Expert

Region: Africa

Joining Date: April 2026

James Thonjo is a climate policy expert with extensive experience in loss and damage under the UNFCCC framework. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism and as an Enhanced Transparency Framework technical expert reviewer. He has led Kenya’s integration of loss and damage into its NDC and Biennial Transparency Reports and has supported both technical assistance and climate finance processes at the national level. His work spans national planning, climate finance, and community resilience building.

Expert

Region: Global

Joining Date: April 2026

Joel Persson is an interdisciplinary researcher focusing on co-creating participatory methodologies to assess and monitor loss and damage and engaging in multi-stakeholder processes that advance more inclusive policy solutions. He has over eight years of research experience in natural resource governance, climate change, and rural livelihoods, employing a range of methods to holistically measure and craft measures to address (non-)economic loss and damage in rural communities. 

Expert

Region: Oceania

Joining Date: December 2024

Joseph Cuthbertson is a Board Member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) and has worked in the hospital, humanitarian and prehospital field for the last 20 years. He is also a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons Facult

Expert

Region: Global

Joining Date: March 2026

Jutta May is an Information and Knowledge Management Specialist with over 30 years of experience, including 20 years in the Pacific region. Her work supports the design, development, and management of data and information systems for disaster risk reduction and climate change. This includes research, data governance, needs analysis, co-design, strategy and policy advice, metadata, capacity development, and project management to optimize the use of data, information, and collections. Jutta holds a Master of Information Studies with Knowledge Management Specialisation, based in Australia.  

Expert

Region: Asia, Oceania

Joining Date: April 2026

Karen’s mission is to advance understanding of climate-related non-economic losses and support equitable responses that are locally led and grounded in community values. She works with governments, NGOs, and communities across the Asia-Pacific to generate evidence on the social and cultural impacts of climate change. Her expertise strengthens the Santiago Network’s role in providing effective, context-specific technical assistance to countries facing loss and damage. 

Expert

Region: Asia

Joining Date: May 2025

Dr. Kelly Dorkenoo is a researcher and policy adviser on climate governance, with a PhD on loss and damage. Her work focuses on supporting climate-affected countries and communities to assess and address loss and damage, particularly in agrifood systems across Asia. She combines theoretical knowledge with tailored methodologies to support locally-led assessments of economic and non-economic loss and damage, develop evidence-based national L&D frameworks and support measures for affected communities. Her key areas of expertise include capacity-building, policy framework design, development of participatory methodologies, and training delivery. Previously, she worked on climate adaptation governance at the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre.

Network

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Joining Date: October 2025

The LAC Women’s Network for DRR, created in 2021, brings together around 1,500 women professionals and volunteers in DRR across Latin America and the Caribbean. Its mission is to foster an inclusive and collaborative space where women in all their diversity can share experiences and generate innovative solutions for DRR. With a gender-intersectional approach, the Network amplifies women’s leadership across the region to influence policies and decision-making, and practices.

Expert

Region: Asia

Joining Date: October 2025

Laurice P. Jamero is Senior Scientist for Resilience at the Manila Observatory’s Klima Center, championing inclusive and just adaptation. She also manages the WCRP Academy Support Unit, promoting climate science training among early-career researchers especially from the Global South. Her main research interest is on adaptation and addressing loss and damage from sea level rise in the context of small islands and coastal cities. She has also been selected to serve as a Lead Author for Chapter 1 (Point of departure, framing and key concepts) of WG II's contribution to IPCC AR7.

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: April 2026

Lobelia is a technology company specializing in the generation and analysis of highly accurate and relevant geophysical data to address global climate challenges. The company develops advanced visualization and analysis tools for decision-making by leveraging a combination of sophisticated climate models, extensive satellite and observational data, artificial intelligence, and big data management systems for climate action. Lobelia provides essential climate services.

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.  

Network

Region: Global

Joining Date: December 2025

The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition is a global coalition of young activists, negotiators, researchers, young experts, and working professionals from both the global north and south, aiming to hold accountable global leaders to take concrete action to address loss and damage.

Expert

Region: Oceania

Joining Date: December 2024

Max Möller is a globally recognised flood risk expert with over 25 years of experience in flood studies and mitigation across Australia. As a Senior Principal Flood Engineer, Max leads innovative projects that integrate sustainable solutions to manage flood risks. Passionate about helping vulnerable communities, he is committed to reducing flood impacts in least developed countries and addressing the challenges posed by climate change. Through advanced hydrological modelling, floodplain management, and resilient stormwater systems, Max works to protect lives and create safer, more sustainable futures for flood-prone regions worldwide