Dr Michael Allis is a climate and coastal consultant with professional consulting experience throughout New Zealand and the wider Pacific. Michael's work focuses on climate risk assessment, adaptation strategies, coastal hazards, and community resilience.

Richard is a Chartered Professional Engineer and Technical Director: Coastal Engineering with post graduate qualifications in the field of management, coastal processes and multi hazard risk assessments including climate change and adaptation responses.

Rafeah is Associate Professor of Resource Science and Technology at University of Malaysia, Sarawak (UNIMAS). Her research focuses on waste utilization technology, particularly in waste processing and biochar applications. Her other research interests are transformative curriculum, service learning, and community-based participatory research (CBPR).

Monica is Executive Director of Torngat Wildlife, Plants and Fisheries Secretariat, Canada. She has vast experience in working with communities, organizations and governments on various issues related to human dimensions of land, sea and wildlife in South and North America, and Europe.

David Monk is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Humanities at Gulu University (Uganda), and honorary Associate Professor in the school of Education at the University of Nottingham (UK). David is a special advisor to the UNESCO Chair in Lifelong Learning Youth and Work and coordinator of the UNESCO Knowledge for Change (K4C) African Centre for Training in community based participatory (action) research.

Shailesh is Chief Functionary of Himalayan Action Research Centre (HARC), Uttarakhand, India. He is having more than 20 years of diverse experience in improving livelihoods of rural poor and marginalized ranging from implementing field level programs, planning & implementation of livelihoods improving project.

Rajesh is Founder-President of PRIA which has trained thousands of practitioners and students internationally in values. He is also Co-Chair of UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, with Prof. Budd Hall (University of Victoria) since 2012, and is currently co-leading DECODE project.