Paul Ekins has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of London and is Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources at University College London. He was Deputy Director of the UK Energy Research Centre from 2014-2019. He was a Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution from 2002-2008. He is currently a member of UNEP’s International Resource Panel, for which he has lead reports on resource efficiency and critical minerals for the energy transition. He is currently Deputy Chair of the UK Government’s Circular Economy Task Force. Paul Ekins’ academic work, published in fourteen books, numerous articles and scientific papers, focuses on the conditions and policies for achieving an environmentally sustainable economy. His most recent book, published in 2024, is Stopping Climate Change: Policies for Real Zero (Routledge). In 1994 Paul Ekins received a Global 500 Award ‘for outstanding environmental achievement’ from the United Nations Environment Programme. In the UK New Year’s Honours List for 2015 he received an OBE for services to environmental policy.