Cities, Settlements and Infrastructure Online - Community Solutions & Justice
Tracks
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 PMBiography
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 PMBiography
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 PMBiography
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 PMBiography
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 PMBiography
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 PMBiography
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 PMBiography
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.
