Bedřich Moldan, Professor at the Charles University in Prague where he teaches, he also founded the Environment Center and was its Director from 1991 to 2014. He is also a member of several scientific and public policy bodies. His experience includes research on indicators of sustainable development (published two monographs commissioned by SCOPE) and various aspects of science-policy interface. He started his public life as the first Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic in 1990. Between the years 2004–2010 he served as the Senator of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. From 2003 he is a member of the Governmental Council for Sustainable Development. He held various international positions including Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (2001) and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency (2000–2006).