Francisco Ferreira is an Associate Professor with the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of the NOVA School of Science and Technology and a researcher in CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research. He holds a degree in Environmental Engineering from FCT NOVA, a master's degree from Virginia Tech, USA and a PhD from NOVA Lisboa. He has been developing work in the areas of air pollution, climate change, and sustainable development. In the last years, he was one of the coordinators of the technical work for the 2050 Carbon Neutrality Roadmap and the National Climate and Energy Plan 2030 for Portugal, including the current revision of both documents. He is also the President of the national environmental non-governmental organisation ZERO – Association for the Sustainability of the Earth System.