Matthew, an urban planner and specialist in green cities, has been a consultant and researcher for more than 20 years working from New York, Melbourne, and London. He is presently a Programme Manager at the UNEP Finance Initiative where he works with leading private investors and banks on innovative strategies and practices for the finance and management of sustainable property.

Chun Xia-Bauer is a project coordinator at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy in Germany. She has been working over 10 years in the field of environmental governance, sustainable low carbon city development, and building energy efficiency. Dr. Xia-Bauer has been leading various international cooperation projects with special focus on Asian countries funded by the German government, the European Commission, private foundations, multilateral development banks, the German Research Council, and the government of the People's Republic of China. Dr.