A retired U.S. research scientist, his work focuses on building global climate datasets and then using the data to better understand how the climate is changing. In addition to participating in both national and global climate assessments such as the IPCC, he was elected chair of the World Meteorological Organisation’s Commission for Climatology.

A recognised international expert in instrumental climate reconstruction and in the analysis of the climate on different spatial and temporal scales. She has been a pioneer in analysing long-term changes in air temperature in peninsular Spain, and has played an important role in evaluating how climatic extremes change in a warmer world both globally and regionally. She is a professor of geography at Rovira i Virgili University and chair of the World Meteorological Organisation’s Commission for Climatology.

Senior research fellow and manager of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (Norwich, UK), Clare is one of the world’s leading specialists on the development and use of regional climate change projections and scenarios, working at the interface between climate modellers and users of climate information. This means she now plays a leading role in the development of climate services worldwide.

Researcher in the Marine and Continental Waters Programme of the Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology. Carles Ibàñez holds a doctorate in biology from the University of Barcelona, and has 30 years’ experience in research in the fields of aquatic, coastal and marsh ecology, and sustainable management of aquatic resources and environmental management, as well as more than 80 articles published in international journals. He is a member of the Government of Catalonia’s Advisory Council for Sustainable Development.

An expert in climate data quality and homogeneity and the analysis of climate change indicators. He has taught and published on the subject and studied European, African, American and Asian datasets. He works in the field of climate services as the principal investigator of the INDECIS project, and led the team that defined the professional competences necessary for the provision of climate services. He is a senior lecturer and the director of the Department of Geography at Rovira i Virgili University.

A professor of economics at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain, Sonia’s research focuses on the quantitative relations of climate, water, weather and the economy and particularly the economic benefit of hydro-meteorological information and climate services. She has contributed to a range of internationally funded R&D projects (EU, WMO, World Bank, UNFCCC, UNECE FAO, etc.) and has communicated her findings in a number of recognised research journals.

A professor of economics, the director of the Department of Economics and the director of the Chair for Local and Regional Economy at Rovira i Virgili University. His research career has resulted in the publication of over 60 scientific articles, most of them in international journals. He specialises in the economics of tourism and the environment, and his research has also addressed the metrics and modelling of sustainability on an international scale and, more recently, on aspects of environmental policy.

Researcher in the Department of Anthropology at Durham University (UK), where she directs the Master's in Energy and Society and co-directs the Durham Energy Institute. She will also be a researcher at the National Centre for Energy Systems Integration until 2021. Her research focuses on three areas: energy, the anthropologies of planning, and governance and tourism. She is currently working on a research project focusing on Arctic travel writing and tourism.

The general director of the Foundation for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, which he combines with research at the Chair of Energy Sustainability and teaching at the University of Barcelona. He built his professional career at the Spanish National Energy Commission and has 20 years’ experience in the field of economics, industry and energy. He holds a degree in economics from the UB, a doctorate in economics and a special doctoral award from the URV.

An industrial engineer from the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering and holder of an international executive MBA specialising in energy sector companies from the School for Industrial Organisation. He is the director of the of the Government of Catalonia’s Catalan Energy Institute, where he coordinates the promotion and development of projects related to power generation efficiency, renewable facilities, biomass and energy efficiency in all areas. In addition to being the director, he is also a teacher.

A pathobiologist, Pim de Boer has been senior researcher at the Paris XII University and Leiden University Medical Center, assistant professor of Pulmonology at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam), and head of research and grants at the Dutch Asthma Foundation, where he led the work group on ethics & patient engagement in Innovative Medicines Initiative projects. Since 2019 he has been EU liaison/policy advisor in Brussels for Amsterdam University Medical Center and the VU University Amsterdam.

Director of the University of Vic’s Chair in Agroecology and Food Systems. A doctor of veterinary medicine and sociology, she is a multidisciplinary expert in the analysis of agri-food systems, particularly in the interactions between agriculture, foodstuffs, society and the environment, with emphasis on adapting to climate change and food security and food sovereignty. She has taken part in two UN panels as lead author.