Paulo Lemos

Background

About Paulo Lemos

2023- 2024 President of the jury for circular economy of the Premio Nacional Sustentabilidade Jornal negócios https://sustentabilidade.negocios.pt/premio/ 2017-2023 - Policy officer at DG Environment dealing with plastics (including chemical recycling, single use plastics and microplastics), ecodesign, product policy, digital and product passport; Secretary of State of the Environment from 2013 to 2015; Deputy Director General of the Portuguese Environmental Agency (2012) Member of the Management Board of the ECHA and the EU Eco-Innovation High Level Group (2012) Climate and Environmental Attaché in the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the EU (2005- 2011); Guest lecturer of Law at the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (1993-2003); Member of the Portuguese Economical and Social Committee (1994-1996); Vice-president of the Portuguese Association for Environmental Law (1990-1992); Member of the Governing Board of the Portuguese Environmental Institute (1988-1996); Adviser to the Minister of Environment and participated in the Rio 92 UN Conference (1991-1993); Founder and president of the environmental NGO GEOTA. Publications Participation Rights of the Citizens in the Environmental Field in Portugal” 1991 pubished by the OKO INSTITUT, Germany; Responsible for the revision and translation to Portuguese of the “Handbook and Guidelines for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development” UNDP; The Convention on the Protection of Environment through Criminal Law - Revista Jurídica do Urbanismo e Ambiente - N.º 20 – December 2003; In collaboration – Dictionary of European Union Terms, Alêtheia Editores, 2006. In collaboration – Comments to the Treaty of Lisbon – Almedina, 2012 Environment in the UE Treaties Temas de Integração,Almedina, 2011 The Circular Economy as a factor of resilience and competitivity in the Lisbon Region, CCDRLVT, 2018