 Hello, my name is Vilanti Kerkar. I am an Urban Sustainability, Planning and Development Practitioner and Researcher. My work is focused on fragmented development, land use and the dynamic land coastal ecosystem in developing Asia. I have also worked on the issues of land tenure, informal housing and urbanization in the Pacific Island countries. I am a part of the Land Act community as it hosts so many diverse field experts and highlights topics that discuss real challenges associated with land and its relationship with multiple actors. Countries in developing Asia are facing land degradation, peri-urban land and environmental losses, impacts of climate change and forced displacements that have deepened inequalities. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exposed the need for greater informed thinking on the systemic relationship of urban-land climate human nexus. Owing to this, at the Land Act online encounter this following week, I would like to strengthen my knowledge on land governance in a more complex post-COVID world. Thank you.