Dr Andrew Chilombo is a Climate Change and Natural Resources Management Specialist. Since 2009, he has been working with different institutions (including the Global Environment Facility, the World Bank Group, Adaptation Fund, UNEP, UNDP, FAO, AfDB, REC Caucasus) and NGOs on natural resources management and climate change projects in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). He has professional experience in project development and implementation technical skills, and the ability to build and manage strategic partnerships with development partners in different country contexts.

He has been designing and managing natural resources and climate change-related projects in SSA; mainstreaming them in development strategies and practices by working with international organisations, governments, NGOs and local communities. He has led inter-agency partnerships to develop climate change, biodiversity and land degradation-related projects in SSA. He has hand-on experience in conducting stakeholder consultations at national, regional and community levels to reflect different perspectives and priorities in project designs. He has professional level of written and spoken French and Swahili. Andrew holds a PhD Geography (University of Edinburgh, UK); an MSc Environmental Governance (Freiburg University, Germany); a BSc Agroforestry (Copperbelt University, Zambia); and a BA Philosophy (Urbaniana University, Italy).

Dr Brian P. Mulenga holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics, from Oklahoma State University, U.S.A, and is currently Research Fellow at IAPRI. Brian has nearly 10 years of research experience in policy research and analysis most of it in the agricultural, environmental and natural resources and social protection space. Brian's work draws from economic theory, and applies econometrics, statistics, and qualitative methods to demonstrate the agriculture-environment-natural resources nexus and the impact thereof on economic development and rural livelihoods. Brian conducts action-oriented research aimed at enhancing smallholder farmers participation in both domestic and export markets.

Brian's research extends to market risk mitigation mechanisms that are home-grown and tailor-made for smallholder farmers. Brian has led research on climate change and natural resources management in Zambia under USAID's Bureau for Food Security to determine the impact of climate change on smallholder agricultural productivity. Brian has also worked with Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to review and assess the impacts of CDKN's knowledge products on climate change policy and research agenda in Africa. Brian has a traceable peer review publication record and high-level policy presentation. Brian is highly proficient in the use of statistical packages including Stata, R, and SPSS, among others.

Dr Hambulo Ngoma is a Research Fellow and Lead, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI), Lusaka, Zambia. Hambulo Ngoma is a Development Economist with expertise in agricultural, climate change, environmental and natural resource economics.

His current research and policy engagements span the development-environmental nexus and include sustainable agricultural transformation, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable management of natural resources mainly land and forestry, REDD+, deforestation and climate resilience. Hambulo holds a PhD in Economics from the School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, an MSc in Applied and Agricultural Economics from the University of Malawi and a BSc in Agricultural Economics from the University of Zambia.

Lilly is a chartered accountant. She holds an MSc in Accounting from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and a full ACCA. She has practiced accounting since 2007. Lilly has worked for government, privately owned institutions and NGOs. Lilly served as treasury accountant for AAC mining and as Accountant for Times of Zambia. She has also served as accountant for non-governmental organisations such as Proclamation Institute of Zambia.

Dr Ngawo Namukonde a conservation biologist with many years of experience in science and technology. She holds a PhD Animal Ecology and Conservation from the University of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany), an MSc Conservation Biology from the National University of Malaysia (Malaysia), and a BSc Biological Sciences from the University of Zambia (Zambia).

Dr Namukonde has worked for the National Science and Technology Council, and for the Zambia Wildlife Authority where she headed the Research Unit for the Kafue Ecosystem.

She currently lectures in the School of Natural Resources, Copperbelt University (CBU) in Zambia. Also, she coordinates activities of the International Research School of the CBU African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining. Her research focuses on biodiversity conservation, and on the effects of environmental factors that act upon the various components and processes of biodiversity. She has competencies in ecological research, impact assessments, project management, monitoring and evaluation, protected area planning, and policy formulation. She has led studies including: ecological limitations for establishment of community conservancies; wildlife tourism facilities; assessment of Machiya-Fungulwe Game Management Area; Management Plans for Mumbwa, Mufunta and Chibwika-Ntambo Game Management Areas; and environmental and social impact assessments of various development projects.