Jean-Guy Bartaire first worked as an engineer in the manganese mines in Morocco from 1974 to 1978, then at the French Ministry of the Environment on the establishment of air pollution measurement and warning networks, until 1985. He then joined the European Commission (Directorate General Environment, Industrial Emissions Unit) to work on the implementation of the IPPC directives, IED, the definition of BAT (Best Available Techniques) … He joined in 1996 EDF to monitor environmental regulations and their impact on the electricity industry, in particular by chairing working groups within Eurelectric and Business Europe. With this experience, when he retired, he became the volunteer chairman of Citepa in 2016.

Jérôme Boutang, an agronomic engineer with a master’s degree in economics, worked until 2011 in the agri-food industry in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States in applied research and technology transfers between R&D and industry, and then as an international consultant on sustainability strategies. In 2011, Jérôme joined the association of independent experts, Citepa, as the General Director. He assists the French government, companies, and emerging developing countries in their fight against climate change under the Paris Agreement (notably articles 6 and 13). In France, he contributed to the development of decision-support tools based on big data, carbon accounting methods, and footprint assessment, as well as mitigation and adaptation metrics. He was a member of the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) of the UNFCCC between 2014 and 2020. Additionally, over the past fifteen years, he has developed expertise in cognitive biases at play in the perception of ecological threats and incentive strategies. He is the author of several works about evolutionary psychology.

Nadine Allemand has been Deputy Director of Citepa since 2011. After a degree in atmospheric sciences and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry, she joined Citepa in 1986. Nadine Allemand divides her time between technical and more administrative activities as well as foreign cooperation developments. She has a wide experience in pollution and policies and measures issues to reduce emissions, including air quality improvement and climate change mitigation. Among other tasks, she heads the techno-scientific secretariat of the “Task Force on Techno-Economic Issues (TFTEI)” of the Air Convention (CLRTAP) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and participates in many works within the framework of this Air Convention. Most recently, she has been responsible for technical assistance for the French Environment Ministry (MTES) on decision support for the development of the national strategy for the reduction of air pollutant emissions (PREPA) in France and for similar technical support in the Paris region for the Environment regional directorate (DRIEE) for the development of its atmosphere protection plan (“PPA Ile de France”). She was project manager of a France / Serbia twinning project for the implementation of the European regulation on a mechanism for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions (MMR). She is currently on projects related to the fight against air pollution in Serbia and Turkey.

With a degree in Physics Chemistry from PARIS VI, Jean-Pierre CHANG has been in charge of Citepa’s emission inventories since 2005. He became Deputy Director after having been heading, from 2011 to 2020, the “Transport and Mobility; Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry; Support and IT Developments Department”. Since the early 1990s, he has developed an internationally recognized expertise in the field of quantification of air emissions. He is a member of various working groups on quantification and validation of emissions and a UN-recognized expert for monitoring, reporting and verifying emissions.

Master of Air pollution management, Julien Vincent joined Citepa in 2002 after working in an analytical chemistry laboratory at CSULA, California (1999/2000). Due to the study of activities related to solvent emissions, non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) emissions and the costs of abatement techniques, Julien VINCENT became Deputy Inventory Manager in 2008 and then, head of the team in charge of energy balance, the manufacturing industry and the realization of carbon footprint (Bilan Carbone®), at the beginning of 2009. Since 2011, he is the head of the Energy and Industry Department.

Ghislaine Tandonnet Guiran has been working on environmental and sustainable development issues for more than 15 years, with a specialization in climate change since 2006. She is more particularly involved in the management of to climate change adaptation projects in France and internationally: in France, through the support of the Ministry of Ecology for the definition of the national adaptation plan and the evaluation of the associated costs, studies on the potential impacts of climate change for 6 regions (Medcie Grand Sud Est), climate plans energy for local communities, and internationally, on technical assistance missions to international organizations for the definition of adaptation strategies and programs as well as for the analysis and selection of projects (World Bank, UNEP, UNCDF, AFDB). She is also involved in putting together proposals with major donors for adaptation programs, in particular with the GCF. Its thematic areas of specialization are: urban adaptation, solutions based on nature, climate finance.

Graduated from Sciences Po Strasbourg in international relations and from the Master “Adaptation to climate change” of the University of Paris Saclay, Ludivine joined Citepa in March 2022 as a research engineer in the Climate Solutions team. She is involved in the implementation of projects with international donors and participates in capacity building missions in foreign countries. She works more specifically on the issue of international reporting and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of adaptation and related policies.

A graduate of Toulouse’s Paul Sabatier University with a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, specializing in Air Treatment, Romain joined Citepa in 2011. His work at Citepa focuses on carbon accounting, for which he is responsible for projects and studies. Romain has been trained in the Bilan Carbone® method and the ACT® methodologies developed by ADEME to support organizations in developing and defining their low-carbon strategy. He is also Secretary General of the Association pour la Transition Bas Carbone and a member of the governance committee of ADEME’s Base Empreinte and of the Pôle de Coordination National des BEGES réglementaire piloted by the French Ministry of Ecology.

An engineering graduate of Mines de Nancy, specializing in “Energy, Processes and Environment”, and of Polytechnique Montréal, Eponine joined Citepa at the beginning of 2023, in the Waste and Low-Carbon Transition team. Trained in the Bilan Carbone methodology, and the ACT Step by Step method, she carries out studies linked to greenhouse gas emission balances and low-carbon transition strategies for organizations. She also runs the Fresque du Climat workshop.

A graduate in Maritime Engineering from ENSTA ParisTech, Benjamin joined Citepa in 2018 in the Energy and Combustion team. He works on the PCAET air components of the French territories and is specialized in wood combustion, he also carries out the NAMEA (National Accounting Matrix with Environmental Accounts) report allowing him to have a transversal view on sectors emitting GHGs and atmospheric pollutants.

A graduate of the Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse with a Master’s degree in Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Sciences, Vincent Mazin joined Citepa in 2020 in the Waste, Energy and Low Carbon Transition unit. He works in particular on the estimation of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions related to waste and energy, as well as on the air components of the PCAETs for French territories.

Holder of master’s degrees in computer science, applied mathematics, and environmental physics, Niels Montanari joined Citepa in April 2021. He has previously worked internationally on research and development projects related to fluid simulation and flood and fire risk modelling. At Citepa, he is carrying out studies relating to corporate-level greenhouse gas emissions inventories and low-carbon transition strategies, taking part in producing national air emissions inventories for the energy sector, and developing a tool for building and optimising action plans and transition trajectories.

Natalia SIRINA-LEBOINE has a PhD in Geography (Irkutsk State University, Russia, 2009) and is an expert in air pollution. She joined Citepa in 2020 after working for higher education and research organizations in France, Russia and Germany. She has participated in the implementation and coordination of major projects in vegetal-based chemistry (MIT#1 and Evalbioraf, PIA PIVERT; Sorago, FUI) and electrical energy storage technologies (ABattReLife, ERA-NET) involving academic and industrial research organizations. Within Citepa, she heads the Air Pollution Mitigation Strategies (SAPA) team and develops cooperation in France and abroad, particularly in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Tamara Braish holds a Ph.D. in analytical and environmental chemistry from the University of Pau and the Adour Region (UPPA) in 2019. After six years of experience as a researcher in the field of indoor air pollution, Tamara has joined Citepa in June 2023 as a project engineer within the SAPA unit (Mitigation strategies for air pollution reduction). She contributes to various projects that focus on the emission of atmospheric pollutants and greenhouse gases associated with industrial solvent usage, as well as projects aimed at reducing Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions. Her responsibilities include providing technical support for estimating VOC emissions and developing Solvent Management Plans and Emission Control Schemes. Additionally, she actively participates in updating the inventory of industrial atmospheric emissions, conducting techno-economic studies for VOC emission reduction, and verifying GEREP declarations.

Rania KAMAR is an agronomy engineer specialized in ecology and management of natural ecosystems. She has a master’s degree in engineering and management of environmental projects from the University Paul Valéry 3 of Montpellier. She joined Citepa in March 2022 as a study engineer in the unit Strategies for Atmospheric Pollution Mitigation. Within Citepa, she participates in the update of the inventory of GHG emissions and pollutants in the air from industries. In addition, Rania is involved in studies related to strategies to reduce emissions of air pollutants. Within the framework of the air convention (CLRTAP) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), she participates in the work carried out by the TFTEI team (Task Force on Techno-Economic Issues).