May 27 - 10:45 AM
<strong>Times:</strong> Wednesday, May 27, 10:00am EDT</br>
<strong>Description:</strong> The Three Percent Club, launched at the 2023 Climate Action Summit, is a coalition of countries and supporting companies and organizations that have committed to work together to put the world on a path to three percent annual energy efficiency improvement. This virtual roundtable will focus on the importance of maintaining climate and energy efficiency goals during the current public health and economic crisis. Presenters will discuss the Three Percent Club’s goals within the context of the COVID-19 crisis and how its collaborative platform can provide support to countries as they navigate the current economic and geopolitical situation and look ahead at plans for the coming recovery. </br>
<strong>Speakers:</strong> Moderator: Steve Kukoda, Executive Director, International Copper Association Panelists: Mark Radka, Chief, Energy and Climate Branch/Economy Division/United Nations Environment Programme; Ghislaine Kieffer, Policy Analyst, Efficiency Division, International Energy Agency; Terry McCallion, Director, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Brian Dean, Lead, Energy Efficiency and Cooling, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll)</br>
<strong>Bios:</strong></br>
<strong> Steve Kukoda, Executive Director, International Copper Association</strong></br>
Steve Kukoda joined the International Copper Association (ICA) in 2004 and is currently the organization’s Executive Director. Steve also serves as ICA’s Corporate Secretary. Steve develops and maintains relationships with organizations external to the copper industry, including governments, intergovernmental organizations, the United Nations, the Alliance to Save Energy, Sustainable Energy For All, and more. ICA is the co-founder of United For Efficiency (U4E, www.united4efficiency.org), which is focused on transforming developing world economies towards energy efficiency. Steve is based in Washington, DC.</br>
<strong> Brian Dean, Lead, Energy Efficiency and Cooling, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll)</strong> </br>
Brian Dean joined Sustainable Energy for All as Head of Energy Efficiency and Cooling in September 2023. Brian has more than 22 years of experience in energy efficiency including supporting governments and organizations globally with energy efficiency policy, analysis and demonstration projects. Prior to joining SEforALL, Brian was an official at the International Energy Agency where he was the lead for Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Prior to joining the IEA, Brian was head of Energy Efficiency Policy and Analytics at ICF International and has education in engineering, architecture and political science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</br>
<strong> Ghislaine Kieffer, Policy Analyst, Efficiency Division, International Energy Agency</strong></br>
Ghislaine Kiefferis a Policy Analyst working on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Integration at the International Energy Agency (IEA). In this role, she also leads the cities work in the IEA’s Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies (E4) programme. She has over fifteen years of experience in various international organisations (WB, IEA, IRENA), and a multidisciplinary understanding of sustainable energy policies at the international, national and city level. In recent years, she has focused on the role of cities in the global energy transition and has gained new knowledge and insights on the nexus of cities and low-carbon energy notably through a Master in Urban Planning at McGill University. Prior to this, she worked in the Policy Unit at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) where she authored and contributed to a range of publications on specific knowledge gaps, such as Renewable Energy and Jobs, Socio-economic Benefits, and Renewable Energy in Cities. While at the IEA from 2006 to 2011, she was the Programme Manager for Latin America, and promoted closer engagement with the region by establishing high-level cooperation programs with Brazil, Chile and Mexico.</br>
<strong> Mark Radka, Chief, Energy and Climate Branch/Economy Division/United Nations Environment Programme</strong></br>
Mark Radka heads UN Environment’s Energy and Climate Branch, where he manages the organization’s efforts to link the global energy and environment agendas. UN Environment’s focus is on helping countries reduce emission of greenhouse gases through broad cooperative efforts and supporting engagement by the financial industry in the sustainable energy sector. Mark has a special interest in the technology needs of developing countries and was a coordinating lead author of the IPCC’s Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer. Before joining UNEP he worked on domestic and international environmental programmes with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World Bank, and was a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand.</br>
Mark received a Master of Public Policy degree in Environmental Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, a M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a S.B. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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