SDG Talks

In this SDG Talks with Kelsey Zlevor, we discuss urban planning, the impact of COVID-19 on public spaces, and how the urban framework plays a significant role in the UN SDG 2030 roadmap. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kzlevor/ Kelsey Zlevor’s understanding of the role of place-- where we live, work, and play -- stems from her multidisciplinary background education in Environmental S...

In this episode with Sayanti Sengupta we discuss the ripple effects around climate change and the small actions individuals can make to have a positive impact on the macro environment. Sayanti Sengupta , based in Berlin, is currently finishing her Master thesis on how social protection can help in climate adaptation. After her first masters in water management in Mumbai, she worked across slums an...

In this podcast with Radhika Ralhan we discuss key collaborative actions that are required to scale up SDGs, SDGs in Indian Context, how the private sector is contributing to advance the SDGs agenda, and why we can’t keep writing fancy reports without action. Radhika Ralhan is a Global Impact Young Leader from India, awarded by the prestigious Atlas Corps Fellowship 2020. She is a sustainability s...

Camilo Huneeus Guzmán is an industrial Chemical Engineer with international experience in engineering, public policy and emergency response.  Camilo currently works at United Nations Development Program within water management and focuses on water innovation and transboundary water management.  Camilo was a graduate teaching fellow at Yale University and you can learn much more about his...

Luke Barbagallo’s mission is to be an active participant 
in a collective journey towards social, economic and environmental sustainability. He is driven by an inquisitive nature and an unwavering commitment to realizing a better tomorrow. ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukebarbagallo/ ) Luke believes that strong community engagement and agency is the key to successful and sustainable communities,...

Abishek Dutta is currently a PhD student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is Pursuing a PhD in Environmental Engineering Thesis work in the Water-Energy Nexus, with a main focus on energy and resource recovery from wastewater to make wastewater treatment cyclic in nature. His past experiences include water and wastewater treatment, biofuel industry, microbiology, river restor...

Zahin Razeen is a math and statistics graduate from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. A little over a year ago in his home city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Zahin founded Hydroquo, an organization which ensures water security by leveraging AI and big data analytics. This is not his first venture, and he openly admits he is an avid learner and futurist who relishes designing disruptive solutions whic...

Grace Kwak is currently in her final year of undergraduate studies as a Life Sciences major at Yale-NUS College. Grace has had a special focus on research public health projects such as adolescent suicide in South Korea and vaccination confidence in Singapore. After graduating in May 2020, she will be starting medical school in Duke-NUS Medical School ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/research-assista...

Muhammad Miqdad ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/smiqdad/ ) is a chemical engineering and economics graduate from the University of Rochester in New York. Currently, Muhammad is working as a global operations manager for Every water, an organization based in Karachi, Pakistan where he supports the international expansion of emerging water based clean technologies. Above all, Muhammad is an individual...

Welcome to the first episode of the SDG Talks Podcast! As this is a work in progress, we ask for your feedback so this can improve over time. The goal of this podcast is to create ongoing discussion around the SDG Goals on a daily basis. After many talents had an amazing experience at the UNLEASH 2019 event in Shenzhen China, we were hungry for more progress. While the experience was amazing, we t...