Alexander Carius, Dipl.-Pol., is the director of Ecologic, Centre for International and European Environmental Research in Berlin. His work focuses on issues of European and international environmental policy, particularly on the links between environmental policy and development, foreign and security policy. He acts as a consultant and adviser to government institutions and international organizations.
Kurt M. Lietzmann, Ass. jur., is leader of the project "Environment and Security in an International Context" at the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. He was co-director of the NATO/CCMS Pilot Study on "Environment and Security in an International Context".