Biography: Carole Excell is the Project Director, The Access Initiative at the World Resources Institute working on access to information, public participation and access to justice issues around the world with more than 12 years of professional development experience. She has worked in the Caribbean, Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia, on toxic pollution of water and air, forestry protection, developing and implementing right to information laws and effective public participation systems,  and building civil society capacity to advocate for environmental justice. Carole Excell is an Attorney-at-law with a LLB from the University of the West Indies and Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School, Mona. She has a Masters Degree in Environmental Law from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.