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CWAC Webinar Series: Reuse Revolution
Hema Mahadevan is a Public Engagement Campaigner leading Greenpeace’s plastics campaign. She works on addressing issues such as plastic lifestyle and consumption, plastic waste trade, and the Global Plastics Treaty. Hema is currently executing a campaign targeting the food and beverage industry—…
CWAC Webinar Series: Navigating to a Climate-Smart Food System
Professor David Lobell of Stanford University discussed key criteria for evaluating regenerative and climate-smart practices and technologies. He also shared strategies for accelerating the collection of evidence on what had proven effective at scale.
Cultivating Hope: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Community Development Through Smart Farmability
Dr Billy's lecture delves into the transformative power of smart farmability as a catalyst for sustainable community development.
CWAC Series: Learning to Lead in a Complex World: We as Stewards of the Future
Matthew Carvalho is a Visiting Researcher and Fulbright Scholar with the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Centre for Planetary Health, and Co-Convener of the Governance Working Group for the Planetary Health Roadmap and Action Plan.
CWAC Series: Agency Amid AI for All (A4)
As a humanitarian practitioner, Dr. Walther worked for two decades with the United Nations in large-scale emergencies in West Africa, Asia, and Latin America with a focus on advocacy and social and behavioural change.
CWAC Series: Cybertruck – Why It Is a Game Changer to Humankind
At Tesla, Ir. Ahmad Hadri Haris is responsible for partnering with the Government and stakeholders to enable conducive policies and business environments to accelerate the transition towards sustainable energy. It is a mission that truly resonates with Hadri throughout his career.
CWAC Series: The Interplay of Peace and Justice: Driving Change Through SDG 16
After 25 years working with the United Nations, US government, and various non-profit organizations focusing on human rights and conflict resolution, Stephanie shifted her career to coaching and consulting for purpose-driven leaders and organisations.
CWAC Series: Post-Crisis Sri Lanka: Opportunities & Challenges.
Mr Ashok Pathirage, recognised as a visionary leader of Sri Lanka's corporate world, is the founding member of Softlogic Group, one of Sri Lanka's leading conglomerates.
CWAC LIVE Webinar Series #9 Saving Lives, Healing the Planet
An intensivist and pulmonary physician, Dr. Maria Guevara is the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders) International Medical Secretary based in Geneva, Switzerland since February 2021.
CWAC LIVE Webinar Series #8 Entrepreneurship for a better World: Achieving the Three Zeroes Agenda
Professor Muhammad Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank, pioneering the concepts of microcredit and social business and founding more than 50 Social Business companies in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of 63 honorary degrees from universities across 26 countries.
CWAC LIVE Webinar Series #7 Social Protection in Developing Countries: Lessons from Indonesia
Professor Rema Hanna is the Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies and Chair of the International Development Area at the Harvard Kennedy School.
CWAC LIVE Webinar Series #6 South Africa: 30 Years of Partnership and the Way Forward
H.E. Dave Malcomson, South African High Commissioner to Malaysia, speaks about South Africa's 30-year relationship with Malaysia and the steps that should be undertaken to deepen it. He is a career diplomat and former Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, IBSA and IORA.