Shobhakar Dhakal is a Professor at Asian Institute of Technology, previously served as Vice President (Academic Affairs) and Dean. He is a Coordinating Lead Author of many IPCC Assessment Reports and specializes in areas of climate change and cities, energy transition and climate policy modeling, climate finance, and sustainable development.

Dr Juan Liang a Senior Academic at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and an adjunct fellow at the Media and Communication Department, University of Canterbury. Dr Donald Matheson is a Professor at the Media and Communication Department, University of Canterbury.

Ma. Theresa L. Carampatana, former National President of the Homeless Peoples' Federation Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI), is a dedicated community organizer and social activist with over 20 years of experience advocating for the rights of slum dwellers. Carampatana's work emphasizes collaboration between local communities, government authorities, and civil society to improve housing conditions and development.

Manuela Di Mauro is an expert advisor on climate, environment and infrastructure in the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and currently leads the research portfolio under the Climate Adaptation and Resilience initiative (CLARE).

Suzanne Carter is the head of the CLARE Research for impact (R4I) Hub, based at SouthSouthNorth. The R4I Hub supports CLARE project teams to strengthen their research for impact capability through a learning agenda and synthesis of lessons. Funds knowledge brokering opportunities to maximise the uptake of existing knowledge/research. Manuela Di Mauro is an expert advisor on climate, environment and infrastructure in the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and currently leads the research portfolio under the Climate Adaptation and Resilience initiative (CLARE). Ma. Theresa L. Carampatana, former National President of the Homeless Peoples' Federation Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI), is a dedicated community organizer and social activist with over 20 years of experience advocating for the rights of slum dwellers. Carampatana's work emphasizes collaboration between local communities, government authorities, and civil society to improve housing conditions and development. Kate Strachan is Senior Manager: Climate Change Resilience, Coastal Management and DRR at ICLEI Africa. She has worked with and for local governments to build climate resilience, developing climate adaptation plans, and identifying challenges and opportunities associated with natural assets to overcome shocks and stressors associated with climate change. Gina Ziervogel is Director of the African Climate and Development Initiative and Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation and development with a focus on urban governance, water and transdisciplinary approaches. John Thompson is a resource geographer and a Senior Research Fellow in Rural Futures at the Institute of Development Studies, UK. His work focuses sustainability dynamics in complex, diverse and risk-prone environments, the political ecology of structural transformations and the governance of food and water systems. Shobhakar Dhakal is a Professor at Asian Institute of Technology, previously served as Vice President (Academic Affairs) and Dean. He is a Coordinating Lead Author of many IPCC Assessment Reports and specializes in areas of climate change and cities, energy transition and climate policy modeling, climate finance, and sustainable development. Sherine El-Wattar serves as Science Network Officer for the Working Group II TSU of the IPCC for the seventh assessment cycle. She organises engagement with various scientific and stakeholder networks to increase uptake of results of the Special Report on Cities and other IPCC reports by governments and societal organisations.

Dr Gilbert Siame is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Zambia (UNZA). Dr Siame investigates the complex state-society relations in co-production engagements in the cities of the global South and has published widely on urban co-production, informality, climate and cities.

John Thompson is a resource geographer and a Senior Research Fellow in Rural Futures at the Institute of Development Studies, UK. His work focuses sustainability dynamics in complex, diverse and risk-prone environments, the political ecology of structural transformations and the governance of food and water systems.