Mike leads climate change adaptation and mitigation research at Natural England (UK government conservation agency) and is a Visiting Professor at Reading University. He was a Coordinating Lead Author in IPCC Working Group II in AR6. He previously led a research group at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

Presenters are experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) working on climate change adaptation monitoring, evaluation and learning. Duchelle, Nuutinen and Libert are FAO officials from the Forestry Division (NFO), and Rai and Mbodj are from the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB).

Dimitri Selibas is a climate and development consultant specialising in Africa and Latin America. With a background in environmental journalism, he has engaged directly with communities across Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Namibia, and South Africa, gaining critical insights into on-the-ground realities sitting at intersections of climate, biodiversity, and development.

A doctoral student in economics at the Centre d'études et de recherches en développement international (CERDI), I also hold a master's degree in Public Policies and Strategies for the Environment (PPSE) from AgroParisTech. I am particularly interested in climate services and the science-citizen interface.