Conference Co-chairs
Alain Bourque
Executive Director, Ouranos
Anne Hammill
Senior Director, Resilience, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Steering Committee Members
Laniel Bateman
Environment and Climate Change Canada
María del Pilar Bueno
National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Christina Chan
Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change (SPEC) John Kerry
Bruce Currie-Alder
International Development Research Centre and WASP
Pasang Dolma Sherpa
Center for Indigenous Peoples' Research and Development
Jean-François Gibeault
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les Changements climatiques
Jocelyn Joe-Strack
Yukon University
Maarten Kappelle
UNEP and WASP
Don Lemmen
Natural Resources Canada (retired)
Maria José Moreno Ruiz
African Development Bank
Rose Mwebaza
UN Climate Technology Centre & Network
Youssef Nassef
UNFCCC and WASP
Anand Patwardhan
University of Maryland
Arghya Sinha Roy
Asian Development Bank
Roger B Street
University of Oxford
Jhannel C. Tomlinson
University of West Indies
Maarten van Aalst
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Gina Ziervogel
University of Cape Town
Scientific Committee Co-chairs
Georgina Cundill-Kemp
Senior Program Specialist at International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Edmond Totin
Lecturer at Université Nationale d’Agriculture
Scientific Committee Members
Paulina Aldunce
University of Chile
Aditya Bahadur
International Institute for Environment and Development
Robbert Biesbroek
Wageningen University
Léa Berrang Ford
Leeds University
Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)
Prairie Climate Centre & Gitxsan Nation
Blane Harvey
McGill University
Judy Lawrence
Victoria University of Wellington
Debora Ley
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Robert McLeman
Wilfrid Laurier University
Shehnaaz Moosa
Climate and Development Knowledge Network
Daniel Morchain
The Nature Conservancy
Johanna Nalau
Griffith University
Nitya Rao
University of East Anglia
Lisa Schipper
University of Oxford
Nicholas Simpson
University of Cape Town
Chandni Singh
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Adelle Thomas
University of The Bahamas and Climate Analytics
PARTICIPATION BENEFITS AND EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITIES
Inclusions will vary depending on level of support
- Visibility throughout the congress
- Company’s brand included in all conference collateral (print and digital)
- Mention in press releases and media kits
- Presence in on-site audio-visual presentations (event opener, keynote, thematic sessions)
- Presence in virtual platform materials (introductions, transition slides, closing slide)
Conference Themes
Cutting edge knowledge and experience, of many forms, are needed to drive evidence based decisions for adaptation in the years ahead. The overarching themes of this conference encourage discussion on frontier issues that contain knowledge gaps, transboundary perspectives for adaptation, actionable solutions and connection with development goals. In all themes there are two cross cutting elements: Integrated systems perspectives, and indigenous knowledges and expertise.
Furthermore, all themes relate to larger efforts toward climate resilient development pathways, including enabling conditions needed for climate resilience in diverse contexts. The themes are intentionally phrased to embody cross-sectoral perspectives and to stimulate debate about the progress on the global goal on adaptation. They are relevant to all sectors, e.g. water, food systems, health, the built environment and beyond.
