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Our global Scientific and Technical Expert Panel (STEP) provides independent advice to inform Climate LinkUP’s Adaptation & Mitigation Program, AMP (Non-profit Foundation) for developing nations.
Bournemouth University
Kathy Hodder is an Associate Professor and Acting Head of Department of Life and Environmental Sciences at Bournemouth University. She is a conservation ecologist who has worked for over 25 years in research, practical conservation, and education. Kathy began her...Bournemouth University
Professor Rick Stafford is a marine biologist with diverse interests. He holds a PhD in Marine Biology and a PhD in Marine Ecology and Computer Simulation, mainly based on rocky shores in temperate and tropical regions. While he still works...University of Gloucestershire
Cambridge Zoology graduate Adam Hart is an award-winning scientist who was given the title of Science Communicator of the Year in 2010 by the Royal Society of Biology. Adam is Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire, and...Ahuora Centre for Smart Energy Systems, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Martin Atkins is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Process Engineering at the School of Engineering and an associate director of the Ahuora Centre for Smart Energy Systems based at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has expertise in...University of York
Rob Marchant is Professor in environmental change at the University of York. His main interest is researching processes of environmental change and how these are registered by tropical vegetation, how this may respond in a future of uncertain change and...SPREP, Samoa, South Pacific
Vanda Faasoa-Chan Ting, a Samoan national, is the Pacific NDC Hub Technical Adviser. She currently leads SPREP’s work on the Pacific NDC Hub to address identified needs and priorities of Pacific Island Countries to enhance and successfully implement their NDCs....GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and University of Potsdam
Bruno Merz is Head of the Section Hydrology at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and Professor for Engineering Hydrology and Management of Georisks at the University of Potsdam. His main research interests are flood risk assessment and climate adaptation,...Director and Legal Counsel Greenwatch, Lawyer at Kakuru and Co. Advocate, Uganda
Samantha Atukunda Kakuru Mwesigwa is the Director and Legal Counsel Greenwatch, she is a practicing Lawyer with experience in climate litigation in Uganda. She is a member of the Environmental Law Alliance Network of public interest lawyers from around the...CarbonCare InnoLab, Hong Kong
Kevin Li is the Researcher at CarbonCare InnoLab, an environmental NGO based in Hong Kong. He has nearly 25 years' work experience with development and environmental non-governmental organisations, including Greenpeace, International Rivers, Oxfam and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung covering the issues of water,...South Pacific Community (SPC) and SPREP
Espen Ronneberg is a Senior Adviser, Climate Change Multilateral Agreements at the Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Programme at South Pacific Community (SPC). Espen brings a combination of proven expertise in climate change, sustainable development, as well as in-depth knowledge...Senior Director Global South, RMI
Raul Alfaro-Pelico is the senior director of RMI’s Energy Transition Academy within the Global South Program. Raul leads RMI’s capacity development efforts to secure a net-zero future for all. The Academy supports senior- and mid-level energy practitioners in utilities, renewable...Slovak University of Technology
Jan Szolgay is Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources Management at the Department of Land & Water Resources Management, the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. His research experience includes catchment modelling, the stochastic modelling of river flows, assessment of...Dept of Forest and Environmental Economics, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Prof. Felister M. Mombo is a Natural resource & environmental economist employed by Soikoine University of Agriculture in the Department of Forest and Environmental Economics. Her Phd topic was on, A new institutional economics approach to evaluate management options for...University of Oxford
Dr Pete Walton works at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford researching and supporting stakeholder engagement with climate change adaptation science, with a particular focus on the emerging science of extreme weather event attribution. This follows the completion of...Acting Head, Department of Fisheries Science, College of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Juba, South Sudan
Mr. John Sebit BENANSIO is the Acting Head, Department of Fisheries Science, College of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies University of Juba, South Sudan. He obtained Bachelor of Science in Fisheries Science from Upper Nile University in 2006. He is...ESG: Mining and metals industry, Norsk Hydro
Currently acting as Owners Representative and board member for global join ventures in Hydro - Aluminium Industry, Luana Carvalhosa has over 15 years of experience in environmental, sustainability, social responsibility management and governance. With a background in multinational companies in...Lecturer, Department of Forestry, Biodiversity and Tourism, Makerere University, Uganda
Dr Michael S. Mbogga is a Lecturer in the Department of Forestry, Biodiversity and Tourism, at Makerere University in Uganda. He holds BSc Forestry and MSc Forestry from Makerere University and PhD in Forest Biology and Management from University of...Renewable Energy Department, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
Amos Tamusuza is a Principal Energy Officer in the Renewable Energy Department at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda. He holds an MSc Energy and Resources Management (specialising in electricity markets and renewables) from University College London, Australia,...British Geological Survey (BGS) and Dundee University
Professor Alan MacDonald leads the Groundwater Resilience team at the British Geological Survey and is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee. His main areas of research are water security, particularly with a focus on the impacts of climate...South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) – Samoa/Fiji
Rupeni Mario has two decades of environment and climate change related work experience across the Pacific (that is in 22 Pacific Island countries). He is currently based in Samoa at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) as...Programme Associate, CEEW: Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India
Shanal holds a double M.Sc. in Environmental Management and Geography from the National University of Singapore and Bangalore University. She was an ADB-Japan Scholar at the National University of Singapore and a Gold Medalist at Bangalore University. Shanal has close...Global Energy Transition Consultant
Rob Hardison is a consultant on the technical, environmental, market, and policy aspects of the energy transition. He has broad experience across technical areas, including utility-level grid integration of variable renewables, grid-connected rooftop PV, remote PV microgrids, clean thermal, biofuels,...The International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Bangladesh
Professor Saleemul Huq is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and Professor at the Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) as well as Associate of the International Institute on Environment and Development (IIED) in the United...University of Southampton
Professor AbuBakr S Bahaj, leads the 50-strong Energy & Climate Change Division and the Sustainable Energy Research Group (ECCD, www.energy.soton.ac.uk) at the University of Southampton, where he completed his PhD, progressing from a researcher to a Personal Chair in Sustainable...