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Michel Heijdra
Vice Minister for Climate and Energy Policy.
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Samia Suluhu Hassan
President.
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Dr William Ruto
President of Kenya.
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James Opiyo Wandayi
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.
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Brian Motherway
Head of Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions Office. Brian Motherway is Head of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions at the IEA. He leads the Agency’s analytical and outreach programmes on energy efficiency worldwide, including a global programme of capacity building and engagement. He also oversees the Agency’s work on people-centred transitions, focusing on the social dimensions of energy policies, such as skills, social inclusion and energy affordability. Before joining the IEA, Brian was Chief Executive of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. He holds degrees in sociology and in engineering.
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Daniel Wetzel
Head of Tracking Sustainable Transitions Unit. Daniel Wetzel leads the newly created Tracking Sustainable Transitions unit within the World Energy Outlook, which tracks how policy measures are actually moving the needle on clean energy transitions, energy access, and energy employment. He was one of the lead author’s on the IEA’s Sustainable Recovery report, the IEA’s Sustainable Recovery Tracker, and coordinated IEA’s co-custodianship on Tracking Progress on Sustainable Development Goal 7.1: Universal Access. Daniel also oversees the employment and parts of the demand analysis in the annual World Energy Outlook. Prior to joining the IEA, Daniel worked at the Rocky Mountain Institute in their Beijing office, leading their Power Market Reform program, and also in Colorado, working on regional energy transition plans.
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Musa Erdogan
Energy Analyst.
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Ana Rovzar
Former Africa Programme Officer.
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Merab Birungi Byaruhanga
Project Manager and Policy Leader. Eng. Merab Birungi Byaruhanga is the Project Manager & head policy for the Promotion of Renewable and Energy Efficiency Programme at GIZ Energy & Climate cluster. The project focusses on policy interventions to support Government of Uganda in creating an enabling framework in energy sector, promotion of uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency with private sector, capacity building interventions for public & private sector and inclusion of energy aspects in planning processes for districts.Merab has over 10 years’ experience in implementation of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate projects with government, private sector, academia and development partners. She is passionate about mentoring young women in the energy sector.Merab is a registered engineer under the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers and is a member of the Federation of African Engineering Organization under the Governance committee.
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Ayisha Siddiqa
Youth Climate Advisor to UN Secretary General (US/Pakistan).
