Vladimir V. Klimenko is a Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Global Energy Problems Laboratory, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University). He is author of 11 books and over 200 papers on thermal physics, energy and environment interactions, climate change, geography and history, including monographs Climate: Lost Chapter of the World History (2010), Cold Climate of the Early Subatlantic Epoch in the Northern Hemisphere (2004), Climate of the Medieval Warm Epoch in the Northern Hemi-sphere (2001), Energy, Nature and Climate (1997). He is a laureate of the Russian National Award in environmental studies (2007) and Alexander von Humboldt Award.