Nuno Lacasta has worked on environment and sustainable development for about 24 years in Europe and in the United States of America. He has been in public service since 2002, including as Executive Board President of the Portuguese Environment Agency since 2012. In this capacity Mr Lacasta has been serving as Management Board and Bureau member of the European Environment Agency, and as OECD Environmental Policy Committee’s Vice-Chair. Between 2006 and 2012 he was Portugal’s Climate policy Director and Portuguese Carbon Fund Coordinator. Between 2004 and 2007 Mr Lacasta was Director for International Affairs at the Portuguese Environment Ministry. Nuno has lectured widely in Europe and the US, namely as Adjunct Professor of Environmental Policy and Law at the New University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Science and Technology (2004-12) and Visiting Lecturer of European and Environmental Law and European Climate Change Law at the American University’s Washington College of Law- WCL/AU (2007-11). He has also for several years provided consulting services to the UN, the OECD, the European Commission, NGOs, corporations and foundations. Nuno Lacasta is a graduate of Lisbon University’s Law Faculty and a post-graduate (LLM) from WCL/AU.