Gustavo Sosa-Nunez is Associate Professor with the Research Programme in International Cooperation, Development and Public Policy of the Dr. José María Luis Mora Research Institute (Instituto Mora) in Mexico City. He received his PhD in Politics from the University of East Anglia. His research interests focus on international environmental cooperation, environmental and climate change policies at regional level (European Union and North America) and national level – with air quality and ocean policies both of a particular interest. He is a member of the Mexican Research Network on International Cooperation and Development (REMECID), among other research associations.

Ed Atkins is a PhD Candidate in Energy, Environment & Resilience at the University of Bristol. His doctoral research is focused on the competing perceptions of the environment and, in particular, water and how such understandings interact and compete within discourse – utilising the case study of dam construction in contemporary Brazil.