{"id":14966,"date":"2020-10-20T13:44:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.gstic.org\/2020\/?page_id=14966"},"modified":"2021-02-24T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T13:10:44","slug":"speaker-climate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speaker-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t200 conference speakers\n\t<\/h1>\n\t   \t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers\"><li id=\"menu-item-14958\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Plenary<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14973\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speaker-climate\/\" aria-current=\"page\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14976\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-education\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15563\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-energy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14992\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-food\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-health\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-oceans\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15005\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-water\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15009\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-circular-economy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15012\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-ict\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u00d7<\/a>\n\t\t<ul id=\"menu-thematic-speakers-1\"><li id=\"menu-item-14958\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Plenary<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14973\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speaker-climate\/\" aria-current=\"page\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Climate<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14976\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-education\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15563\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-energy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14992\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-food\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-14997\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-health\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-oceans\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Oceans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15005\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-water\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15009\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-circular-economy\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15012\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/speakers-ict\/\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">ICT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>Keynote speakers<\/h2>\n<h3>Climate<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/jean-pascal-van-ypersele\/\" content=\"Jean-Pascal van Ypersele\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-09\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Jean-Pascal-Van-Ypersele-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Pascal van Ypersele\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Jean-Pascal van Ypersele\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jean-Pascal van Ypersele\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUCLouvain\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Jean-Pascal-Van-Ypersele-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Pascal van Ypersele\"\/>\n     Jean-Pascal van Ypersele\n\tUCLouvain \n    \tProfessor of climatology and sustainable development sciences\n\n                        Climate\n                        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Jean-Pascal van Ypersele\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 14:20 &#8211; 14:55<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Roundtable: Living the change during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/plenary\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-level inaugural session<\/a> plenary session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 09:40 &#8211; 09:50<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Accelerating the Transition to a Climate-prepared and Resilient Europe during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou is a Belgian academic climatologist. He is a professor of Climatology and Sustainable Development sciences at the Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). As a former IPCC vice-chair, he is one of the forerunners of climate change mitigation through a strong decrease in fossil fuel consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou has participated in most UN conferences on climate issues since 1979. He has been instrumental in creating in 2002 the UN Work Programme on Climate Communication and Education and holds numerous awards in science and science communication. He has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General member of the group of scientists in charge of the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/hindou-ibrahim\/\" content=\"Hindou Ibrahim\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-04-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/lucmill\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Luc Meulewaeter\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/hindou-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou Ibrahim\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Hindou Ibrahim\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hindou Ibrahim\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssociation for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/hindou-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Hindou Ibrahim\"\/>\n     Hindou Ibrahim\n\tAssociation for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad \n    \tPresident\n\n                        Climate\n  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n\t<p>For centuries, indigenous peoples have protected the environment, which provides them food, medicine and so much more. Now it&#8217;s time to protect their unique traditional knowledge that can bring concrete solutions to implement sustainable development goals and fight climate change.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Hindou Ibrahim\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 10:05 &#8211; 10:10<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Case study 1 &#8211; accelerating climate change adaptation during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an expert in indigenous peoples&#8217; adaptation to climate change, traditional ecological knowledge, and climate change mitigation strategies. She is Co-Chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change. <\/p>\n<p>From a Mbororo pastoralist community in Chad, Hindou Ibrahim founded the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) and works to empower indigenous voices and ensure their inclusion on international platforms. She has lead several concrete projects that improved access to basic need of indigenous peoples, while promoting their unique contribution to the protection of the environment. 3D participatory mapping, for instance, helps to prevent resources-based conflicts in one of the poorest and most vulnerable regions of the world.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/kyoung-woong-kim\/\" content=\"Kyoung-Woong Kim\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/Kyoung-Woong-Kim-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoung-Woong Kim\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Kyoung-Woong Kim\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGIST, Korea\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/Kyoung-Woong-Kim-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoung-Woong Kim\"\/>\n     Kyoung-Woong Kim\n\tGIST, Korea \n    \tDirector International Environmental Research Institute (IERI)\n\n                        Climate\n  \t  \t  \t  \t        Plenary\n\n    \tMeet  Kyoung-Woong Kim\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 10:10 &#8211; 10:15<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Case study 2 &#8211; accelerating climate change adaptation during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t<h2>Speakers<\/h2>\n<h3>Climate<\/h3>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/luc-bas\/\" content=\"Luc Bas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/LucBas.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Luc Bas\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Luc Bas\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Luc Bas\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIUCN\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/LucBas.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Luc Bas\"\/>\n     Luc Bas\n\tIUCN \n    \tDirector Europe\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Luc Bas\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 09:50 &#8211; 10:00<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and nature-based solutions during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Luc Bas is the Director of the IUCN European Regional Office in Brussels. He represents IUCN towards the EU Institutions and provides leadership and guidance for all activities undertaken by IUCN Government and NGO members within the European context. That includes informing decision-making through IUCN&#8217;s knowledge on topics such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Red Lists, Protected Area management, Natural Capital and promoting the use of nature-based solutions across different sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Before this, Luc Bas was the European Director of The Climate Group in Brussels, working with business and government to reach more ambitious EU climate policies and prepare for a real energy transition. As the International Director of The Climate Group&#8217;s States and Regions Alliance, he established one of the most significant networks of sub-national governments leading on tackling climate change.<\/p>\nLuc Bas worked as an adviser on international sustainable development policies for both the Belgian Federal and Flemish Governments. He represented these governments at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (SD), the OECD national SD expert panel, the Belgium Federal Council on SD, and various networks of subnational governments.<br \/>\nLuc holds a Master&#8217;s degree in industrial engineering and postgraduate degrees in both environmental science and international politics.\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/sylviane-bilgischer\/\" content=\"Sylviane Bilgischer\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/katleenvandormael\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Katleen Vandormael\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/SylivaBilgischer.JPG-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Sylviane  Bilgischer\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Sylviane  Bilgischer\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Sylviane  Bilgischer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCabinet of Minister Borsus (Walloon Region)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/SylivaBilgischer.JPG-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Sylviane  Bilgischer\"\/>\n     Sylviane  Bilgischer\n\tCabinet of Minister Borsus (Walloon Region) \n    \tMember of Adaptation Fund (UNFCCC) and Advisor to the Minister (Circular Economy, Innovation, Energy and Climate)\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Sylviane  Bilgischer\n        \t                        \t                                                \t\t                                    <p>26\/10\/2020, 09:30 &#8211; 11:00<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 10:45 &#8211; 10:50<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Closing remarks &#8211; accelerating climate change adaptation during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Sylviane Bilgischer has several years of experience in the climate change field. Since October 2017, she has served as Climate Policy Advisor for the Walloon Regional Government&#8217;s Ministry of Budget, Finances, Energy, Climate and Airports. From 2016-2017, she worked as a climate and carbon market advisor at the Walloon Air and Climate Agency on climate finance, fluorinated greenhouse gases and the European Union emissions trading scheme (ETS, which is a pillar of EU climate policy). She has further provided policy advice on climate change, playing an active role as a national Belgian delegate to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in its international meetings. She has also served as a Technical Advisor at the EUROCLIMA Programme of the European Commission. Between 2010 and 2015, Sylviane has worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in  Peru as a Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Officer.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/jonathan-casey\/\" content=\"Jonny Casey\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/JonnyCasey.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jonny Casey\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Jonny Casey\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jonny Casey\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCABI\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/JonnyCasey.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jonny Casey\"\/>\n     Jonny Casey\n\tCABI \n    \tClimate Change Manager\n\n                        Climate\n\n\t<p>&#8220;Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.&#8221; &#8211; unknown<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Jonny Casey\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 10:15 &#8211; 10:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Case study 3 &#8211; Knowledge is an agency &#8211; using scientific knowledge to support resilience during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Jonny Casey is the Climate Change Manager at the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). He leads their research on the impacts of climate change in agriculture, particularly in climate-smart pest management and climate policy analysis. Jonny has experience as a researcher, project manager, policy advocate, and programme evaluator in climate adaptation, gender equality, market systems analysis, and technology innovation systems.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/christina-chan\/\" content=\"Christina Chan\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Christina_Chan.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Christina  Chan\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Christina  Chan\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Christina  Chan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Resilience Practice, World Resources Institute\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Christina_Chan.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Christina  Chan\"\/>\n     Christina  Chan\n\tClimate Resilience Practice, World Resources Institute \n    \tDirector\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Christina  Chan\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:00 &#8211; 13:05<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion &#8211; Q&amp;A TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Christina Chan is the Director of the Climate Resilience Practice at the World Resources Institute and Co-Director of the Global Commission on Adaptation. She leads an exceptional team of adaptation professionals who support communities and policymakers in understanding climate risks and vulnerabilities, as well as what works and why; integrating adaptation into policies and programs, and accessing financial resources.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining WRI, Christina was a Branch Chief at the U.S. State Department&#8217;s climate change office. She led U.S. government efforts on global adaptation policy, launched several major adaptation partnerships, including the Adaptation Partnership and the National Adaptation Plan Global Network, and provided leadership on adaptation on the UNFCCC&#8217;s Adaptation Committee and Executive Committee to the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage. Christina also spent eight years with CARE, helping communities reduce their disaster-related risks and leveraging CARE&#8217;s on-the-ground work with communities to inform CARE International&#8217;s policy advocacy with the U.S. and global climate change policy.<\/p>\n<p>Christina holds a graduate degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree in Human Biology from Stanford University.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ho-sik-chon\/\" content=\"Ho-Sik Chon\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/HoSik-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ho-Sik  Chon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Ho-Sik  Chon\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ho-Sik  Chon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/HoSik-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Ho-Sik  Chon\"\/>\n     Ho-Sik  Chon\n\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)  \n    \tAdaptation Specialist, Asia-Pacific\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Ho-Sik  Chon\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:20 &#8211; 13:40<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Introduction to the Programme during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 14:10 &#8211; 14:25<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Guidance on Application to the Programme during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Ho-Sik Chon supports the CTCN services related to technical assistance and capacity building in adaptation sectors for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific region. Before joining the CTCN, Ho-Sik worked as a Senior Researcher for 6 years at the Green Technology Center which is a technology-based policy research institute funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea. He researched national policy and strategies for climate technology R&amp;D in the Republic of Korea and technology transfer to developing countries. <\/p>\n<p>Ho-Sik holds a PhD in Water Management from the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, UK and an MSc in Environmental Geochemistry from the Department of Geosystem &amp; Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/andre-kamga-foamouhoue\/\" content=\"Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/KamgaAndre.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tACMAD, the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/KamgaAndre.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue\"\/>\n     Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue\n\tACMAD, the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development \n    \tDirector General\n\n                        Climate\n\n\t<p>Static agriculture calendars based on average weather conditions are now part of history in this era of climate change. The current industrial revolution in the agriculture and food security sector implies regular updates of agriculture calendars each season using climate services to ensure food security in a changing climate. For long-term strategies, calendar adjustments based on climate change projections are essential for the upcoming decades.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:35 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion and Q&amp;A &#8211; Climate Service in practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:50 &#8211; 12:05<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting The need for Climate Services in Africa, with applications to agriculture during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue is the Director General of the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development. Prior to joining his current position, he was Chief of Climate and Environment Department of ACMAD. He is also a member of the American Meteorological Society as well as the WMO International Coordination Team for the Climate Service Information System of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS).<br \/>\nAndr\u00e9&#8217;s career  has taken him to NOAA\/NCEP Climate Prediction Center as a visiting scientist at the African Desk, the UK Met Office Hadley Centre for Regional Climate Modeling with PRECIS,  the WMO as Scientific Officer at the Climate Prediction and Adaption Branch of the Climate and Water Department, the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast as the EU-funded African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) project Work Package  Leader. \n<p>Andr\u00e9 Kamga Foamouhoue was a co-chair of the WMO&#8217;s World Weather Research Programme \/THORPEX Africa Regional Committee and spearheaded the development by a task force of the THORPEX Africa science and implementation plans. He is well known in the meteorological community for his key role in the demonstration phase leading to the designation in 2015 of ACMAD as a full-fledged multifunctional WMO Regional Climate Centre (RCC) for all Africa, the first WMO designated RCC in Africa.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/susan-gardner\/\" content=\"Susan Gardner\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/male-person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Susan  Gardner\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Susan  Gardner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/male-person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Susan  Gardner\"\/>\n     Susan  Gardner\n\tUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)  \n    \tDirector, Ecosystems Division\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Susan  Gardner\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:00 &#8211; 13:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Welcome &amp; Opening Speeches during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/saleemul-huq\/\" content=\"Saleemul Huq\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/Saleemul-Huq-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Saleemul  Huq\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Saleemul  Huq\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Saleemul  Huq\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternational Institute for Environment and Development\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/Saleemul-Huq-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Saleemul  Huq\"\/>\n     Saleemul  Huq\n\tInternational Institute for Environment and Development \n    \tSenior Fellow in the Climate Change Group\n\n                        Climate\n\n\t<p>To successfully limit the impact of global warming to 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels, we need to deploy climate mitigation and adaptation solutions faster and on a larger scale. The use of mitigation technologies on a massive scale needs to be combined with incremental and transformational adaptation measures. Only then will we be able to safeguard humans and ecosystems from the risks of climate change.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Saleemul  Huq\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 10:00 &#8211; 10:05<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Adaptation technology and sharing learning globally during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accelerating climate change adaptation: a human, environmental, and economic imperative<\/a> thematic session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Before joining IIED, Saleemul Huq was director of the Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies, which he founded in 1984. He was founding director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Independent University, Bangladesh. Saleemul Huq has been involved in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for which he has served as a Lead Author and Coordinating Lead Author in Working Group II, focusing on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>Saleemul Huq has published reports and articles on climate change, particularly on climate change adaptation. He is a lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). His current focus is on supporting the engagement of the Least Developed Countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He is researching the least developed countries&#8217; vulnerability to climate change and the impact of adaptation measures.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/mareer-husny\/\" content=\"Mareer Husny\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MareerHusny-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Mareer  Husny\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Mareer  Husny\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Mareer  Husny\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTechnology Executive Committee \n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/MareerHusny-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Mareer  Husny\"\/>\n     Mareer  Husny\n\tTechnology Executive Committee  \n    \tChair\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Mareer  Husny\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 11:50 &#8211; 12:00<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Opening remarks: TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Mareer Mohamed Husny is an Assistant Director in the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Environment, the Maldives, with a speciality in island coastal dynamics. Mr Husny is a lead author for the Maldives Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and a contributing author for the Maldives Climate Change Policy Framework. He is actively engaged and has contributed to developing the Maldives Climate Change Policy Framework, which will form the base of the Climate Change agenda in the Maldives. At the moment he is the Chair of the Technology Executive Committee of UNFCCC.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/richard-klein\/\" content=\"Richard Klein\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/RichardKlein-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Richard Klein\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Richard Klein\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Richard Klein\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStockholm Environment Institute\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/RichardKlein-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Richard Klein\"\/>\n     Richard Klein\n\tStockholm Environment Institute \n    \tSenior Research Fellow\n\n                        Climate\n\n\t<p>Technology has an important part to play in climate change adaptation, but its effectiveness relies on it being part of a broader, inclusive strategy that addresses the underlying drivers of people&#8217;s vulnerability. Such a strategy would ensure that adaptation technology is in step with other human and economic development priorities.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Richard Klein\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:00 &#8211; 13:05<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion &#8211; Q&amp;A TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Richard Klein (Stockholm Environment Institute, Bonn, Germany) has more than 25 years experience in original research, science assessment and policy advice on climate change adaptation. He has been a lead or coordinating lead author in six IPCC reports, including the 2000 Special Report on Technology Transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Richard founded the journal Climate and Development in 2009 and served as its editor-in-chief for 10 years. He co-directed the Nordic Centre of Excellence for Strategic Adaptation Research in 2011-2016. He co-chaired the Science Committee of the World Adaptation Science Programme in 2018-2020. In 2016, he received the Burtoni Award in recognition of his work on climate change adaptation.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/pauline-lancon\/\" content=\"Pauline Lan\u00e7on\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/PaulineLancon-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline  Lan\u00e7on\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Pauline  Lan\u00e7on\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Pauline  Lan\u00e7on\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnivers-Sel\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/PaulineLancon-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline  Lan\u00e7on\"\/>\n     Pauline  Lan\u00e7on\n\tUnivers-Sel \n    \tProject Manager\n\n                        Climate\n\n\t<p>Developing sustainable technologies that match communities needs and are based on local knowledge and social-ecological systems is of key importance for the successful implementation of climate change adaptation processes.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Pauline  Lan\u00e7on\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:00 &#8211; 13:05<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion &#8211; Q&amp;A TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Pauline Lan\u00e7on has been working for UNIVERS-SEL for four years. Created by salt producers on the west coast of France, this association aims to contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture, through exchanges of know-how between producers and the promotion of environment-friendly production techniques. After two years working with women producing salt in Guinea Bissau, Pauline is now mainly coordinating UNIVERS-SEL&#8217;s projects in West Africa, working with salt and rice producers in mangroves areas.<\/p>\n<p>Pauline Lan\u00e7on holds a Master&#8217;s degree in environmental engineering, focused on sustainable technologies and ecosystem management. She completed this degree at the Environmental Management Engineering (EME) school in France, after obtaining a bachelor degree in environmental biology.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/karina-larsen\/\" content=\"Karina Larsen\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Karina-Larsen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Karina  Larsen\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Karina  Larsen\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Karina  Larsen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Karina-Larsen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Karina  Larsen\"\/>\n     Karina  Larsen\n\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) \n    \tKnowledge and Communications Manager\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Karina  Larsen\n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:00 &#8211; 14:30<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Karina Larsen is responsible for the CTCN&#8217;s communications and outreach strategy. She also manages the knowledge management system which aims to facilitate sharing of technology information among climate stakeholders. As Gender Focal Point, Karina advises and supports the Secretariat on the implementation of gender mainstreaming within CTCN operations.<\/p>\n<p>Karina has over twenty years&#8217; experience in global environment and health issues, with previous positions at UNFPA, the Council of Women World Leaders, the Office of the Prime Minister of Iceland and the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/filip-lefebre\/\" content=\"Filip Lefebre\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-09-18\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/FilipLefebre.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Filip  Lefebre\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Filip  Lefebre\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Filip  Lefebre\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/FilipLefebre.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Filip  Lefebre\"\/>\n     Filip  Lefebre\n\tVITO \n    \tUrban climate service manager\n\n                        Climate\n\n\t<p>By providing local climate data tailored to the needs of city administrations and urban stakeholders, urban climate services enable an integrated approach to developing urban climate adaptation strategies and action plans. <\/p>\n    \tMeet  Filip  Lefebre\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:35 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion and Q&amp;A &#8211; Climate Service in practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:20 &#8211; 12:35<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Climate Service in practice: what does a Climate Service look like? during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Filip Lefebre works as a business developer and project manager in the Climate Service team of VITO&#8217;s Environmental Modelling business unit. This team delivers innovative, sustainable and scientifically sound products and services to better manage, predict and control our shared natural resources (air, water, land, soil, eco-systems) based on computer modelling and information technology. He holds a PhD in Physics on regional climate modelling of the Greenland ice sheet (2001) from the Catholic University of Louvain.<\/p>\n<p>VITO&#8217;s Climate Service team is specialised in the  processing of past, present and future climate data into information and services inside a customer-oriented organisation. The service team&#8217;s expertise covers urban climate services as well as climate-health, biodiversity, and agriculture services. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/hak-mao\/\" content=\"Hak Mao\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/HakMao.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Hak  Mao\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Hak  Mao\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Hak  Mao\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/HakMao.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Hak  Mao\"\/>\n     Hak  Mao\n\tThe General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia \n    \tDirector, Department of Climate Change\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Hak  Mao\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:40 &#8211; 14:10<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Panel discussion on Adaptation Innovation in Vulnerable Countries during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Hak Mao graduated a Bachelor on Forestry Science at the Royal University of Agriculture in 2003. In 2008, he was awarded a Master of Science on Marine Environment and Ocean Management at World Maritime University in Sweden. Luckily, in 2015 he was awarded another higher degree-Ph.D. on a Design of Low Carbon Development Action in Cambodia towards 2050 and pursued as research fellow until mid-2016 in order to develop a National Strategy on a Design of Low Carbon Development Action in Cambodia towards 2050. He has a strong and extensive experience on climate change. In addition, he has also participated in climate change negotiations for Conference of Parties on Climate Change. \u00a0He is currently Director of the Department of Climate Change of the General Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/stephen-minas\/\" content=\"Stephen Minas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Stephen-Minas-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Stephen  Minas\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Stephen  Minas\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Stephen  Minas\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTechnology Executive Committee (TEC)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Stephen-Minas-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Stephen  Minas\"\/>\n     Stephen  Minas\n\tTechnology Executive Committee (TEC) \n    \tVice-Chair\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Stephen  Minas\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 13:05 &#8211; 13:15<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Closing remarks &#8211; TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:40 &#8211; 14:10<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Panel discussion on Adaptation Innovation in Vulnerable Countries during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Stephen Minas is an Associate Professor of Law at the School of Transnational Law of Peking University, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Transnational Law Institute of King&#8217;s College London. He completed Honours degrees in Law and History at the University of Melbourne, an MSc in International Relations at the London School of Economics, a PhD in Law at King&#8217;s College London and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.<br \/>\nStephen Minas&#8217; research and teaching interests include energy law, climate change law, finance law, public international law, especially international organization, law of the sea &amp; international environmental law, transnational law, international dispute resolution and sustainable development. At the moment he is the Vice-Chair of the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the UNFCCC.\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/rose-mwebaza\/\" content=\"Rose Mwebaza\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/RoseMwebaza-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rose  Mwebaza\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Rose  Mwebaza\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Rose  Mwebaza\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/RoseMwebaza-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Rose  Mwebaza\"\/>\n     Rose  Mwebaza\n\tClimate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) \n    \tDirector\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Rose  Mwebaza\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:00 &#8211; 13:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Welcome &amp; Opening Speeches during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 14:25 &#8211; 14:30<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Closing Remarks &#8211; CTCN session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Rose Mwebaza is the Director of the CTCN and brings 20 years&#8217; experience providing policy advice on a wide range of climate change, environment and sustainable development issues. She has previously served as Chief Natural Resources Officer at the African Development Bank, and held leadership positions within the UN Development Programme. Dr. Mwebaza was a Lecturer at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, for 10 years, serving as the Head of Department for Commercial Law, and Deputy Dean of the Law School.<\/p>\n<p>Mwebaza holds a PhD in Environment and Natural Resource Governance from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, a Master&#8217;s Degree in International Comparative Law (with a Certificate of Academic Excellence) from the University of Florida, U.S.A and a Bachelor of Law Degree (LL.B, Hons.) from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/youssef-nassef\/\" content=\"Youssef Nassef\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-26\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Youssef-Nassef.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Youssef  Nassef\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Youssef  Nassef\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Youssef  Nassef\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Youssef-Nassef.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Youssef  Nassef\"\/>\n     Youssef  Nassef\n\tUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) \n    \tDirector, Adaptation Division\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Youssef  Nassef\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:00 &#8211; 13:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Welcome &amp; Opening Speeches during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Youssef Nassef has led the adaptation workstreams under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since their inception. He possesses over 30 years of experience in diplomacy and international environmental policy, and is a seconded diplomat from the Egyptian Foreign Service.<\/p>\n<p>While assuming progressively higher levels of leadership at the UNFCCC, he led UNFCCC support for a number of ongoing initiatives on adaptation. These include the inception and support for NAPAs and NAPs; the Nairobi Work Programme &#8211; an international knowledge hub for impacts, vulnerability and adaptation; and the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. He recently created the Resilience Frontiers initiative which applies foresight for attaining post-2030 resilience.<\/p>\n<p>He regularly contributes his vision, insights and thought leadership to international conferences on resilience and adaptation to climate change and their nexus with sustainable development, often focusing on developing countries.<\/p>\n<p>He assumed chairmanship of the World Adaptation Science Programme in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a Doctoral degree in International Technology Policy and Management and a Master&#8217;s degree in International Environmental Policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, as well as a Master&#8217;s degree in Middle East Studies and a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Computer Science and Physics from the American University in Cairo.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/charles-nyandiga\/\" content=\"Charles Nyandiga\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/CharlesNyandiga-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Charles  Nyandiga\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Charles  Nyandiga\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Charles  Nyandiga\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/CharlesNyandiga-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Charles  Nyandiga\"\/>\n     Charles  Nyandiga\n\tUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) \n    \tRegional Team Leader for Africa \n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Charles  Nyandiga\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:40 &#8211; 14:10<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Panel discussion on Adaptation Innovation in Vulnerable Countries during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Charles Nyandiga has worked in the field of forest and natural resources management for over 26 years, working as a research scientist and practitioner with government, development organizations and United Nation. Currently, he is the Team Leader for the UNDP Nature Climate and Energy (NCE) for Africa working closely with the Governments, UNDP Country Offices and the Technical Team of Advisors of NCE supporting Africa. His technical fields are Sustainable Forest Management, Land Degradation, Agroecology and Climate Change Adaptation. He can be reached at: charles.nyandiga@undp.org.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/mikko-ollikainen\/\" content=\"Mikko Ollikainen\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Mikko-Olikainen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Mikko  Ollikainen\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Mikko  Ollikainen\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Mikko  Ollikainen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdaptation Fund\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Mikko-Olikainen-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Mikko  Ollikainen\"\/>\n     Mikko  Ollikainen\n\tAdaptation Fund \n    \tManager\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Mikko  Ollikainen\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 13:00 &#8211; 13:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Welcome &amp; Opening Speeches during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Mikko Ollikainen is the Manager of the Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat. He leads the Fund&#8217;s Secretariat located in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n<p>Mikko has 20 years of experience in climate change and other global environmental issues. Before taking office as the Manager in April 2017, he served as a lead adaptation expert of the Fund since 2009, playing a key role in building the Adaptation Fund&#8217;s portfolio of concrete adaptation projects which currently consists of more than 105 projects and programmes, including 32 that are nationally implemented. He also led the development and implementation of the Fund&#8217;s medium-term strategy, which sets the Fund&#8217;s ambitious goals in three core areas of adaptation action, innovation, and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the Adaptation Fund, Mikko worked as a technical specialist with the World Bank, on nature-based climate change mitigation and forest conservation projects in Africa and Indonesia. He worked for 5 years in East and Southeast Asia on global and local environmental and development issues, with development finance institution, academia and the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Mikko holds an MSc degree in Ecology and Biodiversity Research from the University of Turku, Finland, and a postgraduate diploma in International Trade from the University of Tampere, Finland.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/ali-raza-rizvi\/\" content=\"Ali Raza Rizvi\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Ali-Raza-Rizvi-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ali Raza Rizvi\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Ali Raza Rizvi\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Ali Raza Rizvi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternational Union for Conservation of Nature\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Ali-Raza-Rizvi-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Ali Raza Rizvi\"\/>\n     Ali Raza Rizvi\n\tInternational Union for Conservation of Nature \n    \tProgramme Manager, Ecosystem-based Adaptation\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Ali Raza Rizvi\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:00 &#8211; 13:05<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion &#8211; Q&amp;A TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Ali Raza Rizvi has been involved with the conservation &amp; development sector for over two decades and has managed programmes and projects worldwide. In his current position, he is responsible for IUCN&#8217;s global climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction work, based at its Washington DC Office. He provides strategic direction and operational guidance for the development and implementation of IUCN&#8217;s portfolio on Ecosystem-based Adaptation. Ali also serves as a technical and policy focal point and represents IUCN at international policy fora, including the UNFCCC on Adaptation and Loss &amp; Damage.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/makoto-suwa\/\" content=\"Makoto Suwa\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/MakotoSuwa.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Makoto  Suwa\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Makoto  Suwa\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Makoto  Suwa\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe World Bank\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/MakotoSuwa.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Makoto  Suwa\"\/>\n     Makoto  Suwa\n\tThe World Bank \n    \tSenior Disaster Risk Management Specialist\n\n                        Climate\n\n\t<p>The new dynamics between public, private and academic sectors in the global weather enterprise are creating more opportunities than ever to join forces to deliver the socio-economic benefits of a more informed and resilient world.<\/p>\n    \tMeet  Makoto  Suwa\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:35 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion and Q&amp;A &#8211; Climate Service in practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:35 &#8211; 11:50<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Investing in Climate Services: World Bank&#8217;s experience during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Makoto Suwa is a Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the World Bank. He leads and supports a wide range of World Bank activities and projects that aim to strengthen weather, climate, and hydrological services in Africa. Prior to joining the World Bank, Makoto worked for the World Meteorological Organization, at both its headquarters in Geneva and its Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi. He also taught at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology and Lyc\u00e9e de Kigali in Rwanda, and briefly worked for JICA&#8217;s Office for Climate Change in Tokyo. Makoto holds a PhD in geosciences (climate science) from Princeton University and a master of environmental management degree from Duke University.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/raf-theunissen\/\" content=\"Raf Theunissen\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-29\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/TheunissenRaf-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Theunissen\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Raf Theunissen\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Raf Theunissen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVITO\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/TheunissenRaf-240x0-c-default.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Theunissen\"\/>\n     Raf Theunissen\n\tVITO \n    \tProgram Manager Land Use and Climate Impacts (LUCI) team\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Raf Theunissen\n        \t                        \t                                                \t\t                                    <p>26\/10\/2020, 11:30 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:35 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Moderating Panel discussion and Q&amp;A &#8211; Climate Service in practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Raf Theunissen is part of the management team at VITO&#8217;s department of Environmental Modelling. Since April 2019, he is program manager of VITO&#8217;s dynamic Land Use and Climate Impacts team. This team consists of 15 experts in climate, land use modelling and system dynamic modelling for which Raf provides support in project supervision and financial management.<\/p>\n<p>Raf Theunissen holds a degree in aerospace engineering with a specialisation (a Master after Master degree at the Von Karman Institute and a PhD at VKI, TU Delft and VUB) in optical flow measurements. He is internationally recognised for his expertise in Particle Image Velocimetry algorithms. <\/p>\n<p>Before joining VITO, Raf was a senior lecturer in experimental aerodynamics at the University of Bristol (2010-2019). Besides lecturing, he was tasked with PhD supervision and research in adaptive algorithms to advance optical measurement techniques. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/thin-thuzar-win\/\" content=\"Thin Thuzar Win\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/male-person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Thin Thuzar Win\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Thin Thuzar Win\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Thin Thuzar Win\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEnvironmental Conservation Department, Myanmar\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/male-person-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Thin Thuzar Win\"\/>\n     Thin Thuzar Win\n\tEnvironmental Conservation Department, Myanmar \n    \tDeputy Director Climate Change Division\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Thin Thuzar Win\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:00 &#8211; 13:05<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion &#8211; Q&amp;A TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Thin Thuzar Win is a Deputy Director at the Climate Change Division of the Environmental Conservation Department, Myanmar. Thin has 12 years of experience in the Ministry of Industry, including 3 years of experience in the Renewable Energy sector. In 2018, she transferred to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation and became responsible for the Climate Change Division of the Environmental Conservation Department. Now, she is working as the CTCN &#8211; NDE of Myanmar and the National Coordinator of TNA. She is actively participating in Myanmar climate change activities.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/jessica-troni\/\" content=\"Jessica Troni\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-23\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-27\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Jessica-Troni.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jessica  Troni\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Jessica  Troni\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jessica  Troni\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Jessica-Troni.jpg-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jessica  Troni\"\/>\n     Jessica  Troni\n\tUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \n    \tHead of Climate Change Adaptation Unit\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Jessica  Troni\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>28\/10\/2020, 14:25 &#8211; 14:30<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Closing Remarks &#8211; CTCN session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTCN session &#8211; Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Jessica Troni has more than 20 years of experience in environment and development policy and has worked on climate change adaptation programming in the UN for the last 12 years. She heads the Climate Change Adaptation Unit in UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi and has under her oversight all programming related to the international climate funds (Green Climate Fund, Least Developed Countries Fund and Adaptation Fund), in Ecosystems Division. She served as a UNDP Regional Technical Adviser for Adaptation for the East and Southern African Region between 2007 and 2014 and for the UK Department for International Development Headquarters from 2003 to 2007 as the adaptation policy lead and as the UK representative in the EU delegation to the UNFCCC for 4 years. Jessica started her career as an Overseas Development Institute Fellow, posted in Zanzibar as a junior economist in the Commission for Lands and Environment from 1995 to 1997.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/wytze-van-der-gaast\/\" content=\"Wytze van der Gaast\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-10-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/WytzevanderGaast-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Wytze van der Gaast\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Wytze van der Gaast\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Wytze van der Gaast\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJIN Climate and Sustainability\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/WytzevanderGaast-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Wytze van der Gaast\"\/>\n     Wytze van der Gaast\n\tJIN Climate and Sustainability \n    \tSenior Researcher\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Wytze van der Gaast\n        \t                        \t                                                    \t                \t                <p>27\/10\/2020, 11:45 &#8211; 13:15<\/p>\n                <p>Chairing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 12:00 &#8211; 13:05<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion &#8211; Q&amp;A TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                    \t                                    <p>27\/10\/2020, 13:05 &#8211; 13:15<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Closing remarks &#8211; TEC session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEC session &#8211; Innovative approaches for climate adaptation technologies<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    Wytze van der Gaast is a senior researcher at JIN. He has extensive experience with EU-funded projects on low-emission economic transitions in both industrialised and developing countries. He is a regular advisor to the UNFCCC secretariat and the UN Technology Executive Committee on Technology Needs Assessments, development, and transfer of technologies for mitigation and adaptation in light of countries&#8217; economic, environmental, and social priorities. In light of that, he has also focussed on Low Emission Development Strategies in relation to NAMA and NAP formulation and, green growth best practices with a specific focus on embedding low-emission and energy-efficient measures in countries&#8217; socioeconomic priorities and planning.<br \/>\nWytze van der Gaast is an affiliated partner of the Global Centre on Adaptation, which is an international organisation in support of scaling up solutions for climate change adaptation and making societies more resilient for climate change impacts. He has been a partner, on behalf of JIN, in fourteen EU-funded projects since 2001. Currently, he is involved in the RES4Build project with a task to consider end-user perspectives in integrated energy technology systems. As of September 2020, he will represent JIN in the Horizon 2020 WATERMINING project, with the task to connect technical optimisation of (desalinised) water supply with consumers. Finally, he is the executive secretary of the Green Deal National Carbon Market in the Netherlands which prepares methodologies and issues certificates for greenhouse gas emission reduction projects not covered by the EU ETS.\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/person\/jin-ho-yoon\/\" content=\"Jin Ho Yoon\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2020-09-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-10-05\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"G-STIC 2020\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/cropped-G-STIC-logo-blue-horizontal.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/author\/sonja\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"sonja\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/><!DOCTYPE html>\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/JinHoYoon-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jin Ho Yoon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\tMeet <br \/> Jin Ho Yoon\n\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t Jin Ho Yoon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSchool of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering &#8211; Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology\n        <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"closeSide()\">&times;<\/a>\n        <br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/JinHoYoon-240x0-c-default.png\" alt=\"Jin Ho Yoon\"\/>\n     Jin Ho Yoon\n\tSchool of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering &#8211; Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology \n    \tProfessor\n\n                        Climate\n\n    \tMeet  Jin Ho Yoon\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:35 &#8211; 13:00<\/p>\n                <p> Participating as a panelist in Panel discussion and Q&amp;A &#8211; Climate Service in practice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n                    \t            \t                                                \t\t                \t                <p>26\/10\/2020, 12:05 &#8211; 12:20<\/p>\n                <p> Presenting Event attribution of extreme event: producing high-resolution data and climate modeling during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/2020\/themes\/climate\/#programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sector-oriented climate services<\/a> deep dive session.<\/p>\n\tBiography\n    <p>Jin-Ho Yoon currently works as an Associate Professor at the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. Jin-Ho leads the &#8220;Climate Analysis and Modelling&#8221; lab focusing on climate extremes, climate variability, climate change and climate modelling. <\/p>\n<p>Professor Jin-Ho Yoon has been teaching and researching climate change and climate modelling since he joined GIST in March of 2016. Prior to that, he worked on climate change and climate modelling from 2010 to 2016 at the PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US Department of Energy). 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