Caribbean Resiliency and Climate Conversations
A Peer Learning & Networking Series
The Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance (CCJA) Webinar Series brings together organizations and experts working across the Caribbean to advance climate resilience, adaptation, and equitable solutions.
These webinars provide a space for practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and community leaders to share knowledge, discuss challenges, and highlight innovative solutions being implemented across the region.
All Webinars take place from 12pm – 1pm AST
Past Webinars
Past Webinars
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Past Webinar Speakers & Info
May 29, 2026
Presenter: Kevan Kalapnath-Maharaj
Managing Director
Kevan Kalapnath-Maharaj is the Managing Director of IAMovement, an environmental NGO, based in Trinidad and Tobago which was founded in 2014, by a group of young and passionate individuals, who felt a strong need to effect positive social and environmental change. The organization accomplishes this through activities and events, aimed at educating and empowering others, while raising awareness on key social, environmental, and economic issues in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the Caribbean region. He is also a board member for the Trinidad-based NGO Council of Presidents for the Environment (COPE).
Kevan has a background in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, and is a certified Project Management Professional. He has co-led the Caribbean Green Infrastructure Conference in both 2022 and 2025, which served as a dynamic platform for regional and international stakeholders to learn and understand Green Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions alongside innovative climate finance mechanisms to address the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States as a result of the changing climate.
Organization: IAMovement
Topic:
Vetiver Grass and the Vetiver System as a Climate Adaptation Tool for Caribbean Resilience
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May 6, 2026
Presenter: Sasha Jattansingh
Deputy Director
Sasha Jattansingh is a climate finance and environmental policy expert over 15 years experience in the public, international development, and civil society sectors in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. She is currently the Deputy Director and Senior Adaptation and Loss and Damage Expert at Climate Analytics Caribbean. Sasha has a strong background in environmental and climate policy, climate finance, civil society governance, capacity building and science communication. Sasha currently co-leads the Access to Finance Working Group of the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance. She is also a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) at the London School of Economics and Political Science where her research interests are on climate justice, participatory environmental governance and transformative change.
Sasha holds a Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from the University of Auckland and an Honours Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Toronto. She is also a Commonwealth Scholar alumna.
Organization: Climate Analytics
Topic:
Loss and Damage in the Caribbean
Presentation Slides: Understanding Loss and Damage in the Caribbean
Reports Referenced in the Webinar:
Climate Analytics
Loss and Damage Financing and Debt Sustainability: Advancing Justice and Equity in the Caribbean
https://climateanalytics.org/publications/loss-and-damage-financing-and-debt-sustainability-advancing-justice-and-equity-in-the-caribbean
UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
Strengthening National Responses to Loss and Damage – A Practical Guide
https://unepccc.org/publications/strengthening-national-responses-to-loss-and-damage/
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Comprehensive Climate Impact Quantification (C-CIQ) Toolkit
https://www.iied.org/22491iied
April 14, 2026
Presenter: Tabitha Stadler
Executive Director
Tabitha Stadler is the Executive Director of Environmental Protection in the Caribbean’s International operations including creating the vision, strategic plan and overseeing all aspects of mission implementation. She began this role in early 2019 and splits her time between South Florida and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Stadler’s career spans more than 30 years and encompasses leadership positions responsible for environmental education, science, research and policy.
She most recently served as Interim Sanctuary Director and Assistant Sanctuary Director at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary where she was responsible for all operations of the Sanctuary’s Blair Visitor Center as well supervising public and youth education, the volunteer and membership programs, and marketing for the 13,000-acre Sanctuary.
She previously worked ten years with the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, serving most recently as principal investigator and project manager for the three-year “Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary” project where she developed and secured funding and oversaw all aspects of its successful implementation, which included hydrologic modeling, habitat mapping, and social science research.
Organization: Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC)
Topic:
Promoting Caribbean Climate Resilience through Reducing Plastic Waste and Toxins in the Tourism and Food Service Industries
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March 19, 2026
Presenter: Dr. Ainka Granderson
Resilience Programme Manager
Dr. Ainka Granderson is a Trinidad and Tobago born and based climate defender. She is a climate change adaptation specialist and has over ten years of experience working in climate change and environmental management in the Caribbean and Pacific small island developing states (SIDS). Currently, she is Resilience Programme Manager at the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), overseeing the portfolio of projects on climate change and disaster resilience across the Caribbean region. She also co-convenes the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance, which brings together over 65 civil society organisations, grassroots leaders and activists, academics, creatives, media and other non-state actors to promote climate justice.
Ainka has a Ph.D. in Resource Management and Geography from the University of Melbourne, Australia, M.Sc. in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and B.A. (Hons) in Geography from the University of Cambridge, UK.
Organization: Caribbean Natural Resources Institute
Topic:
Generating Ambition for Locally Led Adaptation
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Partners
This webinar series is organized by the Adaptation and Loss & Damage Working Group of the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance.
