Alix conducts qualitative research on health, climate change, and humanitarian action. She consults on climate and health at the World Bank and co-founded Planet.Health. She holds an MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an MSc in Management from ESSEC Business School. Nilanjana is a Doctoral candidate at York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. Her research explores the gendered health impacts of climate change in Malawi using a systems thinking and participatory approach. She holds degrees in environmental studies and biotechnology and has eight years of corporate experience in mining.

Zhiting is a PhD candidate at the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities, University of Otago, researching climate-induced indoor overheating risks. Her work examines housing disparity, energy poverty, and public health impacts, providing evidence to inform adaptation strategies for the built environment and housing policies in a warming climate.

Julie Dekens provides leadership in defining and advancing IISD Resilience Program’s research portfolio, including through the identification and exploration of emerging themes related to climate change adaptation.

Ben is an environmental scientist with interdisciplinary research interests focussing on water, climate, and society. His research seeks to understand how socioecological systems function and how they are changing, and ultimately what this means for the services, opportunities and risks they represent to society.

I have completed a Masters in Sociology from Canterbury University, New Zealand, and completed my PhD from the University of Wollongong in Australia. I worked as a Senior Researcher for the Bhutan Indigenous Knowledge and Development project funded by IDRC, Canada. The themes were Climate Change and Gender transformative approaches.