Global launch, 3 June
Co-hosts: UKRI and global partners.
Speakers included:
- Professor Christopher Smith, UKRI International Champion
- Dr Debra Roberts, IPCC Co-Chair, Working Group Two
- Professor Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Adviser, UK government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Dr Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary to the government of India Ministry of Earth Sciences
- Dr Huang Jing, Director General, Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda 21, Ministry of Science and Technology
- Dr Dorsamy (Gansen) Pillay, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Research and Innovation Support and Advancement of the National Research Foundation of South Africa
- Professor Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh, IPCC Lead Author
- Marie Staunton, Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research Board Chair
- Dr John Ingram, University of Oxford
- Professor Thomas Meagher, University of St Andrews
- Professor Terrence Fernando, University of Salford
- Professor Declan Conway, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Professor Jianguo Wu, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
- Laura Scott, UK Collaborative on Development Research
- Dr Rosalind West, UK government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Event facilitators: Realise Europe Ltd and Dr Sarah Webb, Associate Director NERC International.
Outputs
Read the launch event report (PDF, 287KB).
Watch the launch event highlights reel.
Pan-Africa event, 29 July
Co-hosts: Africa Research and Impact network (ARIN).
Speakers included:
- event chair: Dr Joanes Atela, Convener, ARIN
- Dr Helen Adams, Head of Science Engagement, COP26 Cabinet Office Unit
- Dr Sarah Webb, Associate Director, UKRI-NERC International
- Panel Moderator, Professor Shuaib Lwasa, Global Centre on Adaptation
- Mrs Mariam Allam, Lead Negotiator, African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change
- Anand Patwardhan, Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) Co-Chair
- Dr Emily Masawa, Climate Change Adaptation Technical Advisor and Negotiator
- Dr Funso Samorin, Regional Principal Officer, Climate Change and Green Growth Program, African Development Bank.
Outputs
Watch the Pan-Africa event highlights reel.
Read the report which covers all three ARIN-led events (PDF, 694KB).
Chile event, 26 August
Co-hosts: Science and Innovation Network, in collaboration with the British Embassy Santiago
Speakers included:
- Louise De Sousa, British Ambassador to Chile
- Professor Chris Smith, UKRI International Champion
- Kate Lonsdale, UK Climate Resilience Co-Champion, University of Leeds
- Paulina Aldunce, IPCC lead author, Universidad de Chile.
Outputs
Watch the Chile event highlights reel.
East Africa, 27 August
Co-hosts: Africa Research and Impact network (ARIN).
Speakers included:
- event chair: Dr Joanes Atela, Convener, ARIN
- Chris Kiptoo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Kenya
- Professor Fekadu Beyene, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission and UNFCCC Focal for Ethiopia Ministry of Environment
- Laura Scott, UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR)
- Christophe Bazivamo, Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors, EAC
- Professor Shuaib Lwasa, Global Centre on Adaptation
- Ms Vera Bukachi, Kounkuey Design Initiative
- Dr Grady Walker, University of Reading
- Dr Yuner Huang, University of Edinburgh and Dr Luciano Andriamaro, Conservation International
- Dr Morten Byskov, University of Warwick.
Outputs
Watch the East Africa event highlights reel.
GADRI global summit: engaging sciences with action (self-organised), 31 August and 1 September
Hosts: Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI).
Speakers included:
- Andrew Collins, Northumbria University, UK
- Jörgen Sparf, GADRI regional organising committee for Europe, Africa, the Middle East
- Tom de Groeve, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
- Nico Elema, Stellenbosh University International, South Africa
- Liviu Stirbat, European Directorate General for Climate Action
- Deidre Brock, Member of Parliament, Scottish Government
- Desmond Manatsa, African Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (AADRI) and Bindura University of Science, Zimbabwe
- Sarah Webb, UK Research and Innovation
- Mark Pelling, UK Disaster Research Group and King’s College London
- Marzia Santini, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre
- Zuzana Stanton-Geddes, World Bank
- Lisa Robinson, BBC Media Action
- David Alexander, University College London and International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Dzhergalbek Ukashev, The Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction, Kazakhstan
- Valeria Drigo, Global Network of Civil Societal Organizations for Disaster Risk Reduction (GNDR)
- Anaïs Couasnon, The United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY)
- Marie-Claire Graf, Children and Youth Constituency to UNFCCC (YOUNGO)
- Fang, Lian, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)
- Ida Ngurah, PLAN international, Indonesia.
Outputs
Read the report of GADRI regional session for Europe, Africa, the Middle East: Exploring solutions to bridge the gaps for implementation of science in action (PDF, 172KB).
China, 15 September
Co-hosts: The Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21), affiliated to China Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).
Speakers included:
- co-chair: GUAN Dabo, Tsinghua University
- co-chair: Sarah Webb, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UKRI
- Director SHI Ling, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
- Dr Iain Williams, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UKRI
- Professor ZHENG Yan, Research Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Professor YAO Runming, Chongqing University
- Professor QIU Huanguang, Renmin University of China
- Professor WANG Dazhi, Xiamen University
- Professor KAN Haidong, Fudan University
- Dr Alex Hagen-Zanker, University of Surrey
- Professor Fabrice Renaud, University of Glasgow
- Professor Andrew Collins, University of Northumbria and Global Alliance for Disaster Research Institutes
- Professor AI Likun, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.
Outputs
Watch the China event highlights reel.
Building transformational pathways to adaptation in Eastern Africa (self-organised), 16 September
Hosts: British Institute in Eastern Africa, Universities of Cambridge and York and UCL’s Institute for Global Prosperity.
Speakers included:
- Paul Lane, University of Cambridge
- Abdalla Hamad Bakar, The State University of Zanzibar
- David M Anderson, University of Warwick
- Kennedy Agade Mkutu, United States International University (USIU), Nairobi
- Wilson Kipkore, University of Eldoret
- Robert Marchant, University of York
- Daniel Olago, University of Nairobi
- Jane Humphris, British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi
- Rebecca Kariuki, Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
- Jaqueline McGlade, PROCOL Kenya, British Institute in Eastern Africa and Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi
- Njau, S Ntaiyia, J Kones, STuwei, J Bitok, B Koila, I Selim, F Keriasek, A Tirra, T Kiprutto, H Chepto, A Yano, N Bailengo, N Kiplagat and J Cheptorus, PROCOL Kenya, British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi
- Letura, J Moniko, E Karia and V Ochieng – Sekenani Environmental Technology Centre, Maasai Mara, Kenya
- Adam Branch, University of Cambridge
- Frank Agyei, KNUST, Nairobi
- Patrick Byakagaba, Florence Ebila and Eric Awich Ochen, Makerere University
- Tuyeni Mwampamba, UNAM-Morelia
- Mary Njenga, ICRAF, Kenya
- Arthur Owor, Centre for African Research, Gulu
- Jon Phillips, University of London
- Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Matthew Davies and Henrietta Moore, Institute for Global Prosperity
- Malombe, East African Herbarium, National Museums of Kenya,
- Gerda Kuiper, University of Cologne.
Outputs
Read the event report (PDF, 156KB).
Watch the event highlights reel.
What does the climate of the future hold for insects? (self-organised), 20 September
Hosts: researchers from the ForestGEO arthropod initiative.
Speakers included:
- Dr Yves Basset, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
- Dr Greg Lamarre, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
- Dr Simon Segar, Harper Adams University, UK.
Ocean and climate change: building adaptation, mitigation and resilience (self-organised), 27 September
Hosts: UKRI-GCRF One Ocean Hub.
Speakers:
- Dr Bernadette Snow, University of Strathclyde, UK
- Dr John Ansah, Dr Gina Yaa Oduro and Dr Emannuel Acheampong, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
- Dr Lynne Shannon, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr Kelly Ortega Cisneros, University of Cape Town and Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
- Professor Murray Roberts, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Professor Elisa Morgera, University of Strathclyde, UK.
Outputs
Watch the full event recording.
India, 29 September
Co-hosts: Ministry of Earth Science (MoES), Government of India.
Speakers included:
- Dr Parvinder Maini, Ministry of Earth Sciences
- Professor Tim Wheeler, UK Research and Innovation
- Professor K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
- Dr Sarah Webb, UK Research and Innovation
- Mr Anirban Ganguly, South Asia Research Hub, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, British High Commission New Delhi
- Mr Kamal Kishore, National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Executive Committee
- Dr Nisha Mendiratta, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
- Mr R R Rashmi, The Energy and Resources Institute, India
- Dr Sangita Kasture, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
- Dr Sanjay Kumar Jain, National Institute of Hydrology, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India
- Dr Satheesh Shenoi, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
- Dr Shiekha E John, Ministry of Earth Sciences
- Dr R Krishnan, Centre for Climate Change Research, IITM Pune
- Professor Sekhar Muddu, IISc Bangalore
- Dr M. Mohapatra, DGM, IMD, Delhi
- Dr T. Srinivasa Kumar, Director, INCOIS, Hyderabad
- Dr M. V. Ramana Murthy, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Chennai
- event facilitators: Realise Europe Ltd.
Outputs
Watch the India event highlights reel.
UKRI-Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) resilience portfolio event, 5 October
Hosts: UKRI-GCRF Resilience Portfolio and UK Alliance for Disaster Research.
Speakers included:
- Mark Pelling, King’s College London
- Rob Felstead, Deputy Director of International Development for UKRI
- Sarah Webb, Associate Director for International for NERC
- Kate Crowley, Co-Director of Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI) and member of UKADR Steering Committee
- Kim Fuggle, GCRF Resilience Challenge Manager, UKRI-ESRC.
West and South Africa, 8 October
Co-hosts: Africa Research and Impact network (ARIN).
Speakers included:
- event chair: Professor Felix Kalaba, Regional Focal Point (Southern Africa), ARIN
- Professor Sileshi Gudeta Weldesemayat, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; Honorary Fellow, University of KwaZulu Natal; International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
- Adrian Bucher, UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR)
- Dr Jean-Christophe Comte, University of Aberdeen
- Bruce Hewitson, University of Cape Town
- Katharine Vincent, Kulima Integrated Development Solutions.
European Science and Technology Group (E-STAG), 14 October
Co-hosts: The European Science and Technology Advisory Group (E-STAG), convened by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Speakers included:
- Mark Pelling, UK Disaster Research Group and King’s College London
- Sarah Webb, NERC
- Juliet Martinez, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
- Dilanthi Amaratunga, University of Huddersfield.
Latin America event: Brazil, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico – 15 October
Co-hosts: British embassies in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Speakers included:
- Cindy Parker, Regional Director for Science and Innovation, Latin America, British Embassy in Brasilia
- Sarah Webb, Associate Director, UKRI-NERC
- Professor Carlos Joly, BIOTA-FAPESP
- Captain Francisco Arias, INVEMAR
- María Toledo-Garibaldi, Pronatura Veracruz
- Dennis del Castillo, The Peruvian Amazon Research Institute.
Outputs
Watch the LATAM event highlights reel.
Philippines, 19 October
Co-hosts: Department of Science and Technology (DOST-Philippines).
Speakers included:
- Fortunato T De La Peña, DOST
- Laure Beaufils, British Ambassador-Designate to the Philippines
- Renato U Solidum, Jr, DOST
- Professor Paul Monks, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
- Enrico C Paringit, Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD-DOST)
- Richard Williams, University of Glasgow
- Jaime C Montoya Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD-DOST)
- Professor Ilan Kelman, University College London
- Reynaldo V Ebora, Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD-DOST)
- Professor Julie Gray, University of Sheffield
- Rowena Cristina L Guevara, DOST
- Sarah Webb, UKRI NERC.
Outputs
Watch the Philippines event highlights reel.
Thailand, 20 October
Co-hosts: Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) and Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI).
Speakers included:
- Alexandra McKenzie, British Embassy Bangkok
- Thongplew Kongjun, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
- Professor Pongpan Kaewtatip, TSRI
- Dr Sarah Webb, UKRI NERC
- Hirunya Srasom, Office of Agricultural Economics
- Bunjirtluk Jintaridth, Research and Development for Land Management Division, Land Development Department
- Olarn Kijpreedaborisuthi, Bureau of Livestock Standards and Certification
- Kalaya Boonyanuwat, Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Genetic Improvement
- Professor Lisa Collins, University of Leeds
- Ronnachai Changsri, Division of Rice Research and Development
- Atthawit Watcharapongchai, Market Oriented for Smallholder Value Chain (MSVC) Thailand: SRP Rice Production
- Dr Leah Band, University of Nottingham
- Margaret C Yoovatana, Department of Agriculture
- Dr Simon Parry, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Dr Vanida Khumnirdpetch, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
Outputs
Watch the Thailand event highlights reel.
Health and climate (self-organised), 21 October
Host: UKRI-GCRF Global Health Challenge Leader – Helen Lambert, University of Bristol.
Speakers included:
- chair: Frank Kelly, Deputy Director of the MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College
- Christopher Smith, UKRI International Champion
- Ana Bonell, MRC The Gambia Unit
- Kris Murray, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis
- Samuel Yutong Cai, PEAK Urban
- Joseph McCarthy, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre
- Kanza Ahmed, UK Health Security Agency
- Tim Taylor, University of Exeter
- Fabián Méndez, Universidad del Valle, Colombia
- Barbara Evans, University of Leeds and UKRI Water Security and Sustainability Hub
- Guy Howard, University of Bristol
- Luke Parry, University of Lancaster.
STEPP: sustainable transitions to end plastic pollution (self-organised), 22 October
Hosts: University of Portsmouth – STEPP project (Sustainable Transitions to End Plastic Pollution).
Speakers included:
- chair: James Wakibia, eco-journalist and the campaigner behind Kenya’s plastic bag ban
- Steve Fletcher, Revolution Plastics
- Mariel Vilella, Zero Waste Europe, GAIA
- Nelson “Nelmo” Munyiri, Mukuru Youth Initiative
- Cressida Bowyer, University of Portsmouth
- Shahriar Hossain, Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)
- Esrat Karim, AMAL Foundation
- Louis Netter, University of Portsmouth
- Dipesh Pabari and Dave Ojay, FlipFlopi and Naam Festival.
Finale event, 15 December
Given the geographic distribution of all our partners, the finale event was split into two time zones.
Co-hosts: UKRI and global partners.
Group B (08:00 to 11:00 UK time): Africa, China, India, Philippines, Thailand, UK
Speakers included:
- Chair: Dr Sarah Webb, UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council
- Dr Zhou Zeyu, National Centre for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), China
- Dr Satish C Shenoi, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), India
- Undersecretary Dr Renato Solidum, Jr, Department of Science and Technology, Philippines
- Dr Margaret C Yoovatana, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
- Dr Anjal Prakash, Indian School of Business, India
- Dr Shuaib Lwasa, Global Centre on Adaptation, the Netherlands
- Adrian Bucher, UK Collaborative on Development Research
- Leonardo Marioni, Royal Society
- Wendy Matcham, UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council
- Prof Andrew Collins, UK Alliance for Disaster Research, Northumbria University
- Dr Harriet Trewin, UKRI-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Dr Bruce Currie-Alder, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
- Professor Mahua Mukherjee, member of Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
- Prof Mark Pelling, King’s College London, UK
- Dr Iain Williams, UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council, UK.
Group A (14:00 to 17:00 UK time): Africa, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, UK
Speakers included:
- Chair: Dr Sarah Webb, UKRI- Natural Environment Research Council
- Prof Carlos Joly, IBPES, University of Campinas, Brazil
- Dr Arturo Luna, Ministry of Science, Colombia
- Felicia Line, Ecosistemas Consultoria, Mexico
- Dr Carlos Arbizu, National Institute for Innovation in Agriculture, Peru
- Mr Charles Tonui, Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN), Africa
- Professor Anand Patwardhan, Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA), Co-Chair
- Professor Michelle Mycoo, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
- Prof Andrew Collins, UK Alliance for Disaster Research, Northumbria University
- Wendy Matcham, UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council
- Leonardo Marioni, Royal Society
- Adrian Bucher, UK Collaborative on Development Research
- Dr Harriet Trewin, UKRI-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Professor Mark Pelling, King’s College London, UK
- Professor Paul Kovacs, Chair, Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) Board of Directors, Western University, Canada
- Dr Bruce Currie-Alder, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
- Prof Saleemul Huq, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Bangladesh
- Dr Iain Williams, UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council, UK.
Outputs
Watch the full recording of both events:
- Zoom: group B: Africa, China, India, Philippines, Thailand, UK
- Zoom: group A: Africa, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, UK.
A summary of the finale event is available within the full events series report.