Monsieur BLALOGOE Cocou Parfait est Enseignant-chercheur à l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Travaux Publics / Université Nationale des Sciences technologies, Ingénieries et Mathématiques au Bénin. Il est spécialiste des changements climatiques, de l’environnement, de l’assainissement et de la planification urbaine. Il a amené plusieurs missions dans ces différents domaines auprès de plusieurs structures nationales et internationales. Au plan scientifique, il a fait plusieurs publications liées aux changements climatiques et à l’urbanisme dans des revues à comité de lecture et à facteur impact, et des communications dans les colloques scientifiques. Son parcours professionnel lui a permis d’avoir une expérience excellente en changements climatiques, en gestion des déchets/assainissement, en analyse environnementale, en gestion des risques et catastrophes environnementaux.

Kiri Allan is currently Lead Technician for Pou Take Āhuarangi, the Climate Pou of the National Iwi Chairs Forum and works alongside Māori communities to shape and influence climate policy and action. She has a background in advising and collaborating with a wide array of entities, including large corporate organisations, central and local government, small to medium-sized businesses, iwi, Māori Authorities, Māori Trusts and Incorporations. Her tenure as a former Cabinet Minister and lawyer equips her with a plethora of skills and experience. Kiri Allan recognised as a leader, a decisive decision-maker, and a catalyst for pioneering change. Anahera Nin advises Pou Take Āhuarangi on climate policy and works alongside Kiritapu with Māori communities on shaping and influencing climate policy and action. She has worked across the iwi/tribal spaces and public sector and has a background in economics, policy and strategy. She wears several hats, including continued work across a range of initiatives - several of which are focused on climate change. Her passions include elevating rangatahi and indigenous voices and leaders, climate change, and equitable access to resource.

Taylor Deleary and Diamond McGahey are community members & Indigenous Guardians from Deshkan Ziibiing. Since 2021, Brennan Vogel has worked with the Department of Treaties Lands and Environment at Deshkan Ziibiing (Chippewas of the Thames FIrst Nation). He also serves as Assistant Professor and Research Fellow with Huron University College.

Peter Meihana is from Te Tauihu o Te-Waka-a-Maui, and is of Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō and Ngāi Tahu descent. He is a trustee on Te Rūnanga o Rangitāne o Wairau and is also a senior lecturer in history at Te Kunenga ki Purehūroa-Massey University.

Mapihi affiliates to Ngāi Tahu/Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Te Arawa/Ngāti Pikiao and is a Strategic Advisor Māori at Boffa Miskell working with whanau, hapū and iwi Māori across Aotearoa in a diverse, wide range of capacities - from landscape architecture to resource management, planning and ecology. With more than two decades of experience in Aotearoa, China, and Canada, Gabe Ross is a Landscape Architect at Boffa Miskell. He has a passion for water-sensitive design and large-scale rehabilitation. He aims to achieve multi-benefit outcomes that accommodate cultural and recreational values while allowing room for regeneration of natural systems and ecological evolution.