Prof. Birkmann is head of the institute of spatial and regional planning at the University of Stuttgart. He is known for his work in the fields of risk management, vulnerability, and resilience, particularly in the context of environmental and climate change-related risks. He has been Lead Author and Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC fifth and sixth assessment report (AR5, AR6).

Prof. Birkmann is head of the institute of spatial and regional planning at the University of Stuttgart. He is known for his work in the fields of risk management, vulnerability, and resilience, particularly in the context of environmental and climate change-related risks. He has been Lead Author and Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC fifth and sixth assessment report (AR5, AR6).

John Handmer is an Emeritus Professor with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria, and at ANU in Canberra, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Social Science Academy, and works on justice in community safety and resilience for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation.

Dr.-Ing. Ali Jamshed, an Urban and Regional Planner, is an Academic Associate at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He contributed to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report as a chapter scientist and drafting contributing author. His research focuses on post-disaster resettlements, vulnerability assessment, risk analysis, and climate-induced rural-urban linkages.

Reinhard Mechler has more than 25 years of experience with analyzing, addressing and communicating socio-economic aspects associated with the management of disaster, climate and other risks. He provides evidence-based advice to a wide range of public and private sector stakeholders. He is the lead of the ‘Systemic Risk and Resilience’ Group at IIASA and a visiting professor at the University of Oviedo.

Edmond Totin (Benin) is a social scientist with interest in climate governance. He co-leads a Transdisciplinary team from both the World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) and Accelerating Actionable Research on Climate Change Across Africa and Globally (ASCEND), developing a conceptual framework to track Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD). The team will also create a loss and damage dashboard to inform policy on current and projected risks of losses and damages across key NELDs for Africa.

Dr Denyse Dookie is a research fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. Her work is broadly centred on using climate information for adaptation, disaster risk reduction and resilience, and she has worked in these fields in the Caribbean, Africa and the UK.