Venkatachalam Anbumozhi is a Senior Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia. He has published widely on natural resource management, climate-friendly infrastructure design, and private sector participation in green growth. He was invited as a member of the APEC Expert Panel on Green Climate Finance and the ASEAN Panel for promoting climate-resilient growth. He has taught courses on resource management, international cooperation, and development finance.

Kaliappa Kalirajan is a Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, Australia. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Madras School of Economics, India and International University of Japan, Japan. His major areas of interest include macroeconomic and trade policies, sources of growth, regional cooperation in low-carbon energy systems, and technology issues in emerging Asian countries. He has released 150 publications in those areas in refereed academic and policy journals, and has authored and edited 15 books.

Fukunari Kimura has been a Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000 and Chief Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) since 2008. His major research interest is in international trade and development economics. In particular, he has recently been active in writing on international production networks and economic integration in East Asia.