Julian Popov

 

Julian Popov – Minister of Environment and Water

 

Julian Popov is a senior fellow at the European Climate Foundation, chairman of the Building Performance Institute Europe, and former interim minister of environment of Bulgaria. He served as Bulgaria’s goodwill ambassador for energy and climate policy and energy security advisor to the President of Bulgaria.

Julian Popov is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the Advisory Board of Climate KIC, and the boards of several other energy and climate related organisations. He is one of the founders and currently member of the Board of Trustees of the New Bulgarian University, as well as co-founder of the Tunisian School of Politics. Julian Popov has twice been ranked by EurActiv as one of the 40 most influential voices in European energy policy. His articles on climate and energy policy have been published by the Financial Times, Project Syndicate, NS Energy Monitor, The Independent, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, EurActiv, and others.

He is the author of two books and co-author of the books “The European Supergrid” and “Energy and Climate Diplomacy”.