Dr Adam Hejnowicz is a Lecturer in Climate Change Adaptation and Programme Director and Cohort Lead for the MSc in Climate Change Management in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. He is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist, and a believer in the power of action-oriented policy-facing research.

Dr Jessica Thorn is a Lecturer in Food Security and Global Environmental Change at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London. She is also an ARISE fellow at the University of Namibia. Her work concerns climate adaptation, green infrastructure, and social-ecological systems in peri-urban, smallholder and mountain systems.

Dr Sean Goodwin is a multidisciplinary researcher with a focus on urban climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). His research addresses pressing questions facing communities of research and practice at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity conservation, urban planning and social justice. Dr Marta Olazabal is an interdisciplinary scientist exploring pathways of progress on climate action in cities worldwide. She is an Ikerbasque Research Associate and Ramon y Cajal Fellow at BC3 where she leads the Adaptation Research Group. She is the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council project IMAGINE Adaptation. Dr. Ana Terra Amorim-Maia is an interdisciplinary socio-environmental scientist exploring the intersections of climate change adaptation, urban governance, and social justice. She is a Juan de la Cierva Fellow and postdoctoral researcher at BC3, where she contributes to IMAGINE Adaptation, supporting cities in envisioning resilient futures and assessing progress toward achieving them. Emilie Beauchamp is a lead on monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) with IISD’s Resilience program. She has 17 years of experience in MEL and research methods in environmental change and sustainability. She specialises in developing complex evidence systems to assess adaptation impacts with national, sub-national and civil society partners. Vladislav Arnaoudov leads monitoring and evaluation at the Adaptation Fund. He has 18 years of experience in climate finance, results management, and policy design. He specialises in developing frameworks to assess adaptation and resilience impacts, drawing on experience working with the Green Climate Fund, Deloitte, and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley.

Dr Adam Hejnowicz is a Lecturer in Climate Change Adaptation and Programme Director and Cohort Lead for the MSc in Climate Change Management in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. He is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist, and a believer in the power of action-oriented policy-facing research. Dr Jessica Thorn is a Lecturer in Food Security and Global Environmental Change at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London. She is also an ARISE fellow at the University of Namibia. Her work concerns climate adaptation, green infrastructure, and social-ecological systems in peri-urban, smallholder and mountain systems.