Global Sustainability Challenge Webinar: Adaptation & Resilience Overview (2)

​🌍Global Sustainability Challenge: Overview on Adaptation and Resilience theme

​​​Interested in participating in the Global Sustainability Challenge and eager to learn more about Adaptation and Resilience? Join us for a one-hour webinar that provides an overview of Adaptation and Resilience, one of the two themes of our inaugural Global Sustainable Challenge!

​As well as an overview from Alyssa, the session will include a live Q&A: Get your questions answered in real time.

​​​📅 Event Details

• ​​​Date: 9 Oct 2025 (Thursday)

• ​​​Time: 17.00-18.00 United Kingdom (BST)

​​🎤 Speaker Bio

​​​Alyssa Gilbert Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College, Co-Director of the Sustainability School of Convergence Science at Imperial College, Director of Undaunted - a partnership between the Royal Institution & Imperial

​​Alyssa Gilbert is the Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London where she leads on climate change and sustainability innovation activities, linking students, staff and alumni to opportunities to make a difference. She is the Director of Undaunted, a collaborative climate innovation activity between Imperial and the Royal Institution. Alyssa is the co- founder of the UK Universities Climate Network (formed to bring together UK academic expertise on climate change ahead of the COP26 negotiations). Alyssa co-convened a Master’s programme on Cleantech Innovation. Alyssa was the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute. Prior to Imperial, she worked at a specialist energy and climate consultancy for nearly 12 years on a range of climate change mitigation and adaptation topics. She has also been a member of the Natural Environment Council’s Advisory Network.