Durlabh Ashok is a community organizer, a published author, and a climate action advocate. He is a seasoned youth engagement specialist and is engaged in climate action in national and international spaces. Durlabh has represented Pakistan at the COP26 and has been working with Pakistan's National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change since 2020, where he helped draft the agenda for the…
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Temilade Salami is the founder and Executive Director of “EcoChampions”, one of Africa’s largest networks of young environmentalists and activists, leading environmental change through climate education, leadership and advocacy. She has spent the past five years leading a group of over 200 young environmentalists across Africa. In this capacity, she has designed and developed various Climate…
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Education systems around the world face significant climate risks. At the same time, education is a hugely powerful but significantly under-utilized instrument to promote climate action. Three young activists, from Nigeria, Pakistan, and Peru, will deliver condensed TED-style talks, sharing their personal experience of how climate change is affecting education and how education can and must be a key part of the solution.
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João Pedro Azevedo is a Lead Economist, EdTech Fellow and Education Statistics Coordinator from the World Bank Education Global Practice. He currently works on projects related the measurement and operationalization of World Bank Human Capital Project and the World Bank Learning Target, and on the scale up of population measures of educational outcomes. Previously, Joao Pedro was a Lead Economist…
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Matteo Morgandi is Global co-Lead for Labor and Skills in the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. During his career Matteo worked as an economist in social protection and labor in the LAC, MENA and ECA regions, until recently leading the social assistance and labor engagement in Brazil. Matteo’s prior analytical and operational work includes labor market analytics, employment services and…
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Shafiq Khan has been a pioneer in digital transformation for over two decades, having leveraged digital to transform the travel industry at both airlines and hotels. At United Airlines, Shafiq launched eTicketing and online booking ... both industry “firsts”. He subsequently led the digital operations of US Airways (now American Airlines) and Marriott International, with digital sales at Marriott…
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Lant Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He graduated from BYU in 1983 and from MIT with a PhD in Economics in 1988. He worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007, living in Indonesia 1998-2000 and India 2004-2007. He taught at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2000 to 2019, where he was, at times, the Faculty Chair of the MPA/ID Degree program. Having twice retired, he is currently…
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Master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, having received the “Outstanding Student” award for 2014/2015; graduate degree in public administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-SP); law degree from the University of São Paulo (USP). Chair of the board, Articule Institute; board member, Judicial Research Department; National Council of Justice (…
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Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator and Acting Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance LeAnna Marr oversees the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation’s Center for Education. As Acting Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance, she is responsible for the oversight and coordination of all resources and activities…
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Alicia Herbert, OBE, is Director of the Education, Gender and Equality Directorate (EdGE), and Special Envoy for Gender Equality at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Alicia has over 20 years of experience working internationally. Prior to joining the Department for International Development (DFID) now the FCDO, in 1999, she worked with a range of organisations including…
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