William Solecki Dr. Solecki is a professor within the Department of Geography at Hunter College-City University of New York and Co-Director of UCCRN. He served as the Director of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College. Dr. Solecki’s work focuses on urban environmental change, resilience, and adaptation transitions. Cynthia Rosenzweig Dr. Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and The Columbia Climate School, where she heads the Climate Impacts Group. She is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) and Co-Chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). Gian Delgado Dr. Delgado is an economist from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He holds a master’s degree on “Ecological Economics and Environmental Management” and a PhD on “Environmental Sciences”, both form the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Martin Lehman Dr. Lehmann is an associate professor in the Department of Sustainability and Planning at Aalbourg Universtiy. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from Aalbourg University.

PJ Santa, founder of Urban Hydrologics (2009), pioneers watershed-wide adaptation frameworks. He contributed to Singapore’s WSUD pilots (2011-2021) and advances strategic adaptation through transdisciplinary science, digital twins, IoT, and nature-based solutions, scaling climate resilience in tropical island nations via consulting services and digital innovations.

Associate Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Canada. Khirfan investigates public engagement, place making, and climate adaptation with an emphasis on climate justice. She is Co-Author of the UN-Habitat's 2024 World Cities Report (2024) and Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (2022).