Dr. Majid Shafie-Pour was trained in mechanical engineering in the U.K., with specializations in the application of alternative sources of energy for heavy-duty engines, and in environmental and air pollution engineering. He spent the early part of his academic career in various Faculty positions at Universities in the U.K (Bath and Brunel) and at the University of Tehran. Dr. Shafie-Pour is a member of the Board of the Faculty of Environment of the University of Tehran. He is a member of the Governing Council of the Iranian Department of the Environment since 1998. He has served as an Executive Director in a number of World Bank sponsored projects on environmental issues in Iran, and advised on or headed numerous national, regional and city projects on air pollution, climate change, waste recycling & composting, and general environmental management. He represented his country as Head if the Iranian Delegation to the UNFCCC (COP8) in 2002. Currently, he is a National Consultant of the UNDP/UNEP/Department of the Environment of Iran International Project on Climate Change in Iran. He is a member of the National Committee on Sustainable Development of Iran.