?José Ernesto Rangel Delgado holds a Russian Academy of Science PhD in Economics (1991). He is a Mexican Ministry of Education certified professor (Perfil PRODEP), member of the Researchers National System (SNI-I), and is a full time professor and senior researcher of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Colima. Dr. Rangel is an active participant in national and international conferences, and has authored an co-authored a variety of peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters related to human resource development and higher education, and employment policies in the Pacific Basin region. He is an active member of the Pacific Circle Consortium (PCC).Antonina Ivanova Boncheva is Professor and Senior Researcher at the Department of Economics and Director of APEC Studies Center, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, Mexico. She served as Vice Chair of the Working Group 3 Bureau of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),2008-2016, and is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and Mexican System of National Researchers. Professor Boncheva is the lead author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Nobel Prize Reward 2007), review editor of the Fifth Assessment Report and of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Renewable Energies, and lead author of the Sixth Assessment Report (2018-2022). She has also authored and edited a variety of books, book chapters and peer-reviewed articles, and is an active member of the Pacific Circle Consortium (PCC).