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Date: 10 July 2025, Thursday
Time: 11:00 – 12:30 BST/ GMT+1 (UK)
Chairs:
Professor Anil Kumar Gupta
Professor of Policy-Strategies and Capacities, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Mr. Vishal Pathak
Senior Coordinator, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute.
Regional Coordinator and Case Station Lead, Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN).
Housekeeping :
Ms. Giulia Cristiana
Ms. Giulia Cristiana, a Leicester Economics BSc graduate, is the founder and Vice-President if the Sustainable Leadership Forum. At ADN, she leads the campaign on plastic awareness and highlights the danger of plastic mismanagement and its accumulation in the Global South.
SPEAKERS
Mr. Asad Tahir Jappa
Asad is the founder president of the Sustainable Leadership forum. He is a dynamic civil servant with over 20 years of experience in various public and private sector organizations, including international NGOs and donors. Holding an LLB and a Master’s in English Literature, he is an internationally certified facilitator and prolific writer, he regularly contributes to national newspapers and has authored two bestselling books.
Mr. Eduardo Cardoso
Eduardo co-leads ‘SAFER ODISHA – Securing Agriculture from Environmental Risks,’ an initiative to protect rural Odisha’s agriculture from climate change. He holds a BSc in Political Science from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon and an MSc in International Economics and European Studies from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management. His thesis explored the impact of climate change on developing countries and their economic vulnerability.
Mr. Yunes Abou El Wafa
Yunes co-leads “SAFER ODISHA – Securing Agriculture from Environmental Risks,” focusing on a community-led approach to climate resilience in rural Odisha. With a Bachelor of Engineering in Rescue Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Cologne, he has experience in civil protection, emergency response, and disaster risk reduction, particularly in drinking water security and emergency supply in Germany.
Miss Prarthona Datta
Prarthona Datta is a second-generation racialized youth studying in grade 10 at Central Memorial High School in Calgary, Canada. Her areas of interest include youth actions to build climate change resilience, children’s land-based learning activities, youth-led cross-cultural community gardens, and land-based arts activities (dance, music, and art).
Mr. Arkoneil Ghosh
Arkoneil Ghosh, currently studying at Neev Academy in Bangalore, boast proficient in English, Spanish, Hindi, Bengali, and Chinese, with basic skills in Japanese. Passionate about coding, he works on projects educating underprivileged children in Dharavi, Mumbai. Since 2020, he has been a Junior Champion with ADN, raising awareness about preventable deaths.