Nicole is a climate strategy and policy expert. She applies futures thinking and systems approaches to empower bold climate decisions. Her work bridges long-term environmental planning with actionable policy, catalysing change across complex landscapes.

Nicole is a climate strategy and policy expert. She applies futures thinking and systems approaches to empower bold climate decisions. Her work bridges long-term environmental planning with actionable policy, catalysing change across complex landscapes. Tristan Schultz, a First Nations designer, researcher, and strategist, has 20+ years of experience across design disciplines. Holding a PhD in Design, he directs Relative Creative and is an honorary fellow at UTS and RMIT. His work focuses on futures thinking, sustainability, and social justice in place transformation. Amelia Tomkins is a climate risk and resilience specialist with diverse experience using hazard modelling and climate risk analysis to inform design, planning, and long-term strategy in the built environment. Combining her background in climate science and economics, Amelia works with communities and stakeholders to navigate decision-making about how we may protect or adapt what we value in the face of a dynamic and uncertain future climate.

Tristan Schultz, a First Nations designer, researcher, and strategist, has 20+ years of experience across design disciplines. Holding a PhD in Design, he directs Relative Creative and is an honorary fellow at UTS and RMIT. His work focuses on futures thinking, sustainability, and social justice in place transformation.

Amelia Tomkins is a climate risk and resilience specialist with diverse experience using hazard modelling and climate risk analysis to inform design, planning, and long-term strategy in the built environment. Combining her background in climate science and economics, Amelia works with communities and stakeholders to navigate decision-making about how we may protect or adapt what we value in the face of a dynamic and uncertain future climate.

Marco Billi is a transdisciplinary researcher dedicated to qualitative and quantitative studies of climate risk, resilience, governance and science-policy interface. He is Professor at Universidad de Chile, Researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research, Technical Lead at the Race to Resilience Campaign and co-founder of the Systemic Transdisciplinary Research Nucleus (NEST-R3).

Alain Bourque is the Executive Director of Ouranos – Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change. An expert on climate change and adaptation, he is regularly called upon by media and decision-makers. He sits on various expert committees including the Québec Government’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change and the Canadian government’s National Adaptation Platform.

Aminata Diallo is Project Technical Assistant at CSE. With 10 years' experience as an environmental geographer, she works at the crossroads of several areas of environmental policy design linked to climate change, the environment, demographics, sustainable coastal management, project management and monitoring and evaluation. She supports public decision-makers and initiatives that contribute fully to the sustainable development of territories and the continuity of economic activities from a resilience perspective.

As Executive Director, Sabine Dietz supports the team practically and strategically, at the regional and national scale, and encourages new approaches towards achieving climate resiliency in Atlantic Canada. Her work on traditional approaches to climate change adaptation spans over 15 years, and she has worked with provincial and federal governments, environmental non-profits, and municipalities around this topic.

As Climate Innovation Lead & Business Developer, Quiven Inoque Ebicha focuses on issues related to climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience & good management of natural resources.

Mathilda Englund is a transdisciplinary researcher exploring the intersection of climate adaptation, knowledge co-production, and epistemic injustice. She is a SEI Research Associate and PhD student at the Linköping University, where she is exploring power and politics in knowledge co-production for climate change adaptation.

Åsa Swartling is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of Knowledge Management at SEI. She specializes in qualitative social science research, with a focus on sustainability governance, climate adaptation, and co-design of climate services. As Head of Knowledge Management, she is responsible for SEI’s organizational learning and manages knowledge platform development.

Alain Bourque is the Executive Director of Ouranos – Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change. An expert on climate change and adaptation, he is regularly called upon by media and decision-makers. He sits on various expert committees including the Québec Government’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change and the Canadian government’s National Adaptation Platform. Aminata Diallo is Project Technical Assistant at CSE. With 10 years' experience as an environmental geographer, she works at the crossroads of several areas of environmental policy design linked to climate change, the environment, demographics, sustainable coastal management, project management and monitoring and evaluation. She supports public decision-makers and initiatives that contribute fully to the sustainable development of territories and the continuity of economic activities from a resilience perspective. Åsa Swartling is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of Knowledge Management at SEI. She specializes in qualitative social science research, with a focus on sustainability governance, climate adaptation, and co-design of climate services. As Head of Knowledge Management, she is responsible for SEI’s organizational learning and manages knowledge platform development. Mathilda Englund is a transdisciplinary researcher exploring the intersection of climate adaptation, knowledge co-production, and epistemic injustice. She is a SEI Research Associate and PhD student at the Linköping University, where she is exploring power and politics in knowledge co-production for climate change adaptation. Marco Billi is a transdisciplinary researcher dedicated to qualitative and quantitative studies of climate risk, resilience, governance and science-policy interface. He is Professor at Universidad de Chile, Researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research, Technical Lead at the Race to Resilience Campaign and co-founder of the Systemic Transdisciplinary Research Nucleus (NEST-R3). Dr. Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia University Climate School, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Barnard College. At NASA GISS, she heads the Climate Impacts Group, whose mission is to investigate the interactions of climate on systems and sectors important to human well-being. Dr. Rosenzweig is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN).

Dr. Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia University Climate School, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Barnard College. At NASA GISS, she heads the Climate Impacts Group, whose mission is to investigate the interactions of climate on systems and sectors important to human well-being. Dr. Rosenzweig is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN).

Roger Street has over 30 years’ experience researching and supporting adaptation in Canada and internationally, through work at Environment Canada, as lead of the UK Climate Impacts Programme, as contributor to the IPCC, though involvement in national assessments in Canada, the UK and USA and supporting knowledge development and exchanges to inform adaptation policy and practices.