenieti Loisi
Assistant Secretary
Ministry of Finance and
Economic Development
Government of Tuvalu
Spotlight 1: Foresight Thinking for Transformational Adaptation Investments
Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO)
Climate Adaptation and Agriculture Expert
Plenary 2: Making Adaptation Investments a Priority Across Governments and Public and Private Sectors
Arghya Sinha Roy
Principal Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Chris Dickinson
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Noelle O’Brien
Director
Climate Change
Asian Development Bank
Lipika Roy
Deputy Director
Ministry of Environment
Forest and Climate Change
Government of India
Head of Water Authority
Government of Mongolia
Executive Director
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Government of the Philippines
Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Navendu Karan
Principal Public Sector Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Maribel Hernandez
Senior Policy Advisor
Adaptation Finance
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Israel Jegillos
Senior Project Manager
Climate and Disaster Resilience
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Maaman Ioakim
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Finance and
Economic Development
Government of Kiribati
Spotlight 2: Making the Economic and Financial Case for Adaptation Investments
Esmyra Javier
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Paul Watkiss
Paul Watkiss Associates Limited
Sabah Abdulla
Senior Economist
Asian Development Bank
Davit Manukyan
Public Financial Management Expert
Deep-dive country discussions: Prioritizing Adaptation Investments Across Sectors
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Plenary 3: Funding and Financing Adaptation
Nanki Kaur
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Rizky Rahman
Policy Analyst
Ministry of Finance
Government of Indonesia
Ram Pramod Yadav
Undersecretary
Ministry of Finance
Government of Nepal
Yuthapong Eamchang
Senior Expert on Public Debt and Contingent Liability
Ministry of Finance
Government of Thailand
Public Financial Management Expert
MS Consult Pty Limited
Country Director, India Resident Mission
Asian Development Bank
Senior Financial Sector Economist
Asian Development Bank
Adaptation and Resilience
Senior Consultant
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative
Advisor
NITI Aayog
Head of Payment and Settlement Division
Ministry of Finance
Government of Mongolia
Lightning Talk: Resilience Bonds to Leverage Private Finance
Nisha Krishnan
Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Chi Xiang Wong
Senior Analyst
Climate Bond Initiatives
Noah Wescombe
Climate Resilience Specialist
Cadlas Ltd.
Partner Marketplace: Adaptation Funds, Financing Instruments and Programs
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Clinic: Finance Matchmaking for Adaptation Investment Plans
Nisha Krishnan
Asian Development Bank
John Ward
Pengwern Associates
Policy Roundtable Discussion: Priority Actions for Enabling Adaptation Investment Planning
Michael Mullan
Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
Naeeda Morgado
Asian Development Bank
Closing Session
Sugar Gonzales
Asian Development Bank
Fatima Yasmin
Sectors and Themes
Asian Development Bank