COP28 Dialogue

Prof. Aarti Gupta

Wageningen University & Research @AartiGupta17 @Transgov_wur

Aarti Gupta is Principal Investigator of the TRANSGOV project. She is a Professor of Global Environmental Governance with the Environmental Policy Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University. Her research is in the field of global environmental and climate governance, with a focus on transparency and accountability and the challenges of anticipatory governance of novel technologies, including climate engineering. She has published extensively in these fields, including the edited volume, Transparency in Global Environmental Governance: Critical Perspectives (2014, MIT Press). She holds a PhD from Yale University and is a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the International Earth System Governance Research Alliance.

Tugba Icmeli

UNFCCC Transparency division

Tugba Icmeli is the Team Lead of the CGE/ETF Support Unit in the Transparency Division of the UNFCCC secretariat. She is responsible for providing technical support and assistance to developing countries on implementing the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) arrangements under the Convention and the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement. She has more than 20 years of professional experience in environmental management, climate change and project management, both in private and public sectors, including 5 years within the UNFCCC secretariat. She holds M.Sc. degrees in Environmental Engineering and Industrial Engineering.

Dr. Michael Gillenwater

GHG Management Institute

Dr. Michael Gillenwater is Executive Director & Dean of the GHG Management Institute. He is a leading expert on climate change and renewable energy, with a specific focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) issues. He is a lead author of four Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. He has participated in the UNFCCC process as a negotiator and an expert for over two decades and developed and taught the courses that certify experts to serve on compliance review teams under the Kyoto Protocol. Michael earned his doctorate from Princeton University’s Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy Program (STEP) in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

Dr. Thapelo Letete

Zutari

Dr. Thapelo Letete is Director Climate Change at Zutari. Thapelo’s expertise and experience includes greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and carbon accounting; climate risk, impact and vulnerability assessments; transparency and MRV and development of nationally determined contribution (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. He is included in the UNFCCC roster of experts as a globally-accredited and experienced expert of GHG inventories, a lead GHG inventory reviewer, a GHG mitigation expert and a general reviewer of country submissions under the UNFCCC, its Kyoto Protocol and its Paris Agreement, with a review record of accomplishment of over 21 countries. Thapelo holds a PhD in Energy and Sustainable development, with a focus on climate change.

Sumit Prasad

Council on Energy, Environment and Water @CEEWIndia

Sumit is a Programme Lead in the International Cooperation team at CEEW. He has led evidence-based research and shed light on pre-2020 climate actions and the implications of transparency arrangement as well as examined other topical issues of international climate governance. He has also authored the MRV chapter in India’s Biennial Update Reports and was nominated by the Government of India to the UNFCCC roaster group of experts.