Dr Andrzej Kassenberg is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Sustainable Development, and co-founder of the Polish Energy Efficiency Foundation. He was granted a master’s degree in geography and a doctoral degree in technical sciences. For many years he has been engaged in scientific activities as a sustainable development policy expert and lectured at many Polish and American universities. He was the initiator and first chairman of the Environmental Impact Assessment Commission at the Ministry of Environment in Poland and served over the years 1991-1995 and 1999 up to 2010 as a member of the Environmental and Social Council of the President (EBRD). He is Chairperson of The Board of Directors of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe and currently involved in projects with focus on climate change and energy and transport. Winner of several awards, including the Scientific Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences, he has been rewarded “Man of the Year 2005” of Polish Ecology. Between 2000 and 2010 he contributed to more than 60 publications, reports and papers.