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Arifin Tasrif
Minister for Energy & Mineral Resources, Indonesia.
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Ronja Enders
Coordinator for Climate and Labour, Institute for Sustainable Regional Development in Europe (PECO). Ronja is Coordinator for Climate and Labour at the PECO Institute, a specialized institute within IG BAU - the German Trade Union for Construction Workers affiliated to Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) focusing on sustainability in construction and forestry, occupational health and safety, climate change, and worker relations. Her expertise lies in sustainable construction methods, materials, and their implications for the workforce. Prior to her current role, Ronja worked as a lobbyist for Volkswagen and Friends of the Earth Bavaria, bridging industry insights with environmental advocacy. She initially trained as a laboratory assistant in chemistry before pursuing academic studies in International Relations. Ronja has also been active in international labour movements, serving as a representative of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) in youth councils for both the...
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Melanie Slade
Senior Programme Manager, Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Programme. Melanie Slade has spent thirty years in energy efficiency policy development and implementation in many parts of the world. She started out working in the UK Government on industrial and appliance energy efficiency and has worked with many other governments to establish similar programmes, perhaps most notably, the Government of China since the 1990s. In 2007 Mel became the Chair of Australia and New Zealand’s Equipment Energy Efficiency programme and where she led the phase-out of inefficient lighting. Mel moved to the International Energy Agency in February 2014 to manage the Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Programme. Mel and her team work with policy makers in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Thailand to develop more effective energy efficiency policy, track its progress and assess its potential.
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Matthew Van der Beeuren
Former Energy Analyst.
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Ursula von der Leyen
President.
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Megan Woods
Minister of Energy and Resources. Megan Woods took office as New Zealand’s Minister of Energy and Resources in June 2017. Her other ministerial portfolios include Research, Science and Innovation. Prior to becoming a member of New Zealand’s parliament in 2011, Dr Woods worked at Plant & Food Research, a New Zealand-based science company.
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Jennifer Morgan
State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Germany.
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Christian Zinglersen
Former Head of the Clean Energy Ministerial Secretariat.
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Tom Howes
Former Head of Energy and Environment Division. Tom Howes is the head of the Energy and Environment Division at the International Energy Agency (IEA). His work involves leading the division analysing carbon pricing and other energy and climate policies, promoting best practice with IEA countries, COP26 and UN and bringing all the IEA’s energy transition expertise and analysis on projections, technologies and policies to the support of successful COP outcomes.
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Hans-Kristian Ringkjøb
Analyst consultant.
