Dr Stacy-ann Robinson is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College in the United States. Her scholarship investigates the human, social and policy dimensions of climate change adaptation in small island developing states, with a special focus on adaptation finance, an area in which she is a Certified Expert. She is a Contributing Author to Chapter 15 (Small Islands) of Working Group II's contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was released in February 2022.