Featured Speakers
Aisha Khan, Founder & Head of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change & Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization.
Aisha works at the community and policy level to strengthen climate action by supporting inclusive and participatory practices that promote social ecological and democratic equity. She is a member on the Board of Directors of several organizations and provides expert advice on climate change related adaptation and mitigation challenges. She is currently serving as the convener of the Working Group on Climate Security at the Strategic Policy Planning Cell, National Security Division. She is also part of the External Advisory Council of the World Bank on developing the South Asia Region Climate Change Action Plan (2020-2025). She contributes articles to newspapers and magazines and takes part in national and international discourse on climate change.
Simi Kamal, Chairperson of the Hisaar Foundation, Pakistan.
She has traveled to 50 countries and has global recognition in policy, strategy, evaluations, assessments, programming, and delivery. She has headed over 200 postings and assignments as Chief of Party, Team Leader, and Consultant. She is the author and co-author of 180 research and evaluation reports, 50 plus handbooks and training modules, several book chapters, and over 400 articles and papers. She is the recipient of international and national awards. She is the Founder and Chairperson of Hisaar Foundation the Vice-Chair of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and served for nine years on the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership (GWP).
Farwa Aamer, Research Analyst, Stimson Center, Energy, Water, & Sustainability program.
Her research focuses primarily on the security and political dimensions of transboundary river water governance in the Himalayan region. Farwa periodically organizes and convenes Track II dialogues and discussions designed to facilitate greater inter-and intra- regional cooperation on issues around water security and hydro- diplomacy in South Asia, Central Asia, and the MENA regions. Prior to joining the Stimson Center, Farwa served as the Director of the South Asia program at the EastWest Institute (EWI)—a global think tank headquartered in New York.