Expert

Region: Global, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America

Joining Date: October 2024

Agostino Goretti, Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, is a senior disaster risk management expert working part-time at the Italian Civil Protection Department. In the early stages of his professional career, he was involved in all phases of seismic risk management at both national and local levels. He subsequently expanded his interests and skills to adopt a multi-hazard integrated approach, including the effects of climate change and the development of resilient infrastructure. Over the past years, he has been managing large national and regional technical assistance projects on disaster risk management in the Balkans, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
 

Organization

Region: Asia, Africa

Joining Date: October 2024

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is an autonomous international organization committed to building resilience in Asia and the Pacific by enhancing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA). Through technical support to countries, capacity building, knowledge management, and policy advocacy, ADPC supports national and regional efforts to mitigate disaster impacts. This mission aligns with the Santiago Network’s goal of providing technical assistance to developing countries, ensuring they are equipped to address climate-induced loss and damage, particularly through risk management, resilience-building, and recovery solutions tailored to vulnerable communities.

Organization

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Joining Date: February 2025

Asociación La Ruta del Clima is a leading Latin American NGO hat promotes public participation in climate and environmental decision-making. It operates at a national and international level on climate change governance and on the promotion of climate justice.

Network

Region: Global, Asia

Joining Date: December 2024

Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) is driven by the goal of reducing avoidable disaster deaths. As a diverse, inclusive, and innovative global-local network, ADN brings together over 900 experts, practitioners, and researchers. ADN’s mission aligns with the Santiago Network’s objectives by preventing disaster-related deaths, especially those exacerbated by climate change, through research, enhancing policymaking, fostering networks, and facilitating knowledge exchange.

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: June 2025

Established in 1989, Le Groupe-conseil baastel (Baastel) is a consulting firm in international development with offices in Canada, Belgium and France, as well as physical representations in other countries. Its mission is to ensure that policy makers, senior managers, practitioners and local stakeholders have the knowledge, tools and capacity to make informed choices about performance and service delivery. With 35 years of experience in advising on international environmental projects, Baastel has built a solid reputation in the field of international consulting.

Network

Region: Global

Joining Date: April 2025

C40 is a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities that are committed to using an inclusive, science-based and collaborative approach to rapidly end dependence on fossil fuels, increase climate resilience and ensure a transition to a green, just world that is fair and inclusive and addresses the injustices of climate breakdown. C40 works with its mayors to enact science-based climate action plans and build city-level public support while promoting the collective voice of mayors nationally, regionally and globally to influence other cities and stakeholders.  

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: January 2025

CIMA Research Foundation's mission is to enhance the capacity of organizations, communities, and ecosystems to address to the adverse impacts of climate change, extreme weather and biodiversity loss. To achieve this CIMA integrates scientific research, technical assistance, and practical strategies with a strong focus on capacity development, ensuring that technical assistance is tailored to stakeholder’s unique needs and contexts. 

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: April 2025

Climate Adaptation Works’ mission is to help vulnerable communities quantify climate risks and value solutions. Their tools and experience—from adaptation metrics (AMME) to community-led L&D evaluations—aim to provide technical assistance that is demand-driven and grounded in local realities. Climate Adaptation Works contributes to clarifying metrics, boundaries, and investment strategies that address loss and damage effectively.

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: March 2025

Climate Analytics is a global climate science and policy institute engaged around the world in driving and supporting climate action aligned to the 1.5°C warming limit. They connect science and policy to empower vulnerable countries in international climate negotiations and inform national planning with targeted research, analysis and support. Their international team of 130 experts and support staff work from their headquarters in Berlin and their regional offices in Africa, Australia and the Pacific, the Caribbean, North America and South Asia.

Body

Region: Global

Joining Date: May 2025

The Climate Risk Early Warning Systems initiative (CREWS) Initiative responds to demands for technical assistance by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on early warning systems through its three operational partners, the World Bank, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). 

Expert

Region: Africa

Joining Date: June 2025

Cyril Effiong brings expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), spatial data analysis, climate modeling, and risk assessment. He holds a PhD focused on non-economic loss and damage in flood-prone communities along the Lower Niger River basin in Nigeria. His work addresses climate-induced impacts, vulnerability mapping, and locally tailored adaptation strategies. He has published on these topics in peer-reviewed journals and has translated data and research into actionable insights for policy and planning purposes.

Expert

Region: Global

Joining Date: December 2024

Professor Edris Alam brings over 22 years of teaching experience in public universities across the UK, Australia, Bangladesh, and the UAE. His research interests span a wide range of fields, including climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction (DRR), business continuity management, public health emergencies, and integrated emergency management to enhance resilience. Dr. Alam earned his PhD in Disaster Risk Reduction from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. In his career, he has served in various capacities for national governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and United Nations agencies. Dr Alam has authored over 100 research articles in major international journals.