Laurie Parsons is Reader in Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is Principal Investigator in the project Oppressive Heat. He is the author of the book Carbon Colonialism (2023).

Laurie.Parsons@rhul.ac.uk

Dr. Alexandre Gagnon, Reader in Climatology at Liverpool John Moores University, studies the impacts of climate change and societal responses. His research focuses on assessing climate risks, community adaptation, and informing policy to reduce vulnerability. By integrating physical and social sciences, he develops strategies to enhance resilience against severe weather events, aiming to minimise disruption to livelihoods and infrastructure through improved disaster resilience and adaptation. 

Pratik Mishra is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Sussex. His research interest lies in labour geography, heat stress, informal labour.

Pratik.Mishra@sussex.ac.uk

I’m a human geographer who works on the critical geographies of climate change and development.

The main focus of my research since my PhD has been on climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI), with a particular focus on the implications for equitable policy responses to climate change.

I teach across the Geography and International Development programmes at Sussex at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and I have a particular interest in climate change pedagogy in higher education.

Sally Brown is a coastal geomorphologist presently working on long-term coastal strategy at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. She has worked extensively in climate change impacts and adaptation in academia before moving to knowledge exchange and government research. She enjoys seeing research into practice and ensuring climate change is considered in decision making. 

Dr Ilma Bogdan FRSA FRGS works in climate consultancy and is responsible for the CCRG policy and impact. Her background is in international relations in various capacities, including journalism, academic research and politics. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society as well as the Royal Society of Arts, focusing on climate and sustainability in both organisations 

Nivedita Singh is a researcher focused on climate change, sustainability, and everyday philanthropy . A Fellow of multiple Royal Societies, she has presented over 35 papers and received the Don Lavoie Fellowship (2022). 

Dr Nithya Natarajan is a Senior Lecturer in International Development. Her work focuses on South India and Cambodia, and explores agrarian change, rural-urban livelihoods, labour precarity, gender and debt.