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.

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

Patrick is an associate professor of urban planning and Co-Director of the Informal Urbanism Hub at the University of Melbourne. He is a leading academic commentator on urban planning in Africa whose research continues to unsettle and challenge the existing geo-politics of knowledge production in planning and climate management by providing a deeper understanding and enriching Africa-focused theorization.

Ruby Haddad is a grassroots leader and National Coordinator of HPFPI, a network of 92 organized urban and rural poor groups across 14 cities and municipalities in the Philippines. She has 25 years of grounded experience in community organizing, training and education; local and national government coordination; and network formation.

Dr Gilbert Siame is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Zambia (UNZA). Dr Siame investigates the complex state-society relations in co-production engagements in the cities of the global South and has published widely on urban co-production, informality, climate and cities.

Professor Cathy Sutherland from the School of Built Environment and Development Studies and WASH R&D Centre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal works at the interface between social and environmental systems with a focus on sustainable development. Her research interests are in the relationship between society, space and environment and how this shapes environmental politics and policy making.

Gina Ziervogel is Director of the African Climate and Development Initiative and Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation and development with a focus on urban governance and water and transdisciplinary approaches.