Pablo Suarez is Associate director for research and innovation at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, as well as visiting fellow at Boston University, honorary senior lecturer at University College London, and faculty member at University of Lugano (Switzerland). He has consulted for the UN Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the World Bank, Oxfam America, and about twenty other international humanitarian and development organizations, working in more than 50 countries. His current work addresses institutional integration across disciplines and geographic scales, and the use of innovative tools for climate risk management – including the design of self-learning algorithms, financial instruments, participatory games, and artistic endeavors for learning and managing complex dynamic systems. Pablo holds a water engineering degree, a master’s in planning, and a Ph.D. in geography.