About

Hon. Dr. Satya Yudha Widya

Senior Advisor, Renewable Energy
@satyawidyayudha

Hon. Dr. Satya Yudha Widya serves as a member of the National Energy Council, Indonesia, tasked with designing and formulating the national energy policy, specifying the national energy general plan, taking energy crisis and emergency steps, and supervising cross-sectoral energy policy. He has served as a former Representative and Chair of the Green Economy Caucus and Alternative Energy Caucus (GEC) of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. From October 2014 to February 2016 he served as Vice Chairman of Commission VII of the House of Representatives, which oversees issues in the Energy and Mineral Resources, Research and Technology and Environment sectors. Within Golkar party, Satya Widya Yudha once served as Vice Secretary-General of the Central Executive Board for Energy and Natural Resources, as well as Head of Natural Resources in the party's daily executive board. He is currently Vice Treasurer of the Golkar Party’s Central Executive Board...read more

Lauri Myllyvirta

Senior Advisor
@laurimyllyvirta

Mr. Lauri Myllyvirta is a coal and air pollution expert and works as Lead Analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). Previously, Mr. Myllyvirta was a Senior Global Campaigner at Greenpeace. Mr. Myllyvirta has also previously worked as a Climate Change Coordinator for Friends of the Earth Finland and a Research Assistant at the Air and Water Protection Association of Porvoo River and Eastern Uusimaa in Finland...read more

Glynda Bathan-Baterina

Senior Advisor
@GlyndaBathan
@cleanairasia

Ms. Glynda Bathan-Baterina is the Deputy Executive Director of Clean Air Asia. Clean Air Asia (CAA), headquartered in Manila with offices in Beijing and Delhi, is the leading regional NGO working on better air quality, and healthier, more livable cities throughout Asia. CAA works with 1000+ Asian cities to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions through partnerships with energy, environment, health and transport ministries, cities, the private sector, development agencies, academia and civil society. Ms. Bathan-Baterina is a lawyer with more than 16 years’ experience in air quality management. She was a member of the legal team which assisted the Philippine Government in drafting the Clean Air Act of 1999 Implementing Rules and Regulations. She led the implementation of the Asia Clean Fuels and Vehicles program which resulted in national policies and roadmaps for cleaner fuels and vehicles notably the Vietnam and Philippine regulations mandating Euro 4 vehicle emission and fuel standards....read more

Ahmad Rafay Alam, Esq.

Senior Advisor
@rafay_alam

Mr. Ahmad Rafay Alam is a Pakistani environment lawyer and activist. In 2013 Rafay founded Saleem, Alam & Co., a law firm specializing in energy, water, natural resources, and urban infrastructure. Rafay teaches property and environment law at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and serves as a Director on the Boards of the Lahore Waste Management Company, the Urban Unit and is also a Yale World Fellow...read more

Lamine Thiam

AQA Representative to GUAPO

Hon. Mamadou Lamine Thiam is currently serving as Deputy of the National Assembly of Senegal. Mr. Thiam holds an M.A. in Natural Sciences from the University of Dakar and Diploma in Administration of Educational Policies, Earth Sciences, which he obtained at the National School of Administration in Paris. He also served on Parliamentarians for Global Action's (PGA's) Executive Committee and International Council. He was President of the Network of Parliamentarians for Environmental Protection (REPES) and the Alliance of Parliamentarians and Local Elected Officials for West Africa Coastline Protection (APPEL). In the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) he held the position of the rapporteur of the Finance Committee of the ECOWAS parliament.

J. Thomas Cookson, Esq.

Pro-bono legal counsel, Shutts & Bowen

Mr. J. Thomas Cookson is a partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Corporate Practice Group. A Martindale-Hubbell AV®-rated attorney, Tom has been recognized among The Best Lawyers in America since 2009 and included on such lists as the South Florida Legal Guide’s Top Lawyers and South Florida Business Journal’s Best of the Bar. He has more than 30 years of experience structuring and negotiating complex business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, debt and equity financings, and securities offerings. Tom served as a Law Clerk to Judge Albert Henderson in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upon graduating from the College of William & Mary School of Law.

Shazia Z. Rafi

Convenor
@ShaziaZRafi
Ms. Shazia Rafi was former Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) from 1996-2013.  Under her tenure PGA led successful ratification campaigns for the International Criminal Court (2002), and the Arms Trade Treaty (2013); achieved consensus on operative language on abortion and family planning at the UN’s Cairo conference and on parliamentary quotas/reservations for women at the UN’s Beijing Conference. A United States citizen born in Lahore, Pakistan, she has a B.A. in Political Science from Bryn Mawr College and a Masters from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Shazia currently works on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals on air-quality issues...read more

Prior Related work on Air Quality:

Parliamentary Role in Clean Air SDGs 2030: From Writing the Words to Getting the Results - Parliamentary Network (on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund) Review, June 2019

2012 Sustainable Cities meeting as part of Rio +20

2009 Annual Forum on Environment and Energy Management

2002 Johannesburg Clean Air Legislation meeting at Rio+10

Dorota Piotrowska-Pelka

Communications and Development Officer
Ms Dorota Piotrowska-Pelka has United Nations and non-profit communication and advocacy experience with the WomanSG Campaign and the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Dorota holds a Masters in International Affairs from the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, CUNY, New York and Bachelor’s degrees in French language/literature and jazz/contemporary music.

K. John Koshy

India Parliamentary Project Coordinator
K. John Koshy is a Research Assistant in the Office of Hon. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, India. He works on a broad range of topics including air quality and the India Round-table Series on Developing a National Action Plan with AirQualityAsia. Prior to that he worked at the Centre for Civil Society. He has a B.A. from St. Stephens College and PG Diploma from Ashoka University.

Adil Trehan

Research Consultant
Trehan was Associate Press Secretary for the Sierra Club 2019-2022 and is a skilled in political climate communicator. Proficient in crafting diverse social media campaigns, managing creative teams for public education, and conducting strategic press outreach. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.