Michal Nekvasil contributes to designing climate change policy at the Directorate General for Climate Action of the European Commission. During the Czech EU Presidency in 2022, he drafted the EU Common Position for COP27, and organized a major conference on Climate Resilient Landscapes in Prague. Prior to that, he was designing and implementing climate-related projects in numerous countries, working for various organizations: People in Need, UNDP, World Bank, Czech Development Agency, and others. Formerly, he worked at the Directorate General for the Environment, as Deputy Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Georgia, and as Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Nicaragua and Central America. He has a PhD. in ´Environmental Studies´ from the Charles University in Czechia.