International Labour Organization (ILO)

The Hugo Observatory

Children and youth constituency of the UNFCCC (YOUNGO)

Rose Kobusinge is a passionate and driven Climate Action advocate hailing from Uganda, with a strong focus on driving individual, political, and non-state stakeholders to take action against climate change. Her mission is centred on amplifying underrepresented African voices in climate action and enhancing the resilience of vulnerable communities, including refugees, children, and youth.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Henny is the Global Policy Advisor on Forced Displacement at UNDP and is the global lead on the intersection of climate crisis, development, financing, forced displacement and refugee responses. She co-authored UNDP’s Turning the Tide report on Development Solutions to Internal Displacement and previously served at the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Solutions to Internal Displacement.

With 20+ years of experience across Asia and Africa, she’s led programmes on poverty reduction, governance reform, and environmental justice, as Assistant Country Director at UNDP China. Her career spans frontline humanitarian work—from protection in Darfur, governance strengthening in Timor Leste to post-tsunami recovery and peace process in Aceh with Caritas—along with refugee resettlement in China with UNHCR and voluntary return programmes with IOM UK. Passionate about innovation, AI, and inclusive tech solutions, she’s committed to shaping sustainable solutions to address forced displacement.

Network of environmentalist experts from Burkina Faso; UNFCCC Least Developed Countries Expert Group

Idrissa Semde has been the executive of the Ministry in charge of the environment of Burkina Faso since 1996 and is a member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG). He led the development of Burkina Faso's first National Determined Contribution in 2015 and Burkina Faso's first biennial report in 2017.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Ezekiel Simperingham is the Global Lead on Migration and Displacement for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). He is an international lawyer with more than 17 years of experience with expertise in climate-related displacement. Previously, he served as the Asia Pacific Coordinator for IFRC.

Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD)

Atle Solberg is the Head of the Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD). His areas of expertise include disaster displacement and other forms of human mobility in the context of the adverse effects of climate change, protection and human rights, comprehensive risk management, risk modelling and assessment, preparedness, disaster risk reduction, solutions and sustainable development and strategic coordination. Previously, he served as the Head of the Secretariat at the Nansen Initiative and as Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

UNFCCC Adaptation Committee

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Mariam TRAORE CHAZALNOËL is the Chief of the Climate Action Unit at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Headquarters in Geneva. With a focus on the intersection of climate change and migration, Mariam has been tackling policy and programmatic challenges in this area since 2013. She has written and edited numerous articles and publications on the subject. Since joining IOM in 2008, Mariam has held various roles in Geneva, Bamako, and New York.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Multilateral unit of the European Commission Climate Directorate; Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development (Danida), Denmark

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

Silke Mason Westphal is a professional dedicated to international climate action and cooperation, with expertise in climate adaptation, resilience, and loss & damage; renewable energy and energy access; natural resources management; sustainable development, as well as climate related mobility. She has solid experience working with national and local government institutions on adaptation planning and implementation and engaging with civil society, community, and indigenous peoples’ organizations during numerous long-term postings and field missions throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America. Silke Mason Westphal works in the Multilateral unit of the European Commission Climate Directorate and has been employed at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development (Danida) since 2008. She has also worked in multilateral organisations (IOM, UNDP), the Danish Ministry for Environment and Energy, and in international NGO and research cooperation. She holds a Ph.D. in natural resource management with publications on rural livelihoods and coffee agroforestry systems in Central America.

Department of Air Protection and Climate Negotiations, Ministry of Climate and Environment; Sweden

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

Alternate Board Member, Green Climate Fund (GCF); Bureau Member, IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories; Lead Climate Negotiator, Chad; National Focal Point (NFP), IPCC

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

Hamid Abakar Souleymane is a meteorology and climate change expert from Chad with extensive leadership and international experience. He serves as an Alternate Board Member of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a Bureau Member of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Chad’s Lead Climate Negotiator, and the National Focal Point (NFP) to the IPCC.

He was Deputy Director General of the Chad National Meteorological Agency (2018–2024) and previously Director of Exploitation and Meteorological Applications (2014–2018). He is also the founder of the Tree of Sahel Association, which promotes sustainable development, good governance, and climate action.

At the scientific level, he is contributing to the IPCC Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Methodology Report as a Review Editor under the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) cycle.

Senior Climate Change Officer/Youth Focal Point, State Department of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya 

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

James Thonjo is a Senior Climate Change Officer/Youth Focal Point for the State Department of Environment and Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya. James is also Kenya’s Loss and Damage Contact Point and Santiago network Liaison Officer.