Organization

Region: Asia

Joining Date: May 2026

SCARF is a civil society organization working on governance reform, community resilience, and climate-related risk awareness. Its activities include local-level assessments, advocacy, and capacity-building initiatives aimed at strengthening accountability and community preparedness in fragile contexts. SCARF engages vulnerable groups and promotes inclusive participation in environmental and resilience-related programming, contributing to local adaptation and disaster preparedness efforts.

Expert

Region: Asia

Joining Date: April 2026

Dr. Sreeja S. Nair is a Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation specialist with over 25 years of experience in policy, research, and capacity building across Asia. Her mission is to strengthen institutional capacities collect collate and analyse disaster loss data and carry out L&D Assessments. Through her work with UN agencies and international partners, she supports evidence-based approaches to address climate-related L&D, enhancing technical assistance and fostering resilient, inclusive development in vulnerable countries. 

Expert

Region: Africa

Joining Date: June 2026

Prof. Stanley Omuterema Oluchiri is an independent expert with extensive experience in climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, environmental management, and sustainable development. His work spans academic research, policy advisory services, and technical contributions to vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies. He provides expertise relevant to climate resilience planning and efforts aimed at addressing climate-related loss and damage across African contexts.

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: November 2025

Steffensen Consult is specialized in consultancy within the field of public sector reforms with focus on intergovernmental fiscal relationship and climate change finance. Registered in 2006, the company has been involved in development reforms and projects in more than 40 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific and America directly with e.g. UN, World Bank or as sub-contractor. It is a leading company in the field of advisory support on climate finance, budget support to local governments and performance-based grants as well as various financial instruments.

Expert

Region: Asia

Joining Date: October 2025

Sujana Dhar is a hydrologist and disaster risk reduction specialist with expertise in flood risk management, early warning systems, and nature-based solutions. She has led and contributed to projects across South and Southeast Asia, including in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Lao PDR, and Mongolia. Her work spans flood modelling, hazard and vulnerability assessments, climate resilience planning, and the design of early warning systems.

Organization

Region: Asia

Joining Date: January 2025

Sukaar Welfare Organization is a grassroots level organisation operating in Pakistan since 2014. It has been working in District Umerkot-Sindh Province through community development and advocacy to empower women, children and youth by giving them access to knowledge, awareness and skills, including in areas relevant to climate action and loss and damage.

Organization

Region: Asia

Joining Date: October 2024

The Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) is dedicated to building resilience among vulnerable communities by implementing innovative solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Through community-led initiatives, capacity building and sustainable development practices, SEEDS aims to mitigate the impacts of disasters and climate change, especially for marginalized populations. By aligning with the Santiago network, SEEDS contributes to global efforts to provide technical assistance and foster partnerships that enhance resilience and adaptive capacities in vulnerable regions.

Organization

Region: Oceania

Joining Date: February 2025

Sustineo is an Australian project management, assurance and evaluation professional services firm. It has a specific focus on social and economic development initiatives, public and community sector organisations, and water resource management. It helps government, donor, non-profit, and private organisations across the Asia-Pacific region understand and solve difficult social and economic problems.

Organization

Region: Asia

Joining Date: March 2026

The Iraqi Institution for Development (IID) is an Iraqi NGO founded in 2003 that promotes sustainable development and community resilience. IID supports climate- and conflict-affected communities through climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental protection. Its work addresses loss and damage by tackling water scarcity, land degradation, and climate-related displacement. Through strong partnerships with government and international actors, IID delivers locally driven solutions that strengthen climate resilience and environmental justice in Iraq. 

Network

Region: Global

Joining Date: April 2026

The Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) is a group of climate policy experts, cultural practitioners, researchers, activists, lawyers, advocates and decision-makers from both the Global North and South. They work together to ensure that vulnerable developing countries and the people and communities within them receive the support they need to address climate change-related loss and damage. By connecting global expertise with local knowledge, we help co-create solutions that are context-specific, inclusive and effective.  

Expert

Region: Global

Joining Date: January 2026

Thomas Lennartz is a loss and damage, disaster risk management, and climate resilience specialist with 20 years of experience across Asia, Africa, and LAC. He has designed and implemented approaches for economic and non-economic L&D, hazard and risk analysis, damage assessments, climate adaptation, and recovery. His expertise includes climate-induced migration, disaster displacement, and voluntary planned relocation. He has supported national planning processes, including India’s first NAP, and led capacity development at local, national, and regional levels.

Expert

Region: Africa, Asia, Oceania

Joining Date: January 2026

Tigran Sukiasyan is a climate finance and adaptation specialist with 20+ years of development policy and project management experience. Over the past decade, Tigran Sukiasyan has developed 30+ GCF, Adaptation Fund and FRLD concept notes and full proposals, supporting 40+ developing countries—particularly LDCs, SIDS and fragile contexts—to translate climate risks into finance-ready investment pathways. His work spans climate-resilient project design, climate risk and loss-and-damage drivers assessment, and strengthening national systems that protect vulnerable populations, ecosystems and infrastructure from escalating climate impacts.