Lisa Tostado (she/her) is the Agrochemicals and Fossil Fuel Campaigner in CIEL’s Fossil Economy Program, based in Paris. Her work focuses primarily on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides as interdependent inputs to a destructive corporate-controlled food production model that is contributing to catastrophic biodiversity collapse, toxic pollution, the violation of human rights, and global heating.
As such, she is connecting people across different movements (food systems, plastics, fossil fuels, climate, toxics and chemicals, …) to advocate for the need of a profound transformation to resilient, regenerative models that enhance food and energy sovereignty.
Prior to joining CIEL, Lisa worked at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU office, where she headed the international Climate, Trade and Agriculture Policy Program. She also gained experience in plastic waste management at the French Producer Responsibility Scheme for packaging, and worked for the institute for political education in Germany.
Lisa completed a B.A. in Political Science and Economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and the University of Ottawa, Canada. She then moved to France, where she gained a master’s degree in Environmental Policy from Sciences Po. During an exchange semester, she was part of the EU’s program on Environmental Diplomacy and Geopolitics from the University of Liège, Belgium, and Bratislava, Slovakia.
In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors (winter sports, stand-up paddling, biking, rollerblading, hiking, camping), dancing, juggling and playing the handpan. With her husband, she also runs a shelter project for refugees in Paris.
Agata Skrzypczyk is a journalist, public speaker and project manager specialized in renewable energy and sustainable development. She gained her experience as a project manager in the energy industry in Denmark, Canada and Poland. Skrzypczyk she publishes articles about energy markets and green technologies in various countries and runs her weekly radio broadcast. She advocates for energy democracy and citizen's role in energy transition in media, conferences and assemblies.
Daniel Argyropoulos has worked on energy transition topics with a focus on renewable energies in Greece for many years. He lived in Bristol, UK and in Athens and is now based in Berlin where he works at the Federal Ministry for the Environment since 2023.
senior international research fellow at the Institute for Resource and Security Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
Martin Keim is Advisor for Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition at the Brussels office of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) since June 2023.
Before, he worked as Head of Programme for European Energy Transition at the European Union office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Brussels from July 2019 to May 2023. He was responsible for all issues related to the ongoing energy transitions within Europe, including EU legislation, internal energy markets, digitalisation and external energy relations to third countries. He was also the chief executive editor of the European Mobility Atlas 2021.
Before joining the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, he worked as a research assistant at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin, also known as the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, within the project 'The Geopolitics of Energy Transformation'.
Prior to SWP, Martin gained experience in EU energy affairs within the private sector. His main topics included renewable energies legislation, digitalization, e-mobility charging infrastructure and CO2 emission targets.
Martin holds a BA in 'International and European Governance' from the University of Münster, and a MA in 'International and European Governance' and 'Strategy, Intelligence and Risk Management' from Sciences Po Lille and the University of Münster.