Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: December 2025

Plan International Deutschland e.V. is part of the Plan International Federation. They are committed to advancing climate resilience through inclusive, child- and youth-centred approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR). They support innovative, community-based adaptation and DRR projects that prioritize the voices and needs of young people, ensuring that climate action is equitable, locally led, and sustainable.

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: March 2025

Prepared International (PPI) is an expert group in Emergency Preparedness and Response, disaster risk management (DRM), and climate change adaptation (CCA) that strives to strengthen the resilience of communities, organizations, and states through technical expertise, strong governance, and capacity development.

Expert

Region: Asia

Joining Date: December 2024

Rajeev Kumar Jha is an experienced professional specializing in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and addressing loss and damage. He focuses on building climate resilience through innovative solutions such as drone technology for hazard analysis, community-driven mangrove restoration, and grassroots mobilization. Rajeev’s expertise in policy advocacy and community engagement empowers vulnerable populations to adapt and recover from climate impacts. His work contributes to enhancing local capacities and bridging gaps between policies and practice, as well as mitigating climate risks and supporting communities in addressing loss and damage.  

Expert

Region: Asia, Global, Africa

Joining Date: October 2024

Rajib Ghosal is an expert in international relations and climate change. With a background on climate justice, he has strong knowledge of challenges and equitable solutions related to loss and damage, particularly for marginalized children; women; youth; Indigenous Peoples; ethnic minorities; the elderly; and people with disabilities. Rajib has 28 years progressively responsible experience working across the humanitarian response, development and climate change nexus. He has worked with multi-lateral climate funds, multi-lateral development banks, United Nations agencies, international non-profits, treaty-based organizations and global/regional civil society coalitions. 

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: June 2025

Ricardo supports public and private clients in accelerating environmental and energy transitions. With 800+ experts, Ricardo delivers tailored services to design and implement low-carbon, resilient growth strategies. This includes the provision of risk assessments, adaptation solutions, socio-economic impact evaluations, climate finance access, and local capacity building to address loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of climate change in vulnerable communities.

Expert

Region: Global

Joining Date: May 2025

Sahar Safaie specializes in disaster and climate risk assessment, climate adaptation, and disaster risk management. By employing a comprehensive methodology that combines scientific research, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement, Sahar supports clients developing tailored solutions that integrate available data, information as well as the knowledge in all forms and empower governments and communities to address and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Depending on the needs of the project, Sahar either works individually or brings a team of experts together. 

Organization

Region: Oceania

Joining Date: January 2025

The Santo Sunset Environment Network (SSEN) is an indigenous-led NGO working in remote and climate-vulnerable parts of the Republic of Vanuatu, to catalyse support and empower individuals, villages and communities in improving environmental protection and conservation; to influence effective, inclusive, resilient and sustainable development strategies in keeping with traditional livelihoods. Since 2017, the SSEN has undertaken numerous projects and programmes to directly address the increasingly existential impacts of climate change, and meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Expert

Region: Global

Joining Date: January 2025

Dr Sarisha Ramanand is an international Climate and Development Expert based in South Africa. She has a background in climate mitigation and adaptation, her specialisation is Transformational Adaptation. She provides technical leadership and guidance on climate projects globally, with focus on the Global South. She is a National Steering Committee member of the GEF-SGP in South Africa, UNFCCC Expert Country Reviewer, UNEP Expert Reviewer, and a Loss and Damage Mentor, as part of the jointly formed IIED- ICCCAD Loss and Damage Research Observatory.

Organization

Region: Global

Joining Date: May 2025

SLYCAN Trust is a non-profit think tank founded and headquartered in Sri Lanka and with international offices in Germany and the UK. Their objective is strengthening Global South perspectives, knowledge production, and south-south-north partnerships. They operate at the interface of science, policy, and practice and their work spans the national, regional, and global levels. They work, inter alia, on averting, minimizing, and addressing L&D through evidence-based research and policy analysis, technical negotiation support and capacity-building under the UNFCCC process, and country partnerships.

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.