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Moving forward for people and planet: strengthening finance for safe and sustainable mobility to deliver SDG priorities

Author(s) Avi Silverman, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation (United Kingdom); Paula dos Santos, Urban Mobility Manager, World Resources Institute (Brasil); Saul Billingsley, Executive Director, FIA Foundation (United Kingdom); Sarika Panda Bhatt, Cofounder, Raahgiri Foundation (India); Mirjam Sidik, CEO, Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (Vietnam); Clarisse Cunha Linke, Country Director, Instituto de Politicas de Transporte e Desenvolvimento (Brasil); Bernado Baranda Sepúlveda, Regional Director, Instituto de Politicas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo, (Mexico); Ayikai Poswayo, Programme Director, Amend, (South Africa); Rob Mcinerney, CEO, International Road Assessment Programme, (Australia); Raquel Barrios, Executive Director, Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, (Spain).

Knowledge Capacity for Sustainable Infrastructure: a bottom-up approach

Author(s) Anthony Bartzokas, Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands and Dilek Cetindamar, Professor, UTS (Australia)

Accelerating Risk-Informed Investments in Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure: A framework-based approach

Author(s) Ahana Chatterjee, Research Analyst, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (India); Shreya Wadhawan, Programme Associate, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (India); Savina Carluccio, Executive Director, International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (United Kingdom); Niladri Gupta, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (Thailand); Deo Raj Gurung, Chief Scientist, Aga Khan Agency of Habitat (Switzerland); Sana Dharani, Head for Habitat Improvement, Aga Khan Agency of Habitat (India); Sharmala Naidoo, Technical Principal, Engineering Leadership Group (United Kingdom).

Investing in Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Green Infrastructure

Author(s) Jeeno Soa George, Senior Geospatial Researcher, CivicDataLab (India); Saikat Kumar Paul, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India); Richa Dhawale, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan (Canada); Ankita Patnaik, Assistant Professor, Inspiria Knowledge Campus (India); Liz Mariya Jacob, Research Scholar, Deakin University (Australia).

Empowering Sociobioeconomic Stewardship: Integrating Local Cooperatives into Global Value Chains for Inclusive Development

Author(s) John James Loomis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, FGV EAESP (Brazil); Marc Eric Barda Picavet, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QUT (Australia); Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, Professor, FGV EAESP and FGV EBAPE (Brazil); Khalid Nadvi, Professor, UoM GDI (United Kingdom); Luciana Marques Vieira, Professor, FGV EAESP (Brazil); Aarti Krishnan, Lecturer, UoM AMBS (United Kingdom).

The Social Dimensions of Alternative Bioeconomy Pathways and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: Lessons for the G20 Based on the Cases of Brazil and Thailand

Author(s) Francis X. Johnson, Senior Research Fellow & Bioeconomy Lead, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre (SEH-Asia) & Affiliated Researcher, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); Rafael Feltran-Barbieri, Senior Economist, World Resources Institute (WRI) Brasil (Brazil); Henrique Roncada Jr., Economics Research Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Juliana Brandão, Economics Research Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Unruan Leknoi, Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (Thailand); Pichaya Surapolchal, Researcher, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (Thailand); Wichaya Komin, Researcher, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (Thailand); Giovanni Tagliani, Policy Researcher, Institute for innovation and Public Purpose, University College London (United Kingdom); Erin Gray, Senior Economist, WRI (USA); Huiling Zhu, Program Coordinator, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre (Thailand); Braulina H. Baniwa, PhD. Candidate, University of Brasilia (Brazil); Bruno Felin, Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Charles Barber, Natural Resources Governance and Policy Director, WRI (USA); Cristiane Fontes, Executive Director, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Danilo Fernandes, Research Coordinator, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazónicos-NAEA (Brazil); Francisco Apurină, Director, Instituto Pupykary (Brazil); Francisco de Assis Costa, Research Coordinator, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazónicos-NAEA (Brazil); Harley Silva, Research Coordinator, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia Aplicada (Brazil); Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira, Data Science Coordinator, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Jessica Webb, Strategy Lead, WRI (USA), Lalo Teixeira, Project Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Program Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Lais Maciel, Senior Climate Program Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Luana Betti, Socioeconomics and Climate Finance Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Luciana Medeiros Alves, Project and Research Coordinator, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Mariana Oliveira, Forest, Land use and Agriculture Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Mirela Sandrini, Forest, Land Use and Agricultural Director, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Miriam Garcia, Senior Climate Policy Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Ruth Nogueron Chang, Associate Researcher, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Viviane Sobral D. dos Santos, Data Science Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Raul Ventura Neto, Researcher, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos-NAEA (Brazil); Ricardo Teófilo Folhes, Researcher, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazónicos-NAEA (Brazil).

Nature-based Solutions - Fostering an Inclusive Approach to Technological Innovations by Marginalised Voices

Author(s) Pyrou Chung, Director, Knowledge for Development (Thailand); Dona Mathew, Research Associate, Digital Futures Lab (India).

Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) in territorial collaborative laboratories can help achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets in G20 countries

Author(s) Paulo Gadelha, Board of Directors President and Executive Committee member, Atlantic International Research Centre - AIR Centre Portugal, Coordinator and Senior Researcher, Fiocruz Strategy for 2030 Agenda - EFA 2030/Fiocruz (Brazil); Heloisa Tozato Collaborating Researcher, Fiocruz Strategy for 2030 Agenda-EFA 2030/Fiocruz (Brazil); Luiz Galvão Senior Researcher, Fiocruz Strategy for 2030 Agenda - EFA 2030/Fiocruz (Brazil); Edmundo Gallo, Senior Researcher, Observatory of Sustainable and Healthy Territories of Bocaina (OTSS) and Fiocruz Strategy for 2030 Agenda-EFA 2030/Fiocruz (Brazil); Eliana Sousa Silva, Founding Director, Redes da Maré (Brazil); José Luiz Moutinho, Chief Business and Networking Officer, Atlantic International Research Centre - AIR Centre (Portugal); Sérgio Portella, Collaborating Researcher, Fiocruz Strategy for 2030 Agenda - EFA 2030/Fiocruz (Brazil)

Catalyzing public and private investments to scale up socio-bioeconomy and nature-based solutions

Author(s) Lara Fornabaio, Senior Legal Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (USA); Lisa E. Sachs, Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (USA); Meike Siegner, Market Certification Lead, Taking Root (Canada); Vivek Pandey, Professor, Institute of Rural Management (India); Rajat Panwar, Associate Professor, Oregon State University (USA).

Unlocking the Potential for Scaling up Financing of Methane Mitigation from Solid Waste

Author(s) Charlotte Morton OBE, Chief Executive, World Biogas Association (WBA) (UK); Dr Dominic Hogg, Director, Equanimator Ltd. (UK); Giulia Ceccarelli, Head of External Affairs, World Biogas Association (WBA) (UK); Carlos Silva Filho, President, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) (Netherlands); Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (India).

Building a Facial Recognition Accountability Checklist for the Public Sector

Author(s) Luā Cruz, Coordination of the Telecommunication and Digital Rights Program, Idec (Brazil); Marina Fernandes de Siqueira, Lawyer of the Telecommunication and Digital Rights Program, Idec (Brazil); Disha Verma, Associate Policy Counsel, Internet Freedom Foundation (India).

Bridging the AI Governance Divide

Author(s) Gordon LaForge, Senior Policy Analyst, New America (USA); Robert Muggah, Co-Founder, Igarapé Institute (Brazil); Gabriella Seiler, Consultant, Igarapé Institute (Brazil)