Professor in the Department of Ecological Sciences at the University of Chile. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maine, United States. His research combines paleoecological, geochemical, and glacial geoecological approaches to understand the western Patagonia region’s glacial history, vegetation, and climate. His current research aims to understand the behavior of southwestern Patagonian winds over the last 30,000 years and their potential role as a catalyst for recent global climate changes, characterizing the recurrence and sediment of ash associated with volcanic events and examining the response of vegetation and fire regimes to past climatic and non-climatic agents.

Email: pimoreno@uchile.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-1333-6238 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

He is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Engineering Sciences, University of O’Higgins. He holds a degree in Renewable Natural Resources Engineering from the University of Chile and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and oceanic sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder, United States. His areas of study include extreme hydrometeorological events, coastal orographic precipitation, atmospheric rivers, and radar meteorology.

Email: raul.valenzuela@uoh.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0003-1670-7476 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at Adolfo Ibáñez University. He studied Renewable Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Chile and obtained his Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. His doctoral research used drones to detect invasive species in forests, species in grasslands, and underground carbon maps in peatlands. Currently, his research focuses on the relationship between plant functional traits and ecosystem processes (such as water and carbon cycles about climate change and land use), tree species invasion processes in post-fire areas, and the use of deep learning methods (such as Convolutional Neural Networks) in ecology.

Email: javierlopatin@gmail.com | ORC ID: 0000-0002-5540-7428 | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Cádiz, Spain. She holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Concepción. Her research focuses on the ecological impacts of fire on plant communities, the ecology of invasive plants, and sustainable forest management in the context of global change.

Email: susana.gomez@uca.es | ORC ID: 0000-0002-3779-8701 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

He holds a degree in Biochemistry from the Technological Institute of Veracruz, Mexico, and a Master’s in Biotechnology from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico. He obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. His research topics are in the field of biogeochemistry, specifically in processes related to organic matter decomposition, carbon release/accumulation, and the emission of trace gas fluxes to the atmosphere from different ecosystems (aquatic and terrestrial). He is also an associate researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.

Email: jorge.hoyos@umag.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0001-6295-9485 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

He holds a degree in Renewable Natural Resources Engineering from the University of Chile and his Ph.D. in Forest Ecosystems and Natural Resources from Austral University. His research areas are landscape ecology, the application of remote sensing in ecology, and native forest monitoring. He is currently also a principal researcher in the Department of Forest Sciences at the University of La Frontera.

Email: mirandac.alejandro@gmail.com | ORC ID: 0000-0002-8211-0179 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Professor and Research Director at the School of Economics and Business at the Universidad del Desarrollo. He studied Economics and holds a Master’s in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics from the University of Concepción. He obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, United States. His areas of study include the economics of climate change, economic valuation of ecosystem services and natural capital, and discrete-continuous choice models.

Email: fvasquez@udd.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-0767-998X | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences and Technology at the University of Aysén. He holds a degree in Forest Engineering from the Austral University of Chile, a Master’s in Rural Development from ECOSUR, Chiapas, Mexico, and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Ecosystem Restoration from the University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. His main lines of research focus on studying forest ecosystem degradation processes from an empirical-holistic approach as a basis for defining restoration strategies in the context of climate change adaptation and mitigation. He has also developed research associated with biodiversity conservation, ecological data modeling, landscape ecology, and the development of multi-criteria analysis methods to support environmental decision-making. He is currently an active member of the conifer specialist group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Email: carlos.zamorano@uaysen.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-5588-3248 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Assistant Professor at Universidad Mayor. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies from UC San Diego, United States. She has a Master’s in Latin American Studies, a Master’s in Public Health from San Diego State University, United States, and a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of Chile. She is an environmental epidemiologist interested in climate change, maternal and child health, and the importance of the first thousand days of life for developing well-being and health in the short and long term. Her most recent work focuses on air pollution from wood burning in southern Chile, its estimation, and how this long-term exposure is associated with the health of newborns.

Email: estela.blanco@umayor.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-6232-9210 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research topics include urban sustainability, water resource management, energy policies, environmental justice, and the use of social metabolism in political ecology studies.

Email: mariac.fragkou@uchilefau.cl | ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6831-4549 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Professor in the Department of Geophysics at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile. She obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Meteorology from Stockholm University, Sweden. She was an expert advisor to the National Environmental Commission (CONAMA) between 1997 and 2001. From 2001 to 2012, she was an associate researcher at the Center for Mathematical Modeling. Her research lines are atmospheric modeling and data assimilation, air quality in megacities, and short-lived climate forcers. She was the first director of CR2 between 2013 and 2019. She was a lead author of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is currently vice-chair of IPCC Working Group II.

Email: gallard@u.uchile.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0001-7605-3721 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile. She holds a degree in Civil Engineering in Transportation from the same institution and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her research areas are modeling transport user behavior and using massive public transport data. She is also a senior researcher at the Complex Systems Engineering Institute (ISCI).

Email: mamuniza@ing.uchile.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-0485-5124 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Professor in the Department of Mathematical Engineering at the University of Chile and associate researcher at the Center for Mathematical Modeling. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the École Polytechnique in Paris, France. His research areas include modeling, inverse problems, and control of partial differential equations with geophysics, medicine, astronomy, and bioengineering applications. His research within CR2 is focused on modeling climate resilience and complex interaction systems between natural and human phenomena.

Email: axosses@dim.uchile.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0001-6833-4064 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

He is a Full-time Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Federico Santa María Technical University. He is a Mechanical Civil Engineer from the University of Chile. He obtained his Ph.D. in Vehicle Emissions and Control from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. His specialization areas are vehicle emissions, sustainable transport, energy, and transportation.

Email:mauricio.osses@usm.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-5547-4049 | RESEARCH GATE

Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Chile. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography, Territorial Planning, and Environmental Management from the University of Barcelona, Spain. His research uses geomatics techniques and remote sensing to focus on urban climatology and climate change. His research aims to understand the significant socio-climatic inequalities within Chilean cities, correlating socioeconomic levels with green areas and cold and heat islands.

Email: psarricolea@uchilefau.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-6679-2798 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Chile. She holds a Master’s in Public Health from the same institution and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Research Methodology and Public Health from the University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research focuses on exposure to air pollution and its effects on respiratory health in children and adults, as well as climate change and extreme heat, among other topics. She is currently an academic in the Epidemiology Program at the School of Public Health and a member of the Academic Committee of the Transdisciplinary Environmental Program (PROMA), both at the University of Chile.

Email: karla.yohannessen@uchile.cl | ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4248-0121 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Academic at the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Chile. She holds a degree in Natural Resources Engineering and a Master’s in Management and Public Policy from the same institution. She has a Ph.D. in Geography and Policy Studies from King’s College London, United Kingdom. She has experience as a researcher and consultant, working with national and international teams. Her research has focused on knowledge co-production, the science-policy-society interface, and governance in climate change adaptation and resilience, water, glaciers, and energy. She was a contributing author to the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.

Email:roborquez@gmail.com | ORC ID: 0000-0002-6389-0800 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Associate Professor and researcher at the Law School of Diego Portales University and director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the same institution. She is a lawyer from the University of Chile. She holds a Master’s in Environmental Law from University College London, United Kingdom, and a Ph.D. in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. From 2014 to 2018, she served as Prosecutor of the Superintendency of the Environment.

Email: dominique.herve@udp.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-3239-6236 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Government, University of Chile, where he is the director of the Department of Public Administration and Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Sciences Po. His research addresses environmental policy in Chile, from mobilization to public policies. He is currently developing the Fondecyt project “The Climatization of Public Policies” and is the coordinator of the Territorial Conflicts Colloquium at the Center for Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES).

Email: antoinemaillet@iap.uchile.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-4607-3964 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Adolfo Ibáñez University. He holds a Master’s in Industrial Engineering from the University of Chile and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He served as an official in the Energy and Environment Program of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and participated in the National Lithium Commission of the Ministry of Economy. He was part of the CR2 National Advisory Committee. He is a member of the academic body of the Center for Energy Transition at Adolfo Ibáñez University.

Email: raul.oryan@uai.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-6148-5473 | RESEARCH GATE

Researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo. She is a Marine Biologist from the University of Concepción. She holds a Master’s and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences with a mention in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her research line focuses on microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles of extreme ecosystems, such as thermal systems, high Andean terrestrial systems, marine systems, and subpolar and polar cryosphere. Her interest lies in investigating how climatic factors exacerbated by climate change affect microbial communities’ diversity and activity. She is also an associate researcher at the Center for Research in Technologies for Society (C+) at Universidad del Desarrollo and a member of the Association of Young Polar Researchers APECS Chile board.

Email: mealcaman@uc.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0003-2464-9480 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Academic in the Department of History at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, University of Concepción. She is an Anthropologist from the Catholic University of Temuco, holds a Master’s in Basic and Applied Research in Anthropology, and a Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her research field includes anthropological studies of development, applied economic anthropology, and political ecology. Her methodological approach is multi-site and transnational ethnography, with which she seeks to unravel the relational webs between actors, worldviews, and differentiated powers around development in familiar territories. She has focused her ethnographic work on processes associated with relationships between transnational companies and communities, local constructions of development, and biodiversity conservation.

Email: noeliacarrasco@udec.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0001-5560-9866 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Throughout her career, she has studied the diversity, phylogeny, activity, and ecological importance of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in marine systems and the microbial ecology of extreme systems, among other topics.

Email: bdiez@bio.puc.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0002-9371-8083 | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE

Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Marine Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Valparaíso. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France. In recent years, he has been working on improving the coupled physical-biogeochemical model NEMO-PISCES to study the dynamics of dimethyl sulfide at regional and global scales. He also explores the spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton composition and its consequences on the productivity of the Humboldt Current system.

Email: italo.masotti@uv.cl | ORC ID: 0000-0001-7635-0021 | RESEARCH GATE

Laura Ramajo holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology from the University of Chile, a Master’s degree in Ecology from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and a Ph.D. in Global Change from the International University Menéndez Pelayo and the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB). Her research focuses on assessing the impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability to climate change in coastal zones and coastal socio-ecological systems. She was the lead author for the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Working Group II, contributing to Chapter 12: Central and South America. Currently, she is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).

Email: laura.ramajo@gmail.com | ORC ID: 0000-0001-6707-685X | RESEARCH GATE | SCHOLAR GOOGLE