Brett D. Huson is a Gitxsan Nation member, President and Founder of Aluu’taa, and an award-winning author. He integrates Indigenous knowledge into climate adaptation, governance, and cultural infrastructure research. His work influences policy and planning, contributing to Canadian Geographic and advising the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Dr. Ian Mauro is the executive director of Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions at the University of Victoria. Mauro’s work explores climate change, Indigenous knowledges, and community-based approaches. Mauro has developed numerous, award-winning climate-change initiatives, including: Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, and Beyond Climate, and the Climate Atlas.

Dr. Ian Mauro is the executive director of Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions at the University of Victoria. Mauro’s work explores climate change, Indigenous knowledges, and community-based approaches. Mauro has developed numerous, award-winning climate-change initiatives, including: Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, and Beyond Climate, and the Climate Atlas. Janna Wale is Gitxsan/Cree-Métis, and is the Indigenous Research and Partnerships Lead at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. Her research uses a complex human-environmental systems approach, bridging western and Indigenous science towards adaptation and climate resilience. She has won several awards for her work on Indigenous climate adaptation. Brett D. Huson is a Gitxsan Nation member, President and Founder of Aluu’taa, and an award-winning author. He integrates Indigenous knowledge into climate adaptation, governance, and cultural infrastructure research. His work influences policy and planning, contributing to Canadian Geographic and advising the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Siosinamele Lui of Samoa is the Climate Traditional Knowledge Officer based at Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). For the past 8 years, she has supported collection and application of traditional climate knowledge for adaptation and resilience across the Pacific Islands. Philip Malsale of Vanuatu is a senior climatologist with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) supporting regional climate monitoring and prediction. Philip researches weather, climate, and the application of traditional climate knowledge. Linda is of Ngāti Rangi and Whanganui descent and joined NIWA in August 2024 from her previous role as Deputy Director for the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge. Linda’s career has spanned environmental policy, management and research with a focus on the interface between science and mātauranga Māori and creating spaces for the innovation potential of indigenous knowledge. Molly Powers-Tora is an international development practitioner specializing in climate change resilience, program design and management, knowledge brokering, and capacity building. Over her 20-year career in Fiji and working across Pacific regional agencies, Molly has worked at the intersection of science, policy, public communication and education to build community resilience. Erica (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Whānau ā Apanui) started at NIWA in 1995. She holds an MSc (University of Waikato) focused on blue mussel toxicity and a PhD (University of Auckland) investigating the effects of contaminants on shellfish. She currently works on a range of projects spanning both the marine and freshwater environments within the National Centre of Māori Environmental Research.

Milly Grant-Mackie is a coastal geomorphologist. Her work includes climate change impacts such as sea-level rise and whānau-level research. Milly has just commenced her PhD at the University of Auckland funded by the Coastal People: Southern Skies project which will continue her coastal adaptation research at scale with her whānau, hapū and marae in Northland.

Siosinamele Lui is Climate Traditional Knowledge Officer based at SPREP. She is project lead for the CaB Smart project to develop guidance for ensuring Traditional Knowledge is appropriately included in MSP processes. She previously spent a decade working for the Samoa Meteorological Service, in particular the Geoscience and Oceans observations.