Céline Campagna has been the Program Coordinator for the priority on Social and Health Challenges, within the Adaptation Science team at the Ouranos consortium since July 2024. Previously, she coordinated the Climate and Health program for the government at the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec for a decade.

Ben is an environmental scientist with interdisciplinary research interests focussing on water, climate, and society. His research seeks to understand how socioecological systems function and how they are changing, and ultimately what this means for the services, opportunities and risks they represent to society.

David Mbugua is an international development practitioner with over 25 years experience in food security, environment, climate change and gender programming. He is currently managing a multimillion-dollar gender-transformative, resilience-building project, in Ethiopia, funded by Global Affairs Canada. David was a researcher with Cornell University and KARI before joining World Vision. Alicia Lopez, a Climate Change Technical Specialist at World Vision Canada, has 15+ years of experience in environmental leadership. She has worked with GIZ, FAO, UN agencies, and global partners on REDD+, AFOLU, and climate projects, ensuring environmental integration, adaptation, mitigation, and safeguard compliance in international development initiatives.

Colette is a Human Geographer from Monash University. Her research explores how households navigate climate risk and how adaptation policy can more effectively support community resilience. Previous research has examined the political economy of climate resettlement, adaptation pathways for atoll communities, and the limits of adaptive capacity in explaining adaptation.

Dr Niyati is a postdoctoral fellow in Gender Research at the International Rice Research Institute, Hyderabad. A development economist, she specializes in research on digital innovation for gender-equitable and climate-resilient agrifood systems. She holds a PhD in Development Studies, focusing on gender and labor in rice farming.

Fei Liu, PhD in Geoenvironmental Sciences, specializes in climate change adaptation, climate risk management, and climate impact assessment. Utilizing remote sensing, GIS, and spatial modeling, her research focuses on urban ecological assessment, environmental monitoring, and sustainability. She is passionate about advancing climate adaptation through innovative geospatial technologies.