Dr Helmut Brand is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Public Health, at Maastricht University, Netherlands, and the founding director of the Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. His area of academic specialization is public health medicine. He has published several articles in national and international journals and received numerous awards. Dr. Neethi Rao is a consultant in health systems governance, at the World Health Organization South-East Asia regional office, Delhi, India; and adjunct faculty at the Institute of Public Health. Her area of academic specialization is health systems governance, intersectoral policy, and action on health and the environment. She has published several articles in national and international journals and received numerous awards. Dr.

Dhanasree Jayaram is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, MISHA, at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. Her area of academic specialization is climate politics, policy, and governance. She has published several articles in national and international journals and received numerous awards.