PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

We start with a welcome from the conference hosts, the University of Cape Town’s African Climate & Development Initiative, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the UN Environment’s Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA).
This is followed by a welcome from Mayor De Lille, on behalf of our host city, Cape Town.
The European Commission Deputy Director-General for Research and Innovation will then hand over the conference mandate from Rotterdam 2016 to Cape Town 2018.
Our first keynote address is from the South African Deputy Director-General of Climate Change and Air Quality at the Department of Environmental Affairs, Tlou Ramaru, who will provide a South African perspective on climate change adaptation, and the opportunities for driving social and economic development through adaptation.
This is followed by short statements from representatives of vulnerable communities in South Africa, where they present the challenges their communities face.
The second keynote address is from Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Secretary, UNFCCC, who will present the UNFCCC’s view of the priorities for adaptation research, policy and practice.
The opening plenary will be followed by a short press conference.
The focus of this plenary is to explore how to resource adaptation, especially in developing countries. While financing and the economics of adaptation is important, we wish to go beyond finance to explore other resourcing issues, including knowledge resources, human resources and capacity, and enabling institutional and governance arrangements.
We start with a keynote address by Stephane Hallegatte, Lead Economist, World Bank, who will provide insights from many years of World Bank activities in support of climate resilience and climate adaptation.
This is followed by a panel discussion where panellists reflect on issues of resourcing from different perspectives: business, climate funds, capacity building, direct access mechanisms, and commercial banking.
The plenary closes with the announcement of the Burtoni Award, recognising a lifetime contribution to adaptation research, policy and practice.
This session aims to synthesise key issues emerging from Adaptation Futures 2018: what have we learned, what challenges have been raised, what should we be doing in research, policy and practice to deliver on adaptation needs of society?
We start with a brief reflection on how science and practice explored at the conference can contribute to the evidence base for the IPCC 6th Assessment.
This is followed by a panel discussion where participants from policy, research and practice reflect on what they see as novel – what has shifted for them over the last three days – and what should the adaptation community be taking away with them as challenges and ideas that might lead to faster, and more pervasive action?
The session finishes with the announcement of the best poster award and the hosts for Adaptation Futures 2020.
Abhay Shankar Prasad, University of Delhi, India |
Abrar Chaudhury, Oxford University, United Kingdom |
Adelina Mensah, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies , Ghana |
Adelle Thomas, Climate Analytics, |
Aisha Khan, Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change, Pakistan |
Alberto Mavume, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique |
Ana Sebastian Lopez, Gmv Innovating Solutions Ltd., |
Anna Taylor, University Of Cape Town, South Africa |
Antonio Boggia, University of Perugia, Italy |
Architesh Panda, Independent Researcher, Philippines |
Arpit Shah, IIM Ahmedabad, India |
Arshad Ali, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
Arturo Esclamado Pasa, Visayas State University, Philippines |
Arun Khatri-Chhetri, CIMMYT , India |
Ayesha Qaisrani, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan |
Ben Smith, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership, |
Bhavish Jugurnath, University of Mauritius, Mauritius |
Camille Nolasco, National Institution for Space Research (INPE), Brazil |
Chandni Singh, Indian Institute For Human Settlements (IIHS), India |
Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, India |
Chris Gordon, University of Ghana, Ghana |
Chris Zevenbergen, IHE Delft and Tu Delft, The Netherlands |
Claire Walsh, Newcastle University, United Kingdom |
Claudia Capitani, Nelson Mandela African Institutions of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Tanzania |
Daniel Morchain, Oxfam GB, United Kingdom |
Darrell Corkal, H2adapt Inc., Canada |
Deborah O’connell, CSIRO, Australia |
Dian Spear, University Of Cape Town, South Africa |
Donald Chungu, Copperbelt University, Zambia |
Ebinezer Florano, University of the Philippines, Philippines |
Edmond Totin, National University of Agriculture (Benin), Nigeria |
Ezekiel Mwakalukwa, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania |
Felipe Gomez, GIZ , Colombia |
Felix Olorunfemi, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Nigeria |
Fernanda Zermoglio, Chemonics , |
Francis Steyn, Western Cape Government, South Africa |
Imran Khalid, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan |
Ingrid Coninx, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), The Netherlands |
Jack Dyer, University of Tasmania , South Africa |
James Patterson, Open University , The Netherlands |
Jan Hugo, University of Pretoria, South Africa |
Jesse DeMaria-Kinney, Oxfam GB, United Kingdom |
Jessica Budds, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom |
Johanna Nalau, Griffith University, Australia |
Jose Marengo, CEMADEN, Brazil |
Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Judy Lawrence, University of Wellington, New Zealand |
Julia Barrott, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden |
Julio Araujo, South South North (SSN), South Africa |
Jyotish Prakash Jyotish Prakash, West Bengal State University, India |
Kaitano Dube, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa |
Kamal Narain Joshi, Institute of Development Studies, India |
Kavya Michael, Indian Institute For Human Settlements (IIHS), India |
Kristie Ebi, University of Washington, United States of America |
Laura Canavari , Acclimatise, United Kingdom |
Laura Pereira, Centre for Food Policy, United Kingdom |
Leah Dundon, Vanderbilt University, United States of America |
Leonard Nurse, University of the West Indies, Barbados |
Lisa Schipper, Oxford University, United Kingdom |
Luiz Bacelar, CEMADEN, Brazil |
Manishka De-Mel, Columbia University, United States of America |
Marcella D’Souza, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), India |
Margaret Angula, University of Namibia, South Africa |
Margaux Granat, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), United States of America |
Mark New, University Of Cape Town, South Africa |
Mark Stafford Smith, CSIRO, Australia |
Mary Thompson-Hall, START International Inc. , United States of America |
Matteo Roggero, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
Maxime Souvignet, United Nations University, Japan |
Md Ashrafuzzaman, University of Chittagon, Bangladesh |
Md Mizanur Rahman , Public Administration Training Centre , Bangladesh |
Md. Kamal Uddin, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Merelyn Valdivia Díaz, FAO, Italy |
Meryl Jagarnath, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Michael Addaney, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, China |
Mohammed Yacoubi Khebiza, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco |
Muhammad Abid, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan |
Nathalie Nathe, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), United Kingdom |
Nazmul Huq, Cologne University of Applied Science, Germany |
Niranjan Devkota, Tribhuvan University, Nepal |
Nitya Rao, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom |
Norbert Csizmadia, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary |
Olawale Julius Aluko, Federal College of Forestry , Nigeria |
Pam Berry, Oxford University, United Kingdom |
Paul Watkiss, Paul Watkiss Associates, United Kingdom |
Paula Harrison, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom |
Peter Driessen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
Ramkumar Bendapudi, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), India |
Repaul Kanji, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India |
Ricardo Orge, Rice Research Institute, Philippines |
Richard Klein, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden |
Rina Suryani Oktari, Syiah Kuala University , Indonesia |
Ritumbra Manuvie, University Of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Roger Street, Oxford University, United Kingdom |
Roland schulze, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Russell Wise, CSIRO, Australia |
Sahibzada Irfanullah Khan, Sustainable Land Management Programme, Pakistan |
Saliha Dobardzic, Global Environment Facility (GEF), United States of America |
Salma Hegga, University Of Cape Town, south Africa |
Sarah Birch, Western Cape Government, South Africa |
Satya Venkat Prasad mulakalapalli, GITAM University, India |
Sean Khan, UN Environment, Kenya |
Shailendra Mandal, National Institute of Technology, Patna, India |
Shona Paterson, University College Cork, Ireland |
Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University, Uganda |
Simon Angombe, University of Namibia, Namibia |
Sina Samadi Naghab, National Climatological Research Institute(CRI), Iran |
Soundarya Iyer, Indian Institute For Human Settlements (IIHS), India |
Stephanie Midgley, University Of Cape Town, South Africa |
Suzanne Carter, South South North (SSN), South Africa |
Syeda Azeem Unnisa, Osmania University , India |
Tahia Devisscher, University of British Columbia, Canada |
Tefera Belay Endalamaw, Hawassa University, Ethopia |
Tegan Blaine, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States of America |
Yasuaki Hijioka, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan |
Zuziwe Jonas-Nyareli, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa |
Abiy Ashenafi, HoAREC, The Netherlands |
Amy Davison, City of Cape Town, South Africa |
Anjal Prakash, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal |
Anne Leitch, Griffith University, Australia |
Apollonia Miola, EC Joint Research Centre, Italy |
Åsa Persson, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden |
Aston Chipanshi, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada |
Ayesha Qaisrani, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan |
Balgis Osman Elasha, African Development Bank, Tunisia |
Birgit Bednar-Friedl, University of Graz, Austria |
Bruno Locatelli, CIFOR, Peru and CIRAD University of Montpellier, Peru |
Camille Nolasco, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil |
Caroline Petersen, UN Development Programme, South Africa |
Chandni Singh, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India |
Chantal Oudkerk Pool, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group , The Netherlands |
Chris Zevenbergen, IHE Delft, The Netherlands |
Christopher Gordon, University of Ghana, Ghana |
Claire van Wyk, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Coleen Vogel, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
Daniel Morchain, Oxfam , United Kingdom |
Darryn McEvoy, RMIT University, Australia |
David Mkwambisi, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi |
Dian Spear, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Donald Chungu, Copperbelt University, Zambia |
Elaraby Elkashawy, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt |
Elena Lopez Gunn, ICATALIST, Spain |
EZEKIEL MWAKALUKWA, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania |
Felix Olorunfemi, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Nigeria |
Gaby Ramm, Member of the UN University, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative, Germany |
Hanna-Andrea Rother, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Ingrid Coninx, Wageningen University & Research Centre, The Netherlands |
James Ford, University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
Jason Spensley, Green Climate Fund, South Korea |
Jean-Pierre Roux, SouthSouthNorth, South Africa |
Jennifer Leavy, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom |
Jessica Budds, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom |
Johanna Nalau, Griffith University , Australia |
Jose Antonio Marengo, CEMADEN, Brazil |
Joseph Daron, UK Met Office, United Kingdom |
Julio Araujo, SouthSouthNorth, South Africa |
Kalpana Chaudhari, Institute For Sustainable Development and Research, India |
Kapapa Muke, Hephzibah General Trading, Zambia |
Katharine Vincent, Kulima Integrated Development Solutions, South Africa |
Kristie Ebi, University of Washington, USA |
Laura Camfield, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom |
Laura Canevari, King´s College London and Acclimatise, United Kingdom |
Laura Pereira, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
Lea Berrang Ford, University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
Leigh Cobban, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Leonard Nurse, University of the West Indies, Barbados |
Liette Vasseur, Brock University, Canada |
Lisa Danielson, Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development, France |
Mandy Ikert, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, USA |
Marcella D’Souza, Watershed Organization Trust, India |
Margaret Angula, University of Namibia, Namibia |
Margot Steenbergen, Red Cross Climate Centre, United Kingdom |
Maria Jose Sanz Sanchez, Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain |
Marie-Ange Baudoin, C4EcoSolution, South Africa |
Marieke Norton, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Mario Pulquerio, University of Lisbon, Portugal |
Mark Stafford Smith, CSIRO, Australia |
Melissa de Kock, World Wildlife Fund, South Africa |
Mercy Manyuchi, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe |
Michele Leone, International Development Research Centre, Kenya |
Natalie Suckall, University of Southampton , United Kingdom |
Ndiko Ludidi, University of the Western Cape, South Africa |
Neil McFarlane, Green Climate Fund, South Korea |
Nitya Rao, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom |
Nkulumo Zinyengere, SouthSouthNorth, South Africa |
Pam Berry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
Paul Watkiss, Paul Watkiss Associates, United Kingdom |
Paula Harrison, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom |
Penny Price, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Peter Driessen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
Pieter Pauw, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Germany |
Poshendra Satyal, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom |
Pranita Udas, International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu |
Reinhard Mechler, IIASA and Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria |
Richard Klein, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden |
Rina Suryani Oktari, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia |
Rob Roggema, University of Technology Sydney, Australia |
Roger Street, University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
Roland Hunter, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Roland Schulze, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Romana Rombe Bandeira, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique |
Russell Wise, CSIRO, Australia |
Saliha Dobardzic, Global Environment Facility, USA |
Sebastian Vicuña, Pontificia Universidad Catolica , Chile |
Shaun Martin, World Wildlife Fund, USA |
Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University , Uganda |
Stefano Moncada, University of Malta, Malta |
Stéphane Hallegatte, World Bank , USA |
Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India |
Suzanne Carter, SouthSouthNorth, South Africa |
Swenja Surminski, London School of Economics, United Kingdom |
Thomas Adjei, Private Enterprise Federation, Ghana |
Timmons Roberts, Brown University, USA |
Valérie Bourduas Crouhen, Ouranos, Canada |
Yasuaki Hijioka, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan |
Yinlong Xu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China |
Zinta Zommers, UN Food and Agriculture Organization , Sierra Leone |
Zoe Visser, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Zuziwe Jonas-Nyareli, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa |
Alice McClure, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Anna Steynor, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Chidiebere Ofoegbu, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Claire van Wyk, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Gina Ziervogel, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
James Irlam, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Jean-Pierre Roux, SouthSouthNorth, South Africa |
Leigh Cobban, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Marieke Norton, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Meggan Spires, ICLEI Africa, South Africa |
Mpfunzeni Tshindane, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa |
Muofhe Pedzai, City of Cape Town, South Africa |
Ndiko Ludidi, University of the Western Cape, South Africa |
Nick Hamer, Independent, South Africa |
Nkulumo Zinyengere, SouthSouthNorth, South Africa |
Roland Hunter, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Sarah Birch, Western Cape Government, South Africa |
Sebataolo Rahlao, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa |
Suzanne Carter, SouthSouthNorth, South Africa |
Tiffany Chalmers, City of Cape Town, South Africa |
Zoe Visser, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Zuziwe Jonas-Nyareli, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa |