Tearine is a Project Officer for the Transformation pathways for Pacific coastal food systems (‘Uamari’) project in Kiribati, coordinating and brokering participatory research activities with pilot communities. She has a background in health education.

James leads the Transdisciplinary Science Group at the Cawthron Institute, developing and testing participatory action research methods with multiple stakeholders and knowledge cultures to tackle complex problems. He has been applying adaptation pathways thinking across the Asia-Pacific region since 2010, with a focus on island communities, livelihoods and food systems.

Teera is Project Coordinator for LLEE’s food security programme in Kiribati, and has a diverse background in agriculture and tourism development in Kiribati. She is a Project Officer for the Transformation pathways for Pacific coastal food systems (‘Uamari’) project in Kiribati, coordinating and brokering participatory research activities with pilot communities.

Over 20 years’ experience in social science research on climate adaptation (past-to-present drivers of vulnerability, risk of maladaptation, potential effectiveness of adaptation-related options, design of adaptation pathways). Expertise based on fieldworks (especially in coastal areas in small islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans) and Structured Expert Judgment methods.

Alaric is a social-ecological systems scientist who focuses on understanding community and resource-users’ values, and how these shape and are shaped by their natural environment. With Kiribati heritage, Alaric is supporting LLEE’s implementation of the Transformation pathways for Pacific coastal food systems (‘Uamari’) project in Kiribati.

Nicole is the Science and Operations Manager at Te Arawa Fisheries, with a background in environmental management. She manages the Te Arawa Fisheries-Cawthron Institute Marae-based Climate Resilient Aquaculture project, and provides facilitation and brokering between researchers and local iwi participants.

Salome is the head of WWF-SI’s office in Western Province, based in Gizo. She has a background in community-based fisheries management and environmental education. She is also Project Officer for the Transformation pathways for Pacific coastal food systems (‘Future Kai Kai’) project in Solomon Islands, coordinating and brokering participatory research activities with pilot communities.

Te Rerekohu is an early-career Māori scientist interested in developing participatory frameworks and processes to support iwi and hapū’s planning for kai moana, aquaculture and natural resource management. Te Rerekohu is currently a Kaiārahi Rangahau Kaimōana at Cawthron and holds formal qualifications in mātauranga Māori, teaching, marine biology and aquaculture.

Heni is an early-career Māori scientist researching and applying mātauranga Māori alongside Western science in shellfish aquaculture and climate adaptation. She has a deep understanding of approaches to knowledge brokering in Te Ao Māori and collaborative research processes, and developing frameworks to facilitate appropriate tikanga in such co-research.

Aditya is the Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. He is an expert in locally led adaptation and helped draft the LLA principles that have been adopted by governments, international organisations and civil society institutions the world over.

Bettina Koelle is the innovation lead of the Climate Centre and has been designing and facilitating experiential learning processes that explore multi stakeholder dialogue and creating a space to creatively explore transdisciplinary dialogue.

Brigitte is a Senior Adviser on Climate and DRR at the British Red Cross. Promoting an integrated programme-policy approach, she has extensive strategic-thought leadership and practical experience on local to global, age and gender-responsive, climate adaptation across the world.

Michael Adanney holds PhD in environment and natural resource law from Wuhan University, China and BSc Development Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. His research explores the interactions between climate change, human rights law and development in developing societies.

James leads the Transdisciplinary Science Group at the Cawthron Institute, developing and testing participatory action research methods with multiple stakeholders and knowledge cultures to tackle complex problems. He has been applying adaptation pathways across the Asia-Pacific region since 2010, with a focus on island communities, livelihoods and food systems.

Bettina Koelle is the innovation lead of the Climate Centre and has been designing and facilitating experiential learning processes that explore multi stakeholder dialogue and creating a space to creatively explore transdisciplinary dialogue. Brigitte Rudram is a Senior Adviser on Climate and DRR at the British Red Cross. Promoting an integrated programme-policy approach, she has extensive strategic-thought leadership and practical experience on local to global, age and gender-responsive, climate adaptation across the world. Aditya Bahadur is the Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. He is an expert in locally led adaptation and helped draft the LLA principles that have been adopted by governments, international organisations and civil society institutions the world over.