Associate professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. Specialised within sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation, smarter cities, circular economy, and sustainable innovation systems. Co-founder of KlimaLab, the UCCRN Nordic Node, and programme director of the Master of Science in Cities & Sustainability at Aalborg University.

Director of international relations and sustainability initiatives at Klimatorium, Denmark. EU Climate Pact Ambassador, professional committee of Danish Network for Climate Adaptation.

Associate Professor at the Global Centre for Environment and Energy. She was a Senior Scientist with the TSU of Working Group III of the IPCC from 2017-23. She has contributed to two IPCC Special Reports – ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’ and ‘Climate Change and Land’, co-edited IPCCs Sixth Assessment Report, contributed to IPCC’s Synthesis report 2023, and contributed to other global assessments such as the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023.

Associate Professor Pedersen Zari, based at AUT’s School of Future Environments, researches urban nature-based solutions, regenerative climate adaptation, and design for biodiversity in Aotearoa and Moananui Oceania. She leads NUWAO (Nature-based Urban Design for Wellbeing and Adaptation in Oceania), founded the Regenerative Ecologies Design Lab (REDLab), and represents Aotearoa in the UCCRN Austrasia-Oceania Hub.

Miriana belongs to the tribal groups of Ngāti Rārua, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui. She is currently a director for Wakatū Incorporation (Wakatū), and they are guided by their 500-year intergenerational vision, Te Pae Tawhiti which is focussed on the wellbeing of whenua (land), tangata (people) and rawa (collective prosperity).

Sarah Lund: Director of international relations and sustainability initiatives at Klimatorium, Denmark. EU Climate Pact Ambassador, professional committee of Danish Network for Climate Adaptation. Martin Lehmann: Associate professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. Specialised within sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation, smarter cities, circular economy, and sustainable innovation systems. Co-founder of KlimaLab, the UCCRN Nordic Node, and programme director of the Master of Science in Cities & Sustainability at Aalborg University. Miriana Stephens: Miriana belongs to the tribal groups of Ngāti Rārua, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui. She is currently a director for Wakatū Incorporation (Wakatū), and they are guided by their 500-year intergenerational vision, Te Pae Tawhiti which is focussed on the wellbeing of whenua (land), tangata (people) and rawa (collective prosperity). Maibritt Pedersen Zari: Associate Professor Pedersen Zari, based at AUT’s School of Future Environments, researches urban nature-based solutions, regenerative climate adaptation, and design for biodiversity in Aotearoa and Moananui Oceania. She leads NUWAO (Nature-based Urban Design for Wellbeing and Adaptation in Oceania), founded the Regenerative Ecologies Design Lab (REDLab), and represents Aotearoa in the UCCRN Austrasia-Oceania Hub. Minal Pathak: Associate Professor at the Global Centre for Environment and Energy. She was a Senior Scientist with the TSU of Working Group III of the IPCC from 2017-23. She has contributed to two IPCC Special Reports – ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’ and ‘Climate Change and Land’, co-edited IPCCs Sixth Assessment Report, contributed to IPCC’s Synthesis report 2023, and contributed to other global assessments such as the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023. Franco Montalto: 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. Amanda Yates: 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.

Mia Prall is a PhD candidate at Aalborg University and the Danish Coastal Authority. Her work focuses on understanding justice issues in coastal climate change adaptation planning in Denmark. Her research interests include climate justice, transformative adaptation, co-creation, and the role of creativity and imagination in realizing just, sustainable futures.

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.