Speakers We are enormously grateful to all our speakers who helped shape D&C Days 2025
Aditya Bahadur
Director, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC)
This speaker will present during plenary session 1, session 2B Taming the Beast - Exploring interagency collaboration for resilience, and plenary session 7.
Alma Gracia
Climate Change and Resilience Advisor, DanChurchAid
This speaker will present during session 3A Advancing models for efficient and effective adaptation finance.
Angelica Shamerina
Program Advisor, GEF Small Grants Programme
This speaker will present during session 6B Financing nature and locally led action: Demystifying the role of the private sector.
Animesh Kumar
Head of Office, UNDRR
This speaker will present during session 6A Grounding the GGA in local realities post COP30.
Anna Ducros
Researcher, Nature Economist, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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This speaker will present during session 6B Financing nature and locally led action: Demystifying the role of the private sector.
Anna Heath
Senior Programmes Manager, Synchronicity Earth
This speaker will present during session 3A Adaptation finance in uncertain times and plenary session 7.
Arghya Sinha Roy
Director, Climate Change Adaptation, Asian Development Bank
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This speaker will present during session 3A Adaptation finance in uncertain times.
Bettina Koelle
Senior Learning Specialist, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC)
This speaker will present during plenary session 1, session 2B Taming the Beast - Exploring interagency collaboration for resilience, and plenary session 7.
Carolina Zambrano
Director of Programs, Climate and Land Use Alliance
This speaker will present present during session 5B Philanthropic strategies: tactics for philanthropics for a resilient world.
Chetana Naskar
India Network Lead, She Changes Climate
This speaker will present during session 6B Financing nature and locally led action: Demystifying the role of the private sector.
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio
Senior Advisor, Adaptation and Resilience, United Nations Foundation
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This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Dr. David Awolala
Director, Climate Policy & Technical Services, African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES)
This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Ebony Holland
Nature-Climate Policy Lead, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This speaker will present during session 6B Financing nature and locally led action: Demystifying the role of the private sector.
Emilie Beauchamp
Lead for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
This speaker will present during session 6A Grounding the GGA in local realities post COP30.
Eugenia Rojo
Concept creator, actor, scriptwriter, theatre director and producer, Hamishibai
This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Evans Banana
Programmes Coordinator, Dialogue on Shelters
This speaker will present during session 5B Philanthropic strategies: tactics for philanthropics for a resilient world.
Fazle Rabbi Sadeque Ahmed
Professor, School of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University, Bangladesh
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This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Georgina Nicolau
Co-founder and Executive Director, Procomum
This speaker will present during session 5A What does trust-based grant giving look like?
Gerard Howe
Deputy Director, Climate Resilience Department, Energy, Climate and Environment Directorate; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
This speaker will present during session 3A Adaptation finance in uncertain times.
Gugo Siquiera
Program Officer, Rede Comuá
This speaker will present during session 5A What does trust-based grant giving look like?
Hameed Khan
Professional cartoonist, actor, scriptwriter, theatre director and producer and object designer for Cardboard Theatre, Hamishibai
This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Irene Amuron
Head of Anticipatory Action, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC)
This speaker will present during session 2B Taming the Beast - Exploring interagency collaboration for resilience.
Jesper Hörnberg
Executive Director, Global Resilience Partnership
This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Jessica Hitt
Associate Director, Adaptation & Resilience, Climate Works
This speaker will present present during session 5B Philanthropic strategies: tactics for philanthropics for a resilient world.
Jorge Martin
Graphic recorder and illustrator
This speaker will present during plenary sessions 1, 4 and 7.
Justine Audrain
LoCAL Regional Specialist for Eastern and Southern Africa, UNCDF/ LoCAL
This speaker will present during session 2A Real world decentralisation: national mechanisms enabling LLA.
Laurie Goering
Climate change journalist and editor
This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Leah Muthoni Kimotho
Assistant Programme Manager, National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)
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This speaker will present during session 3B Advancing models for efficient and effective adaptation finance.
Lilian Khalai Mulaa
Climate Advocacy Coordinator, DanChurch Aid
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This speaker will present during plenary session 1 and session 3B Advancing models for efficient and effective adaptation finance.
Lina Yassin
Climate Policy Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Madan Pariyar
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal
This speaker will present during plenary session 4.
Malgorzata Cwiek
Statistician, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
This speaker will present during session 6A Grounding the GGA in local realities post COP30.
Marcia Toledo
Director Adaptation & Resilience, High Level Climate Champions Team
This speaker will present during plenary session 4.
Margaret Arnold
Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank
This speaker will present during session 2A Real world decentralisation: national mechanisms enabling LLA.
Maria Gracia Aguilar
Climate Program Lead, Fundación Avina
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This speaker will present during session 5B Philanthropic strategies: tactics for philanthropics for a resilient world.
May Thazin Aung
Senior Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This speaker will present during plenary session 1 and session 3A Adaptation finance in uncertain times.
Namrata Ginoya
Strategic Policy Lead, Global Resilience Partnership
This speaker will present during plenary session 4.
Nega Emiru
PlanAdapt Fellow, International Platform for Adaptation Metrics
This speaker will present during session 6A Grounding the GGA in local realities post COP30.
Nfamara K Dampha
Program Director & Lead Scientist, University of Minnesota
This speaker will present during plenary session 4.
Omaira Bolanos
Director of the Gender Justice Program, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
This speaker will present during session 3B Advancing models for efficient and effective adaptation finance.
Paul Mitchell
Principal Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This speaker will present during session 3A Adaptation finance in uncertain times.
Peter Odhengo
Senior Policy Advisor, National Treasury of Kenya
This speaker will present during session 2A Real world decentralisation: National mechanisms enabling LLA.
Phoebe Coco
Music Artist, Composer & Producer
This speaker will present during plenary session 1.
Prakash Lama
Program Coordinator, Clean Energy Nepal
This speaker will present during session 3B Advancing models for efficient and effective adaptation finance.
Ramesh Tripathi
Flood Manager, World Meteorological Organization
This speaker will present during session 2B Taming the Beast - Exploring interagency collaboration for resilience.
Ramona Calin
Locally-led Climate Action Specialist, Green Climate Fund
This speaker will present during session 3A Adaptation finance in uncertain times.
Ratna Wekasari Pawitra
Head of Grants Programme, Indonesia, The Samdhana Institute
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This speaker will present during session 5A What does trust-based grant giving look like?
Rojy Joshi
Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This speaker will present during session 5A What does trust-based grant giving look like?
Saliha Dobardzic
Lead, Programming and Innovation Unit, Adaptation Fund
This speaker will present during session 3A Adaptation finance in uncertain times.
Sasha Jattansingh
Deputy Director, Climate Analytics Caribbean
This speaker will present during session 6A Grounding the GGA in local realities post COP30.
Scovia Akot
LIFE-AR National Focal Point, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
This speaker will present present during session 2A Real world decentralisation: national mechanisms enabling LLA.
Sidsel Koordt
Senior Program Advisor - Resilience and Climate Action, DanChurchAid
This speaker will present during session 3B Advancing models for efficient and effective adaptation finance.
Sostina Takure
Regional Programme Officer, DanChurchAid and ACT Alliance, Zimbabwe
This speaker will present during plenary session 4.
Stefania Giodini
Head of Water Climate Environment, NL Red Cross
This speaker will present during session 2B Taming the Beast - Exploring interagency collaboration for resilience.
Suranjana Gupta
Senior Advisor, Huairou Commission
This speaker will present during plenary session 4.
Thuy Thi Nguyen
Program Coordinator, RECOFTC
This speaker will present during session 6B Financing nature and locally led action: Demystifying the role of the private sector.
Tom Mitchell
Executive Director, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This speaker will present during plenary session 7.
Tracy Kajumba
LIFE-AR/ IIED, Director, LIFE-AR interim secretariat
This speaker will present during session 2A Real world decentralisation: national mechanisms enabling LLA and plenary session 7.
Tran Thanh Nga
Head, Adaptation Division, Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
This speaker will present during session 6A Grounding the GGA in local realities post COP30.
Trish O'Beirne
Policy Adviser, Climate & Health, Wellcome Trust
This speaker will present during plenary session 1.
Vanita Suneja
Programme Lead for Water Justice Fund, Pragati- Simavi
This speaker will present during session 5A What does trust-based grant giving look like?
Victoria Matusevich
Program Coordinator, Fundación Avina
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This speaker will present present during session 5B Philanthropic strategies: tactics for philanthropics for a resilient world.