International Steering Committee
The WSDS Secretariat seeks the guidance of its esteemed International Steering Committee (ISC) members in the preparation of the Summit.
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Mr Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi
Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India
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Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
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H.E. Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund
Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy
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Ms Frances Beinecke
Dorothy S. McCluskey Fellow in Conservation, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies & President Emerita, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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Mr Suman Bery
Non-Resident Fellow, Bruegel & Former Chief Economist Strategy and Business Environment, Shell International Limited
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Ms Preety M Bhandari
Chief of the Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Thematic Group; concurrently Director Sustainable Development & Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Mr Yvo de Boer
Former Director General, Global Green Growth Institute, Korea & Former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
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Ms Rachel Kyte
Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Ms Kathleen McGinty
Vice President & Chief Sustainability, Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Johnson Controls
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Mr Manjeev Puri
Former Indian Diplomat
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Prof. Kazuhiko Takeuchi
President, Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Japan
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Ms Nicole Thomas
India Programme Manager, International Energy Agency (IEA)
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Mr Arne Walther
Former Secretary General of International Energy Forum & former Chairman, International Energy Agency