Natalie leads the 'Act to Adapt' process, facilitating Somerset communities to create local Climate Adaptation Plans. Through community workshops and consultations, I facilitate the development of Adaptation Plans that protect both people and wildlife. Somerset Wildlife Trust is working to build a network of climate-adapted communities and ecosystems across Somerset.

Steve Mewes, Local Nature Partnership Coordinator at Somerset Wildlife Trust, brings extensive experience in nature restoration and climate change preparation. Founder of Green Wedmore and Somerset Climate Action Network, he has backgrounds in policy and project management across multiple industries, passionate about creating a low- carbon future.

Professor at Drexel University, where he directs the Sustainable Water Resource Engineering Lab. He is the Founder and President of eDesign Dynamics LLC, an environmental consulting firm based in New York City, with an international portfolio of projects.

Associate Professor Yates, Architecture Director at AUT’s School of Future Environments, is director of He Puna-Ora, was programme leader (urban wellbeing research) of New Zealand’s Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities (2017-2024) and co-develops urban transition tools with iwi, NGOs, and councils. Her work focuses on ecological regeneration, renewable energy, circular bio-economies, and regenerative design.

Clark A. Miller is a theorist of techno-human futures and Professor and Director of the Center for Energy & Society at Arizona State University.

Skye Doherty uses creative and design-led research methods to explore alternative futures and address wicked problems. Her work has addressed issues in journalism, law, energy and water, among others. She works within the university’s Centre for Communication and Social Change and the futures-focused WhatIF Lab.

Stephanie Rosestone is a PhD student with the Institute of Water Futures at the Australian National University. She is also an experienced teacher, facilitator and designer of learning programs, immersive experiences and community events. She has worked across schools, museums and natural resource management organisations.

Indigo Strudwicke is a PhD student with the UNESCO Chair in Science Communication for the Public Good, based at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. She previously worked as a policy analyst for the Australian Academy of Science, and was named a 2023 Westpac Future Leader Scholar to support her research on pathways for transformative futures in Australia.

Lauren Withycombe Keeler is a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University where she also chairs the undergraduate program in Innovation in Society. She serves as Director of the Just Energy Transition Center and Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Futures within the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.

Carina Wyborn is an interdisciplinary social scientist at Australian National University specialising in environmental governance and collaborative decision-making. She's worked internationally on climate adaptation, water governance, and biodiversity conservation. Carina co-led the global Biodiversity Revisited Initiative and currently researches foresight practices in water reform.

After earning a master's degree, he worked at a private think tank for eight years, mainly on climate change adaptation policy. In 2024, He earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies and became an Assistant professor, researching complex system design. He is implementing systems engineering and model-based decision-making to adaptation planning.

He is a Ph.D candidate in ocean engineering, specializing in model-based decision-making for Japan’s energy sector. His research focused on supporting decision-making for carbon neutrality through system development. He has expertise in developing a decision support system, simulation-based analysis, and workshops for sustainable energy transitions.

After earning a Ph.D. in Environmental Science in 2013, he became an Associate Professor in 2020. His research focuses on modeling uncertain marine environments, particularly extreme events. In parallel, he explores model-based decision-making, with a particular emphasis on applications in the maritime and ocean industry.

Natalie leads the 'Act to Adapt' process, facilitating Somerset communities to create local Climate Adaptation Plans. Through community workshops and consultations, I facilitate the development of Adaptation Plans that protect both people and wildlife. Somerset Wildlife Trust is working to build a network of climate-adapted communities and ecosystems across Somerset. Steve Mewes, Local Nature Partnership Coordinator at Somerset Wildlife Trust, brings extensive experience in nature restoration and climate change preparation. Founder of Green Wedmore and Somerset Climate Action Network, he has backgrounds in policy and project management across multiple industries, passionate about creating a low-carbon future.

Carina Wyborn is an interdisciplinary social scientist at Australian National University specialising in environmental governance and collaborative decision-making. She's worked internationally on climate adaptation, water governance, and biodiversity conservation. Carina co-led the global Biodiversity Revisited Initiative and currently researches foresight practices in water reform. Stephanie Rosestone is a PhD student with the Institute of Water Futures at the Australian National University. She is also an experienced teacher, facilitator and designer of learning programs, immersive experiences and community events. She has worked across schools, museums and natural resource management organisations. Indigo Strudwicke is a PhD student with the UNESCO Chair in Science Communication for the Public Good, based at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. She previously worked as a policy analyst for the Australian Academy of Science, and was named a 2023 Westpac Future Leader Scholar to support her research on pathways for transformative futures in Australia. Clark A. Miller is a theorist of techno-human futures and Professor and Director of the Center for Energy & Society at Arizona State University. Lauren Withycombe Keeler is a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University where she also chairs the undergraduate program in Innovation in Society. She serves as Director of the Just Energy Transition Center and Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Futures within the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.

Irene Boles is a Senior Lecturer at Ara Institute of Canterbury. Jose-Antonio Lara-Hernandez is a Research Fellow at Auckland Institute of Technology

Dr Elise Remling is an environmental social scientist with over ten years of professional experience in policy-oriented social science research on climate impacts, social vulnerability, disaster risk, community resilience and climate adaptation, and political change at different levels of governance. Elise is driven by a keen interest to shine a critical light on the social and political implications of climate and environmental changes and of sustainability transitions.