Dina Hestad is a Research Advisor for cCHANGE, a research-based enterprise in Oslo that offers knowledge and inspiration for transformations in a changing climate. She has a decade of experience researching and advising NGOs, businesses, and governments from around the world on promoting climate change adaptation and transformations, including working with the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and UNDP’s Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People. Dina holds: a DPhil from the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute where she researched how ‘Sustainability-Oriented Hybrid Organisations’ help promote sustainability transformations in cities; a Masters of Environment from the University of Melbourne where she focussed on climate finance in the Pacific; and a Bachelor of Human Geography from the University of Oslo. In her spare time, she enjoys powerlifting, travelling, scuba diving, and mountain hiking.