• Email: clara.camarasa@un.org
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Clara is a Senior Advisor at the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, specializing in energy, green finance, and climate policy. With over a decade of experience, she provides technical advice, policy analysis, and strategic guidance to support the global energy transition and sustainable development efforts.

Prior to joining UNEP-CCC, Clara worked as a Policy Analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA), where she led initiatives in energy efficiency for cooling, buildings, appliances, and equipment. She was also responsible for the E4 Programme in Latin America and China. Her work included designing programs, delivering policy advice, conducting training sessions, and developing analytical frameworks.

She holds a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering and serves as a guest lecturer at Harvard University, where she teaches on sustainable building futures. Most recently, Clara was the lead author of the Global ESCO Market Report and co-author of the Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction, among others.

• Email: brendan.reidenbach@iea.org
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Brendan is the digitalisation lead in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions (EEIT) at the International Energy Agency (IEA). He specialises in power system modernisation, digitalisation, and the electricity demand from data centres and transmission networks.

• Email: Paolo.Bertoldi@ec.europa.eu
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Paolo Bertoldi is a senior expert in sustainable energy, climate change and energy efficiency at the European Commission.

Some of his key areas of expertise include Energy Service Companies, market-based instruments, governance, environmental leadership, and ICT energy consumption.

Experienced Editor-in-chief with a demonstrated history of working in the international affairs industry. Bertoldi is also skilled in sustainable energy, Corporate Social Responsibility, International Relations, and data centre, and is in charge of policy analysis for energy efficiency at the European Commission where he has served as Energy Efficiency Expert and Senior Expert for a total of 26 years. He has an engineering degree focused on energy systems and electrical systems from the University of Padova, Italy.

• Email: soledad.garcia@un.org
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Soledad Garcia is an Energy and Industrial Engineer. She holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering, a specialization in Systems Optimization and an MBA in Energy and Sustainable Development. Before joining United for Efficiency at UNEP, Soledad worked in the private industry as a Project Manager and Product Engineer, with different experiences in Argentina, Germany and France. Currently, she is responsible for the technical support and Project coordination of United for Efficiency Regional and Country projects, such as Pakistan, Morocco and Ivory Coast among others, for the development of their national energy efficiency policies, development of funding proposals and implementation of regional harmonization of standards.