Pamela Chasek is professor of political science and director of the international studies program at Manhattan College. She is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles on international environmental policy, including most recently The Roads from Rio: Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Multilateral Environmental Negotiations. She is also the executive editor of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, a reporting service on United Nations environment and development negotiations.
David L. Downie is director of environmental studies and associate professor of political science at Fairfield University. Downie is also the author or editor of a variety of books, articles and book chapters on global environmental policy, his most recent work includes Climate Change: A Reference Handbook.
Janet Welsh Brown is a former policy analyst at the World Resources Institute, former executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, and a former member and chair of the board of directors of Friends of the Earth.