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Achieving Climate Justice and Equity through Vulnerability-based Financing

Author(s) Joseph Upile Matola, Economist, South African Institute of International Affairs (South Africa); Awa Diouf, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Development Studies. (United Kingdom).

Scaling Climate Finance for Locally-Led Adaptation: Lessons from the Global South

Author(s) Aryan Bajpai, Research Analyst, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (India); Dr Vishwas Chitale, Senior Programme Lead, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (India); Giriraj Amarnath, Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka); Dr Bapon Fakhruddin, Water and Climate Leadership, Green Climate Fund (South Korea); Gopalika Arora, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (India).

Designing the new finance architecture for adaptation and resilience

Author(s) Jorge Gastelumendi, Senior Director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, Atlantic Council (United States of America); Malini Chakravarty, Research Manager of the Climate Policy Initiative (India).

Using Participatory Processes to Create and Implement Local Climate Change Adaptation Plans for Urban Resilience and Water Security

Author(s) Carolina Riberti Mattar, Executive Director, Democracy and Sustainability Institute- IDS (Brazil); Marcos Woortmann, Adjunct Director, Democracy and Sustainability Institute-IDS (Brazil); Sylvia Bomtempo, Public Policy Analyst, Democracy and Sustainability Institute-IDS (Brazil); Rosie Witton, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute - SEI Oxford (United Kingdom); Eduardo Araujo Couto, Research and formation analyst, Democracy and Sustainability institute - IDS (Brazil); Giovanna P. Rosseto, Research and formation assistant, Democracy and Sustainability Institute - IDS (Brazil); Mirian Vilela, Executive Director, Earth Charter International (United States of America); Sergio Augusto Ribeiro, General Director, International Centre on Water and Transdisciplinarity-CIRAT (Brazil); Gabriela Cassimiro, Strategic Affairs Coordinator, International Centre on Water and Transdisciplinarity - CIRAT (Brazil).

Resilient Infrastructure Systems: Closing the Resiliency Gap

Author(s) Rodolfo Benevenuto, Infratech and Sustainability Coordinator, PSP Hub (Brazil); Elizabeth Losos, Executive in Residence, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Duke University (USA); Michael Max Bühler, Professor of Construction Economics, University of Applied Sciences Konstanz (Germany); Jennifer Whyte, Director, John Grill Institute for Project Leadership, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney (Australia); Armando Ortuño, Technical Director, Madrid World Capital of Construction, Engineering and Architecture (Spain); Daniel Galle, Partnership Manager, The Global Infrastructure Hub, (Canada).

Opportunities and Challenges for Promoting Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Infrastructure in Environmentally-Sensitive Regions

Author(s) Brent Millikan, Grupo de Trabalho Infraestrutura e Justiça Socioambiental (Brazil); Maria Elena Rodriguez, Brics Policy Center, PUC-RJ (Brazil); Ricardo Abramovay, PROCAM/IEE/USP (Brazil); Cesar Gamboa, Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Perú).

Moving forward for people and planet: strengthening finance for safe and sustainable mobility to deliver SDG priorities

Author(s) Avi Silverman, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation (United Kingdom); Paula dos Santos, Urban Mobility Manager, World Resources Institute (Brasil); Saul Billingsley, Executive Director, FIA Foundation (United Kingdom); Sarika Panda Bhatt, Cofounder, Raahgiri Foundation (India); Mirjam Sidik, CEO, Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (Vietnam); Clarisse Cunha Linke, Country Director, Instituto de Politicas de Transporte e Desenvolvimento (Brasil); Bernado Baranda Sepúlveda, Regional Director, Instituto de Politicas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo, (Mexico); Ayikai Poswayo, Programme Director, Amend, (South Africa); Rob Mcinerney, CEO, International Road Assessment Programme, (Australia); Raquel Barrios, Executive Director, Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, (Spain).

Knowledge Capacity for Sustainable Infrastructure: a bottom-up approach

Author(s) Anthony Bartzokas, Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands and Dilek Cetindamar, Professor, UTS (Australia)

Accelerating Risk-Informed Investments in Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure: A framework-based approach

Author(s) Ahana Chatterjee, Research Analyst, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (India); Shreya Wadhawan, Programme Associate, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (India); Savina Carluccio, Executive Director, International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (United Kingdom); Niladri Gupta, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (Thailand); Deo Raj Gurung, Chief Scientist, Aga Khan Agency of Habitat (Switzerland); Sana Dharani, Head for Habitat Improvement, Aga Khan Agency of Habitat (India); Sharmala Naidoo, Technical Principal, Engineering Leadership Group (United Kingdom).

Investing in Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Green Infrastructure

Author(s) Jeeno Soa George, Senior Geospatial Researcher, CivicDataLab (India); Saikat Kumar Paul, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India); Richa Dhawale, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan (Canada); Ankita Patnaik, Assistant Professor, Inspiria Knowledge Campus (India); Liz Mariya Jacob, Research Scholar, Deakin University (Australia).

Empowering Sociobioeconomic Stewardship: Integrating Local Cooperatives into Global Value Chains for Inclusive Development

Author(s) John James Loomis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, FGV EAESP (Brazil); Marc Eric Barda Picavet, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QUT (Australia); Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, Professor, FGV EAESP and FGV EBAPE (Brazil); Khalid Nadvi, Professor, UoM GDI (United Kingdom); Luciana Marques Vieira, Professor, FGV EAESP (Brazil); Aarti Krishnan, Lecturer, UoM AMBS (United Kingdom).

The Social Dimensions of Alternative Bioeconomy Pathways and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: Lessons for the G20 Based on the Cases of Brazil and Thailand

Author(s) Francis X. Johnson, Senior Research Fellow & Bioeconomy Lead, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre (SEH-Asia) & Affiliated Researcher, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); Rafael Feltran-Barbieri, Senior Economist, World Resources Institute (WRI) Brasil (Brazil); Henrique Roncada Jr., Economics Research Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Juliana Brandão, Economics Research Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Unruan Leknoi, Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (Thailand); Pichaya Surapolchal, Researcher, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (Thailand); Wichaya Komin, Researcher, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (Thailand); Giovanni Tagliani, Policy Researcher, Institute for innovation and Public Purpose, University College London (United Kingdom); Erin Gray, Senior Economist, WRI (USA); Huiling Zhu, Program Coordinator, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre (Thailand); Braulina H. Baniwa, PhD. Candidate, University of Brasilia (Brazil); Bruno Felin, Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Charles Barber, Natural Resources Governance and Policy Director, WRI (USA); Cristiane Fontes, Executive Director, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Danilo Fernandes, Research Coordinator, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazónicos-NAEA (Brazil); Francisco Apurină, Director, Instituto Pupykary (Brazil); Francisco de Assis Costa, Research Coordinator, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazónicos-NAEA (Brazil); Harley Silva, Research Coordinator, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia Aplicada (Brazil); Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira, Data Science Coordinator, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Jessica Webb, Strategy Lead, WRI (USA), Lalo Teixeira, Project Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Program Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Lais Maciel, Senior Climate Program Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Luana Betti, Socioeconomics and Climate Finance Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Luciana Medeiros Alves, Project and Research Coordinator, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Mariana Oliveira, Forest, Land use and Agriculture Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Mirela Sandrini, Forest, Land Use and Agricultural Director, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Miriam Garcia, Senior Climate Policy Manager, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Ruth Nogueron Chang, Associate Researcher, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Viviane Sobral D. dos Santos, Data Science Analyst, WRI Brasil (Brazil); Raul Ventura Neto, Researcher, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos-NAEA (Brazil); Ricardo Teófilo Folhes, Researcher, Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazónicos-NAEA (Brazil).