Pita Tonga is an advocate for climate change adaptation and is willing to take action in building resilient communities regarding climate change impacts. With a background in international development and policy management and has worked as an economist, manager and business adviser in climate change.

Grace Oloukoi is a Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Management at Lead City University, Nigeria. Her research focuses on water issues within environmental systems, including climate extremes and environmental governance, urban planning and adaptation, and gender and social inclusion. She is one of the Co-Investigators for the CLARE/Palm-Trees Project. Mayowa Fasona is a Professor of Geography at University of Lagos, Nigeria. He specializes in Remote Sensing and GIS for analysis of Environmental Change and Natural Resources Management. He is one of the Co-Investigators on the CLARE/Palm-Trees Project. He is associated with both the Department of Oceanography, and the Department of Environmental & Geographical Science at University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research focuses on regional climate issues, including climate modelling, climate variability and change, land-atmosphere interaction, and solar radiation management. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the CLARE/Palm-Trees Project. Vide Adedayo is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Geography at the University of Lagos. He has research interests in agro-food systems, women in agriculture, and ecohealth. She is one of the researchers on the CLARE/Palm-Trees Project in Nigeria.

Hamdy A. Hassan, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science at Zayed University and Co-chair of RC44 - Security, Conflict, and Democratization at IPSA. An expert in African and Middle Eastern politics, he has published extensively and served in prominent academic roles, including Vice President of AAPS and UNESCO Human Rights Chair Director.

Ephias Mugari is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Change at the University of Limpopo (South Africa) specializing in innovations in transdisciplinary research and diverse stakeholder engagements on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Ephias' research integrates diverse perspectives and bridges the gap between experts and non-experts.

Specialist in wetland ecosystems (inland valleys, mangroves), I am completing a PhD on agroecosystem resilience to climate change in West Africa (WASCAL program). With a Master’s in Forest Resource Management, I focus on wetland restoration, sustainability, and valorization, particularly through physico-chemical and hydrodynamic studies of mangrove ecosystems. Based in Benin.

Omonlola Nadine Worou is a Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute leading science of delivery through ICT based evidence-based solutions to build sustainable business models in climate smart agriculture while providing opportunities for networking for maximizing knowledge, innovation sharing, capacity building and inputs to solutions for the needs of our stakeholders

Dr. Bob Manteaw is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies of the University of Ghana. Bob’s research and teaching interests continue to explore critical and ever-evolving climate, environment, and sustainability transitions issues with a spacial focus on adaptation governance.