Technical Working Group 1: Energy Access
Co-Leads: UNDP, UN OHRLLS and the World Bank
This theme will address the need and means for accelerated actions towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking, as well as heating/cooling and other energy services.
| Members | Titles & Affiliations |
|---|---|
| Mr. Madhusudhan Adhikari | Executive Director, Alternative Energy Promotion Centre |
| Mr. Sohel Ahmed | Managing Director, Grameen Shakti |
| Ms. Mary Anderson | Policy Advisor, UK Mission to the United Nations |
| Ms. Ladé Araba | Managing Director, Convergence Africa |
| Ms. Raffaella Bellanca | Senior Energy Advisor, World Food Programme |
| Mr. Morten Houmann Blomqvist | Chief Advisor, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Mr. Mark Carrato | Coordinator, Power Africa, USAID |
| Ms. Divina Chingcuanco | Senior Energy Policy Specialist, RTI International |
| Ms. Deborah Cornland | Program Manager, Energy Specialist, Unit for Global Cooperation on Environment at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| Mr. Ashvin Dayal | Senior Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation |
| Mr. Denis Derushkin | Head of Department, Russian Energy Agency |
| Ms. Christine Egan | CEO, Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP) |
| Mr. Solomone Fifita | Manager, PCREEE |
| Ms. Kaci Ghania | Deputy Director of Electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Algeria |
| Mr. Nicolas Guichard | Deputy Head of Energy Unit, AFD |
| Ms. Svitlana Karpyshyna | Acting Head of Eastern Partnership Assistance Unit, Energy Community |
| Mr. Adam Kendall | Partner, McKinsey |
| Ms. Shazia Khan | CEO and CoFounder, EcoEnergy |
| Ms. Jacqueline Kimeu | International Coordinator, Access Coalition |
| Ms. Dymphna van der Lans | CEO, Clean Cooking Alliance |
| Ms. Chebet Lesan | Founder and CEO, BrightGreen Renewable Energy, Ltd. |
| Mr. Guangqing Liu | Director, China Alliance for Clean Cookstoves |
| Ms. Francesca Manenti | Senior Analyst - Centro Studi Internazionali |
| Mr. Vijay Modi | Professor, The Earth Institute at Columbia University |
| Ms. Nthabiseng Mosia | Chief Commercial Officer, Easy Solar (Sierra Leone & Liberia) |
| Ms. Yewande Olagbende | CEO, Solad Power |
| Ms. Sheila Oparaocha | Coordinator, ENERGIA |
| Ms. Cathy Oxby | Chief Commercial Officer, Africa GreenCo |
| Mr. Sam Parker | Director, Shell Foundation |
| Mr. Ignacio Perez-Arriaga | Professor, Instituto de Investigacion Tecnologica (IIT), Universidad Pontificia Comillas |
| Mr. Koen Peters | Executive Director, GOGLA |
| Mr. Jeff Prins | Head of Renewable Energy, IKEA Foundation |
| Mr. Hafeez Rehman | Director India, VITO; CEO, VITO Arabia LLC |
| Mr. Wale Shonibare | Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy & Regulations, Power, Energy, Climate & Green Growth Complex; African Development Bank |
| Mr. Stefano Signore | Head of Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, EU Commission – DG DEVCO |
| Ms. Kristina Skierka | CEO, Power for All |
| Ms. Natalia Soebagjo | Chair, Publish What You Pay Indonesia |
| Mr. Beniamin Strzelecki | Global focal point, SDG7 Youth Constituency |
| Ms. Anahí Urquiza | Professor at Chile University; Researcher at the Centre of Science Climate and Resilience; and Coordinator of the Energy Poverty Network |
| Mr. Frank van der Vleuten | Policy Coordinator Climate Finance and Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands |
| Ms. Saskia Werther | Program Manager, Doen Foundation |
| Ms. Davida Wood | Lead for Energy Access & Energy Governance Practice, WRI |
| Mr. Yongping Zhai | Energy Sector Chief, Asian Development Bank |
Note: In addition to the Members listed below, the technical focal points of UN-Energy organisations will by default participate in any of the Technical Working Groups, as and where relevant.
May 2021
Final Meeting of TWG1
The final meeting of the Group featured a concluding discussion on the draft report.
April 2021
Second Meeting of TWG1
The second meeting of the Group served to review the draft report in an interactive setting.
March 2021
Annotated Outline of Thematic Report
The Co-Leads drafted an annotated outline for the Report of the TWG which has been shared with the Members of the Group for their review. READ MORE
February 2021
Secretariat Summary of the First Meeting
The meeting focused its discussion on how to accelerate electrification and clean cooking towards achieving SDG7. READ MORE
Concept Note
The Co-Leads drafted a concept note for the work of the TWG which has been shared with the Members of the Group for their review. READ MORE