Hiroya Abe is a researcher at CCCA specializing in coastal ecosystem responses to climate change. His research involves evaluating marine and water environment dynamics and their implications for climate resilience. He is also a member of the AP-PLAT development team.

Yvette is Technical Adviser for Science to Services at PCCC, translating scientific research into practical services that enhance climate resilience across the Pacific. Having previously worked at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Multi-Country Office in Samoa, Yvette has emphasized the importance of partnerships and practical applications of scientific research.

Head of the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Research Section at CCCA. His research focuses on assessing the impacts of climate change on agricultural crops and developing adaptation strategies using crop modeling and climate risk assessment. Contribution: Active participation

Manabu is a private sector researcher specializing in climate change adaptation and the founder of blue and tech, Ltd., which conducts research on climate change impacts and adaptation while developing related data and tools. He is currently leading the design of “Climate Impact Viewer” update.

Leanne is Science Lead on Asia-Pacific Climate Intelligence at CSIRO Environment. She has several decades of experience with translating climate science into practical applications, including through case studies of climate impacts on different sectors.

Rebecca Monson is a sociolegal scholar who draws on legal geography, political ecology, feminism and Pacific Studies to explore questions of law, environment and development. Her work includes the prize-winning book ‘Gender, Property and Politics in the Pacific’ (Cambridge 2023) and Solomon Islands’ climate relocation guidelines, praised by Human Rights Watch as ‘the most rights-respecting in the world’.

Young Su Park is an Assistant Professor at the Department of the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities, Seoul National University. He undertook ethnographic fieldwork in Kiribati for the WHO’s climate crisis and health project. Dr. Park received his PhD in Anthropology (Culture and Society track) at Stanford University.

Ritu Verma is Adjunct Professor at Carleton University, Research Scholar at UCLA, and Associate Professor at CLCS Bhutan. An anthropologist of development and political-ecologist, her work explores the climate-culture-wellbeing nexus from a decolonial and post-growth lens, and includes “Women at the Frontline of Climate Change: Gender Risks and Hopes” (UNEP).