Abby Sullivan
Acting Chief Resilience Officer, Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
About Us
PEERS is the first practitioner-led global community of practice working to address the risks of sea level rise and related coastal hazards. This global collaborative works to solve complex problems to meet the needs of vulnerable coastal communities today and in the future. The work of PEERS is led by members around the globe, and membership is always FREE.
PEERS currently has over 425 members from 55 countries & territories
In the past 18 months we have held two global workshops (report), helped lead a major international conference, convened a global Development Committee, and held a successful series of webinars on adaptation pathways. We are kicking off a lot of new activities in the next few months, starting with a pilot project (in partnership with NASA) creating high-resolution inundation maps for communities around the world, signing technical and community partners, engaging with scientific leaders to translate best available science, convening regional gatherings, and building regional and global connections among practitioners.
PEERS has a growing list of partner organizations around the world, including the NASA Sea Level Change Team, Aspen Global Change Institute, the Institute of Water Modeling in Bangladesh, the Water Utility Climate Alliance, and additional partnerships pending with scientific and environmental institutes around the world. We are working to build activities in every region of the globe, each featuring leadership and wide participation from practitioners and partners.
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PEERS Vision, Mission, and Goals
The Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS) creates a venue for practitioner collaboration, knowledge sharing, relationship building, and technical assistance. The objective is to support excellence in this important endeavor at this critical moment in time and provide a collaborative space where practitioners and their partners can learn from each other and design effective and timely resilience strategies for their communities.
Coastal regions and people resilient to the impacts of sea level rise.
To support effective and timely coastal adaptation action through a global network of practitioners, experts, and partners to facilitate and promote knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- Convene sea level rise adaptation practitioners to build relationships at a regional and global scale, share resources and experiences, and learn from one another.
- Develop and disseminate knowledge on evolving leading practices in coastal adaptation.
- Collaborate across disciplinary boundaries with important partners in the adaptation enterprise, including engineers, planners, scientists, consultants, and communities.
- Translate and communicate actionable science for adaptation planning via collaboration with leading scientific entities who share the mission of connecting science and society.
- Research and promote planning tools that help practitioners incorporate uncertainty into long term planning.
- Enhance regional collaboration to build resource-sharing networks and relationships in adjacent areas and connect local leaders to evolving global adaptation practice.
- Influence and support funding programs and initiatives that respond to practitioner needs on the ground, particularly in lower resourced regions.
Our Leadership
Adam Parris
Senior Consultant, ICF
Adam Robinson
Project Leader for the Environment Agency
Anh Cao
Project Researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Amon Martin
Asset and Planning Manager at Thames-Coromandel District Council
David Behar
PEERS Chair and Climate Program Director at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Dilip Trivedi
Principal with Moffatt & Nichol
Erin Derrington
Environmental Science and Policy Specialist
Felipe C. Mandarino
City Information Director at Instituto Pereira Passos
Glynis Lough
Global Director, PEERS, and Affiliate, AGCI
Gordon Smith
Principal, pLAnsmith
Ilaisa Naca
PEERS Project Director, Pacific Islands
Lau Jamero
Climate Resilience Coordinator of the Manila Observatory
Neale Farmer
Senior Resilience Officer with Lake Macquarie City Council
Ricardo da Cruz e Sousa
PEERS Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Thao Nguyen Danh
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Danh Thao, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)
Violet Saena
Executive Director, Climate Resilient Communities
Zahirul Haque Khan
Executive Director, Institute of Water Modeling
