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Dr. Aida Diongue-Niang has worked for over twenty years in the Meteorological Service of Senegal in various roles including research, research-operations interface, and service delivery of weather and climate information. She has also been a lead author on the IPCC Working Group I. She has investigated monsoon system variability and predictability. Aida joins to to share the impact of climate change on monsoon systems, the need for additional local and regional meteorological infrastructure, and the need to scale up adaptation to climate change.

Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso is a CNRS Scientist at Sorbonne University and the Institute for Sustainable Development an International Relations. He studies the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, as well as investigates ocean-based solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. He also coedited the first book on ocean acidification and has contributed to several IPCC reports. Jean-Pierre joins to discuss ocean acidification, ocean warming, their impacts on biodiversity, and efforts to adapt to sea level rise.

Prof. Mark Howden is Director of the Australian National University - Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, an Honorary Professor at Melbourne Universitym, and Vice Chair of the IPCC Working Group II. His work over the last thirty years ahs focused on climate variability, climate change, innovation and adoption, and he has partnered with many industry, community, and policy groups. Mark joins to discuss the need to account for climate change in food systems, the role of climate variability, and the need for individual and systemic change to address climate change.

Dr. Greg Flato is the Acting Director - Climate Research Division within Environment and Climate Change Canada. He has spent his career in the development of global climate models to simulate historical variations and project future climate change. He has been involved in a number of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cycles as author, and most recently was elected Vice-Chair of the IPCC's Working Group I. Greg joins to discuss the latest in climate modelling and earth system modelling, and the role that these models have in informing policy decisions at national, state, and local levels.

Charlie Martin oversees the BlueGreen Alliance's federal Buy Clean policy and campaign. His work includes close collaboration with the US Biden-Harris Administration, environmental groups, labor partners, and lawmakers. Charlie joins to discuss the transformative nature of "buying clean" at the federal level and its role in decarbonizing the industrial manufacturing sector. 

John Red Cloud is the Managing Director of Red Cloud Renewables and 6th generation direct descendant of Chief Red Cloud. He was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is one of the Oglala Lakota Oyate. John joins to shared Red Cloud Renewables' mission to assist tribal communities to move towards energy independence through renewable energy and sustainable living projects and training. 

Chibeze Ezekiel coordinates the Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND), a youth-oriented NGO in Ghana that promotes youth inclusion in governance of the natural resources and environment. He's a member of the board of 350.org and the International Experts of the Environment of Peace 2022 project, and is a 2020 Goldman Enviromental Prize recipient. Chibeze joins to discuss the importance of including young people at the heart of climate solutions, and his successesful four-year grassroots organizing campaign to stop the construction of a 700 MW coal power plant. 

Julien Vincent is the founder and Executive Director of Market Forces. He has been an environmental activist and campaigner for over twenty years, working also at Greenpeace as a Climate and Energy Campaigner. He also writes the "Always Happy, Never Satisfied" substack. Julien joins to discuss his successful grassroots campaign to defund coal in Australia by receiving commitments from Australia's four largest banks to end funding for coal projects by 2030. 

Juan Jose Guzman Ayala is an economist and sustainable development professional. His work lies at the intersection of climate policy, economic policy, and financial decision-making, with a focus on the Global South. He co-founded Pacto X El Clima in 2019, a youth climate activist organization working to bring the voices of climate justice leaders to policy-making spaces in Colombia. Juan joins to discuss his efforts to develop economic and fiscal policy that enables a net-zero emissions future and promote human well being. 

Tanvir Chowdhury is a journalist currently working for Al Jazeera Intl Media Network. Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tanvir has covered the great exodus of Rohingya refugees, climate change, and politics. Tanvir was part of a team to win a Webby People's Voice for his coverage of the Rohingya plight. Tanvir joins to share his insights of the state of climate activism in Bangladesh and community's response to two proposed industrial coal-fired power plants.