Shumba, Dorcas Stella
Parekhelashvili, Mariam
Buri, Sinja
Roy, Linda Du
Katwaroo, Sarita
Kohler, Dirk
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Program (Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Program)
Article History
Received: 23 December 2024
Accepted: 6 May 2026
First Online: 9 September 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: This study was exempt from formal ethical approval as it involved expert interviews with professionals and did not collect sensitive personal data. The research was conducted in accordance with established ethical standards for social science research.
Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study prior to the interviews. Participants were informed about the purpose of the research, the voluntary nature of participation, and the confidentiality of their responses. To ensure anonymity, interviewees are not identified by name or organisation in the manuscript.