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Cities, Settlements and Infrastructure Online - Community Solutions & Justice

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Cities, Settlements and Infrastructure
Monday, October 13, 2025
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Speaker

Gabrielle Beran
Centre for Public Impact - Climate Action team

What does the practice of social imagination offer communities and governments as a tool for new thinking, narratives and solutions for adaptation in the climate emergency?

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Biography

Gabrielle is a Senior Programme Manager at Centre for Public Impact, working on improving community and government approaches to adaptation and mitigation through partnerships focused on systemic change. From Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa she has worked around the world.
Dr Alli Edwards
Centre for Public Impact - Climate Action team

What does the practice of social imagination offer communities and governments as a tool for new thinking, narratives and solutions for adaptation in the climate emergency?

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Biography

Alli is a Senior Program Manager at CPI and a learning designer, who creates materially rich and collaborative ways of coming together to learn, empathise, and imagine otherwise. Her research on the importance of playful and hands-on approaches in learning experiences now informs several of the core-principles of CPI’s engagements.
Dr Keira Lowther
Senior Program Manager
Centre for Public Impact

What does the practice of social imagination offer communities and governments as a tool for new thinking, narratives and solutions for adaptation in the climate emergency?

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Biography

Keira is an experienced facilitator and coach, with a background in evaluation and public health. She has worked at the Centre for Public Impact for the past 3 years, and leads the social imagination for climate adaptation work in Melbourne, Australia.
Cathy Kerubo
C40 Cities

Transformative adaptation for a just transition: Lessons from South Africa

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Biography

Cathy Kerubo is the Inclusive Climate Action and Mainstreaming Senior Manager, Africa at C40, supporting seven African cities in climate governance. With 10 years of experience in policy, development, and social inclusion, she has worked with governments, UN agencies, and regional bodies, earning recognition as a global policy leader.
Mrs Dawn McCarthy
Senior Associate
OneWorld Sustainable Investments

Transformative adaptation for a just transition: Lessons from South Africa

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Biography

Dawn McCarthy is a Senior Associate at OneWorld. She holds a B.Sc. Town and Regional Planning from the University of the Witwatersrand. Before joining OneWorld, she was a Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Coordination at Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Dawn has more than 30 years of experience in sustainable municipal development.
Dr Keira Lowther
Senior Program Manager
Centre for Public Impact

What does the practice of social imagination offer communities and governments as a tool for new thinking, narratives and solutions for adaptation in the climate emergency?

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Biography

Keira is an experienced facilitator and coach, with a background in evaluation and public health. She has worked at the Centre for Public Impact for the past 3 years, and leads the social imagination for climate adaptation work in Melbourne, Australia. Alli is a Senior Program Manager at CPI and a learning designer, who creates materially rich and collaborative ways of coming together to learn, empathise, and imagine otherwise. Her research on the importance of playful and hands-on approaches in learning experiences now informs several of the core-principles of CPI’s engagements. Gabrielle is a Senior Programme Manager at Centre for Public Impact, working on improving community and government approaches to adaptation and mitigation through partnerships focused on systemic change. From Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa she has worked around the world.
Mrs Dawn McCarthy
Senior Associate
OneWorld Sustainable Investments

Transformative adaptation for a just transition: Lessons from South Africa

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Biography

Dawn McCarthy is a Senior Associate at OneWorld. She holds a B.Sc. Town and Regional Planning from the University of the Witwatersrand. Before joining OneWorld, she was a Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Coordination at Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Dawn has more than 30 years of experience in sustainable municipal development. Cathy Kerubo is the Inclusive Climate Action and Mainstreaming Senior Manager, Africa at C40, supporting seven African cities in climate governance. With 10 years of experience in policy, development, and social inclusion, she has worked with governments, UN agencies, and regional bodies, earning recognition as a global policy leader.
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