Anand Sookun

Sector(s) of experience: Agriculture, Agriculture and forestry, Agriculture, forestry, land-use, fisheries, Buildings, Capacity-building and training, Carbon fixation and abatement, Coastal Zones, Communication and awareness, Community-based, Early warning systems and Environmental assessment, Ecosystems and biodiversity, End-use energy efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Energy production, Forestry, Gender, Governance and planning (policy, regulatory systems), Human health, Industry, Infrastructure and Urban Planning, Innovation, research, development and demonstration, Renewable energy, Solid waste management, Transport, Transport, Waste management, Water, Water supply and wastewater management
Level of expertise:
15+ years
Region of expertise
  • Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Asia
  • South-Eastern Asia

Dr Anand Sookun is a Mauritian climate change, biodiversity, and sustainability expert with extensive experience in climate change mitigation and adaptation, climate technology, land management, ecosystem-based adaptation, and gender mainstreaming.

Ksenia Kurileva

Sector(s) of experience: Capacity-building and training, Economics and climate finance, Energy production, Gender, Industry, Innovation, research, development and demonstration, Manufacturing, Waste management
Level of expertise:
5-10 years
Region of expertise
  • Europe
  • Western Europe
  • Asia
  • Western Asia
  • Africa
  • Eastern Africa

Ksenia Kurileva is the founder of ALMANAC Co., a strategic consultancy advancing industrial sustainability and climate technology commercialization across EMEA. She specializes in innovation pathways and demonstration projects for hard-to-abate sectors working with global industrials and government agencies, multilateral organizations including UNDP, to bridge research, development, and demonstration with scaled deployment.

Mariana Yante Barreto Pereira

Sector(s) of experience:
Level of expertise:
5-10 years
Region of expertise
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
EFFAS ESG and GARP-CSR certified analyst, with Phds in International Economic Law and Gender&Development and a solid background in consultancy and management for development with gender and environmental mainstreaming in multicultural and multistakeholder contexts

Munir Ahmad Faqiri

Sector(s) of experience: Capacity-building and training, Communication and awareness, Community-based, Disaster Risk Reduction, Early warning systems and Environmental assessment, Energy Efficiency, Energy production, Forestry, Gender, Governance and planning (policy, regulatory systems), Human health, Innovation, research, development and demonstration, Renewable energy, Transport
Level of expertise:
5-10 years
Region of expertise
  • Asia
  • Southern Asia

I am an environmental specialist with over a decade of experience in climate change mitigation, greenhouse gas inventory analysis, and climate vulnerability assessment. Holding a B.Sc. in Environmental Protection and Disaster Risk Management from Kabul University, I currently serve as a Greenhouse Gases Analysis Expert at the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) of Afghanistan.
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