Shuaib Lwasa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography Geoinformatics and Climatic sciences at Makerere University. Shuaib has over 20 years of university teaching and research working on inter-disciplinary research projects. Recent works are the fields of mitigation of climate change, adaptation of cities to climate change, urban environmental management, spatial planning, and disaster risk reduction, urban sustainability with links to livelihood systems and vulnerability to DRR. Shuaib is a Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC WG III Chapter 8 “Urban Systems and Human Settlements” and Lead Author for the IPCC Special report on Land and Climate Change.