Vositha Wijenayake

Executive Director

SLYCAN Trust Global

Vositha is an attorney-at-law specialising in public international law, with a focus on international environmental law, UN human rights law, refugee law and EU law. She has over a decade of experience in working on climate change, at national and international level. Vositha is a member of the national expert committee on climate change adaptation of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, national expert on vulnerability and adaptation measures for the Third National Communication of Sri Lanka to the UNFCCC for the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, and is a delegate focusing on compliance, adaptation, loss and damage, and gender for the Sri Lankan delegation to the UNFCCC since 2016. She is also a consultant to the UNFCCC national adaptation plans and policy unit, and worked as a country support consultant to the UNDP NAP Global Support Programme. Vositha has an LLM in public international law from University College London, and an LLB from University of London. ‍

Dennis Mombauer

Director: Research & Knowledge Management

SLYCAN Trust Global

Dennis has close to a decade of experience working in research, and management and administration in the private sector as well as two years in coordination in the development sector. His research focuses on ecosystem-based adaptation, sustainable development, climate migration, and other topics related to climate change. He has published articles about these topics in numerous places, for example Earth Island Journal, Mongabay, The Environmental Blog, Daily FT, and Colombo Telegraph. He holds degrees in Education, English Studies, and Philosophy from the University of Cologne, Germany, and has additional qualifications in GIS mapping, video editing, translation, and publishing. ‍

Magdalena Mirwald

Programme Manager for Climate Resilience and Risk Management

Magdalena Mirwald serves as Programme Manager for Climate Resilience and Risk Management at SLYCAN Trust. She is an expert on disaster risk management and finance, and climate policy. Magdalena has extensive experience in project management and multi-stakeholder engagement, ranging from civil society collaboration to national governments and international organizations and processes. She has conducted policy-oriented research, capacity building, and advocacy on human mobility, national adaptation policies, loss and damage, and climate risk insurance.

Mareer Mohamed Husny

Global Fellow

Global

Mr. Mareer Mohamed Husny has more than two decades of experience on advising environmental safeguard issues in small island sates. Mr. Husny has expertise on area of environmental conservation, sustainable development, climate change adaptation and mitigation. Mr. Husny has a wealth of experience within UNFCCC climate negotiations. He served at Government of Maldives at senior positions and part of the Maldivian Delegation to climate change negotiations. Mr. Husny also served as Lead Negotiator for AOSIS from 2015 – 2018 and was a part of the team that delivered historic Paris Agreement and its rule package. Mr. Husny served as a member of the Technology Executive Committee from 2016 – 2023 and served as chair and vice-chair of TEC in 2020 and 2021 respectively. Currently Mr. Husny is a member of the Consultative Group of Experts under UNFCCC. Recently, Mr. Husny served as Senior Climate Advisor to Samoa during 2023 to 2024. Mr. Husny has worked with several international organization including UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, USAID, GIZ, ADB and UNEP.