Savio Rousseau Rozario is currently working as a Program Coordinator at the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD). With more than four years of experience in the development sector, Savio’s research interest lies in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Locally-led Adaptation (LLA), and Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Before joining ICCCAD, he served as a Researcher at the BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health and the International Center for Diarrheal Diseases Research Bangladesh (icddr,b). Savio has an MS in Disaster Management from the University of Dhaka and a second Master’s (M.Sc.) in Climate Change and Development from the Independent University Bangladesh (IUB). He has completed his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree majoring in Environmental Science and Environmental Management with a minor in Population Environment from IUB with the prestigious distinction ‘Summa Cum Laude’.

Ibis Marisol García Apagüeño, a Kichwa of the Tupac Amaru native community, is the president of FEPIKECHA, and a member of several Indigenous women’s associations, including the association of Indigenous women sinchi warmikuna (strong women), and the network of women guardians and defenders of water yaku warmikuna.

Wilmer Reyes is the Director of Research at the Honduras Sustainable Development Network, where he focuses on holistic, just, and participatory development for marginalized communities, including Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples. Having led more than 15 socio-environmental research and development projects, he currently leads a research project on civic space and climate justice funded by the IDRC.

Steven Schnoor is Senior Program Specialist with the Democratic and Inclusive Governance division at Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), working principally in Latin America. He was previously Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Conservation and Development Alternatives (CICADA) at McGill University, and has taught with the Dept. of Communication Studies at Concordia University, Montreal.

Yanet Velasco Castillo, an Indigenous Asháninka leader, serves on the Board of Directors of CARE, an organisation which defends the rights of 45 Native Communities of the Ene River basin. She works to advance the collective commitment of the Asháninka people to a harmonious, prosperous future for communities, where traditions and territories are respected.