Ottavio Quirico holds a Ph.D. in Law and a Master in International Relations from the University of Social Sciences of Toulouse. He is a professor and researcher at Perugia University for Foreigners, University of New England, ANU Centre for European Studies and European University Institute. He has been, inter alia, a Marie Curie Fellow at Université Panthéon-Assas, has acted as a consultant to the United Nations, and has taught and published extensively on international law and EU law and politics and climate change. Walter F. Baber holds a Ph.D.

in Political Science from the University of North Carolina and a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego. He is a professor in the Environmental Sciences and Policy Program at the Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration at California State University, Long Beach. He is, inter alia, a member of the Lead Faculty Group of the Earth System Governance Project and has an extensive background in international environmental research and teaching. Michael A. Adams hold degrees in economics and law from University College London. He is a Professor of Corporate Law and Governance at the University of New England, Law School. He specialises in international corporate governance, financial services, information governance, consumer protection (greenwash) and legal technology, and has taught and published extensively in these areas.