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Amanda Bielawski, Ph.D. (ABD), MS, MBA, is a conservation and sustainable development policy/communications consultant and researcher with a specific focus on global water security, environmental justice, Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK), climate, and biodiversity. Bielawski has served in a variety of roles for the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP’s) Global Programme on Nature for Development, including fellow, consultant, researcher, and technical advisory committee member. Her research emanating from UNDP analyzes how 50 communities across 26 developing nations implemented Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for water security. Bielawski has engaged in water and environmental peacebuilding training with entities including the Stockholm International Water Institute, UN Environment Programme, and Oregon State University’s Water Conflict Management and Transformation program. She began her career more than 20 years ago as a journalist covering ... 
Diana Virgovicova, 18, is a recipient of the 2019 prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize; she also received the 2019 Diploma of Excellence in recognition of her discovery of a photocatalyst that uses light waves to clean water, thus contributing to solving water pollution. At the age of 12, while living in a small Slovak village, Virgovicova became abruptly aware of climate change and its connection with rivers and water. Virgovicova is now completing A Levels (equivalent of U.S. high school) in London. She is currently developing her water-cleaning photocatalyst and hopes to soon distribute it to communities in developing nations, thus helping to improve water quality and related human health. 
