Ilona Jędrasik was appointed on October 1 by the Minister of Climate and Environment, Paulina Hennig-Kloska to the position of Deputy Director for Climate Change and International Cooperation at IOŚ-PIB. The nomination was presented by Deputy Minister, Krzysztof Bolesta.
Ilona Jędrasik is an expert in public policy and communication, social activist and manager. She has worked in the third sector for many years. She held chief positions in NGOs such as ClientEarth Poland (President of the Management Board), Reform Institute (Chairwoman of the Council), WWF Poland (Member of the Council), and the Polish Climate Coalition (Member of the Steering Committee).
She specialises in climate, energy, and air quality policy. At ClientEarth Poland, she directed the climate and energy team experienced in litigation and preparation of regulatory comments and proposals.
She accomplished her MSc in sociology at the University of Warsaw and completed postgraduate studies in foreign policy at Collegium Civitas and the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). In the years 2017-2021, she worked on a PhD thesis in the field of political science and administration at SGH Warsaw School of Economics. She attended and completed several courses, e.g. Legislative Process at the University of Warsaw and European Energy Transition at Florence School of Regulation. She is the author of numerous scientific and media publications.
For her work on climate protection, she was recognized as one of Forbes magazine’s 25 Female Sustainable Development Leaders (2021) and was chosen to be one of the European Leaders of the Obama Foundation (2022). She is a graduate of the School of Political Leaders.