SEI marked the 20th anniversary of the Oxford Centre and the 15th anniversary of weADAPT with an event that addressed goals for adaptation, barriers to adaptation, and ideas to achieve greater progress. The event featured diverse and leading voices in adaptation from around the world. In the opening session, panellists presented diverse ideas about the main goals for adaptation, the key barriers to adaptation and ways to achieve progress on the agenda.

Participants included:

Youssef Nassef – Director of the UNFCCC Adaptation Division
Lisa Schipper – Affiliated Researcher, SEI, (Incoming) Professor of Development Geography, University of Bonn
Nathalie Seddon – Professor of Biodiversity and Senior Associate, International Institute for Environment and Development, University of Oxford; Senior Fellow, the Oxford Martin School
Magnus Benzie – Research Fellow, SEI Stockholm
Sukaina Bharwani – Senior Research Fellow, SEI Oxford.
Another group held a lively, intergenerational chat around the “electronic campfire”. The voices of experience were represented by two experts who have been working on adaptation-related causes globally throughout their careers; the voices of the up-and-coming generation were represented by two young people who have been active in research and in championing both social justice and greater inclusion of youth in climate change-related decision-making globally.

Participants included:

Arame Tall – Senior Adaptation and Resilience Specialist, Climate Change Group, World Bank
Richard J. T. Klein – SEI Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Geography, Climate Policy and Development at Linköping University
George Carew-Jones – UN COP Working Group Member and Press Officer, UK Youth Climate Coalition
Inès Bakhtaoui – Research Associate, SEI Oxford.