Climate Change Adaptation and Managing Risk of Extreme Events

Prof. Dr. Udo Nehren / TH Köln

Udo Nehren is Professor of Ecosystem Management at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Germany. His research and teaching focus on social-ecological systems, particularly with regard to ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. He authored several publications on this topic and has worked as a trainer for UN agencies, NGOs, and private companies. Moreover, he co-developed the first international MOOC on climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and ecosystems.

https://www.th-koeln.de/en/person/udo.nehren/

Dr. Simone Sandholz / Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University 

Simone Sandholz leads the Urban Futures & Sustainability Transformation Programme at UNU-EHS. Her two particular fields of expertise are resilient urban and regional development with an emphasis on critical infrastructures and nature-based solutions for risk reduction and climate change adaptation, closely linked to the second research area on sociocultural aspects of sustainable development, namely place attachment, adaptive social protection, good governance and sustainable livelihood approaches, based on empirical social research methods.

https://ehs.unu.edu/experts/researchexperts/simone-sandholz.html#profile

Flavia Marà / World Vision Germany e.V.

Flavia Marà is a Livelihoods Technical Advisor at World Vision Germany e.V.  Her work focuses on sustainable agricultural development (agroecology, climate-smart agriculture), community-based restoration approaches like Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), local agricultural value chains, climate change adaptation and mitigation. Previously, she has worked at the Centre for Rural Development (SLE), GIZ and Welthungerhilfe.

https://www.worldvision.de/informieren/themen/lebensgrundlagen

Prof. Dr. Jörg Szarzynski / Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University

Joerg Szarzynski has a broad expertise in civil protection and humanitarian relief, disaster management, emergency preparedness and response, as well as multi-hazard early warning systems and anticipatory action. Additionally, he also works on the field of geospatial information technology application for disaster management, environmental change and sustainable development. At UNU-EHS, he serves as co-director of the Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS) at UNU-EHS in Bonn on climate change adaptation and emergency response preparedness in mountain regions.

https://ehs.unu.edu/experts/researchexperts/jorg-szarzynski.html#profile

Dr. med. Sabine Baunach is a medical doctor with a Master of Science in International Health and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Public Health. After initial years in the German healthcare sector she has worked for many years internationally for various humanitarian and development aid organizations to protect human health of crisis affected populations with a focus on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and Child Health. For some years now, she has expanded the focus of her work to address climate and environment related implications to human health and to foster pathways into a just and healthy future for all through a Planetary Health approach. 

Currently, Sabine works as health consultant and trainer at the nexus of climate change and health, SRHR and capacity building.