Edmond Totin is a social scientist with expertise in agricultural innovation, climate adaptation, and governance. He is a senior lecturer at Université Nationale d’Agriculture du Bénin and has worked at ICRISAT and Climate Analytics GmbH. Edmond contributed as a Coordinating Lead Author to the IPCC's AR6 Africa Chapter.

Ileana Ávalos Specialist in policy and governance, coordinating the PARES Project (EU-UNEP), which focuses on the nexus of peace, security, and climate change. Has led governance strategies, institutional strengthening, and multi-stakeholder engagement in Latin America for policy formulation. Andrea Zamora Climate adaptation specialist developing participatory tools for vulnerability analysis and local adaptation strategies. She has worked on NbS and climate services in Mesoamerica and Africa, focusing on user-centered solutions and implementation across diverse socio-ecological systems. Pablo Imbach Environmental scientist specializing in climate services, land-use change modeling, and ecosystem-based adaptation for agriculture and water management. His research focuses on climate risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, and quantitative modeling of water-soil-ecosystem interactions to support climate action and decision-making across scales in Latin America. Lasmit Ceron Forest engineer pursuing a master's degree at CATIE. She has experience in forest conservation, ecosystem services, REDD+, forest carbon, remote sensing & GIS, food systems, and sustainable agriculture.

Dr. Hasan is a dedicated urban policy analyst, tertiary teacher, and researcher examining sustainable urban and environmental policy and contemporary climate change crises and issues in this rapidly changing world. He is currently working as a Research Fellow of CUSP, UK, and a Research Partner with the SCCI group, UC.

Conor Twyford has a background working in various roles in the community sector. She is currently undertaking a PhD with the University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. Her research explores whether children and young people’s rights in climate change can be advanced through deliberative processes like climate assemblies.