Nona Budoyan is Head of the Climate Policy Department at the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Armenia

As Senior Blue Economy Officer, Andria Grinage has contributed to projects including “the Marine Conservation and Climate Adaptation Project (MCCAP), Climate-Smarting Marine Protected Areas, AI-driven updates to the National Marine Habitat Map (2021) and the development of the Belize Interim Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (2020-2025)”.

Valerie Kapos is Principal Specialist in Nature-based Solutions at UNEP-WCMC. She helps to provide strategic direction for the Centre’s work on the role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and in health and well-being, and leads its programme of work on ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA).

Fidelite Ninziza coordinates Rwanda’s National Adaptation Plan and manages a “five year initiative that will increase the capacity of governmental authorities and local communities in Rwanda to plan, fund, implement and monitor climate change adaptation solutions in the medium to long-term”.

Lou Perpes is a National Adaptation Planning Officer at UNEP’s climate change adaptation unit, managing the implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAP) projects and supporting best practices and lessons learned sharing across UNEP’s NAP portfolio in 24 countries.

A preeminent urban economics scholar in Latin America, holding a Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning from London School of Economics and Political Science. As head of MSc. in Urban Economics at Torcuato Di Tella University, and chair of Urban Policy Research Center, she leads cutting-edge research and education in climate adaptation and mitigation.

As a PhD candidate in the fields of geography and urban planning, my interests involve the organization of coastal areas, their evolution and the relationship between societies and their environment. I'm now working in collaboration with Sorbonne University and Artelia Group on the theme of managed retreat through urban planning.

Joshua Garland is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Sweden. He currently researches climate adaptation through a cross-scale governance and power lens with particular emphasis on UK coastal communities.

Valerie Kapos is Principal Specialist in Nature-based Solutions at UNEP-WCMC. She helps to provide strategic direction for the Centre’s work on the role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and in health and well-being, and leads its programme of work on ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA). Fidelite Ninziza coordinates Rwanda’s National Adaptation Plan and manages a “five year initiative that will increase the capacity of governmental authorities and local communities in Rwanda to plan, fund, implement and monitor climate change adaptation solutions in the medium to long-term”. As Senior Blue Economy Officer, Andria Grinage has contributed to projects including “the Marine Conservation and Climate Adaptation Project (MCCAP), Climate-Smarting Marine Protected Areas, AI-driven updates to the National Marine Habitat Map (2021) and the development of the Belize Interim Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (2020-2025)”. Nona Budoyan is Head of the Climate Policy Department at the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Armenia Representative of the Ministry of the Environment, New Zealand - TBC Lou Perpes is a National Adaptation Planning Officer at UNEP’s climate change adaptation unit, managing the implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAP) projects and supporting best practices and lessons learned sharing across UNEP’s NAP portfolio in 24 countries.