Yulia Yamineva is Senior Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. She has published widely on international climate law and negotiations, and the science-policy interface in leading academic journals. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and worked for the UN Climate Change Convention Secretariat and the International Institute for Sustainable Development.Kati Kulovesi is a Professor of International Law at the University of Eastern Finland and Co-Director of the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and has published widely on international, EU, and national climate change law. She has also led several large multidisciplinary research projects, including the ClimaSlow project funded by the European Research Council to which this book relates.Eugenia Recio is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. She has extensively worked on international, Latin American and national climate law with a focus on biodiversity, forests and safeguards. She has published on these and other environmental subjects in leading academic journals.