Meet-and-greet 4

Meet-and-greet hosted by Jesse DeMaria-Kinney (Adaptation Research Alliance)

27 Sep. / 10:00 - 11:00

Hosted by
Jesse DeMaria-Kinney
Meet-and-greets are a great way to get to know some of your fellow participants in a small informal space, chat with highly experienced adaptation practitioners and build your networks. Without an in-person conference, think of the meet-and-greets as a virtual coffee break, where you can ask direct questions of the people you want to talk to! In the last two years, participants at meet-and-greets have met new partners, collaborators, donors and friends!

About the host

Jesse DeMaria-Kinney is the Head of Secretariat of the Adaptation Research Alliance. He has over 15 years of experience working at the interface of science-policy-practice in Asia, Africa and Latin America with international and local NGOs and the United Nations. His work has focused on the thematic areas of climate change adaptation, nature-based solutions and Research for Impact, including multi-stakeholder process design and facilitation.

Previously, Jesse co-founded PlanAdapt, a network-based organisation focused on climate risk management & adaptation, and managed and coordinated Oxfam’s role as the Research-for-Impact (or research-into-use) lead partner in the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) consortium. He is an Africa Climate Development Initiative (ACDI) Associate and course instructor for the Research-for-Impact online course hosted by the University of Cape Town. Jesse holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies specialised in Biology and Master’s degrees in both Environmental Health and Decentralised International Cooperation.

Funding Partners

CARE International works in 100 countries, helping millions of the world’s poorest people find routes out of poverty and achieve social justice.

https://www.care-international.org/

GRP is an inclusive and diverse partnership of organisations joining forces towards a world where vulnerable people and places are able to thrive in the face of shocks, uncertainty and change.

https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/

CJRF builds voice and power in the communities hit first by climate change. To survive and thrive on a warming planet they need voice, power, and the opportunity to innovate. CJRF helps these communities create and share their own solutions for resilience.

https://www.cjrfund.org/

Irish Aid invest in research that builds evidence on how poor people and countries can best adapt, reduce risk, and build their resilience to withstand future set-backs and disasters.

https://practicalaction.org/

Practical Action works with communities to develop ingenious solutions in agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. Then we share what’s proven to work with others, so many more people can change their world.

https://practicalaction.org/

GAYO is a youth-led gender-balanced advocacy organisation who work directly with local communities to reduce the vulnerability of groups that are at risk to climate impacts, through youth empowerment, skills development and public education.

https://greenafricayouth.com/

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

IIED is an international policy and action research organisation delivering solutions to sustainable development challenges. Working with partners across the globe, IIED links local priorities to global challenges.

https://www.iied.org/community-based-adaptation