Rana Ghoneim leads the global industrial energy efficiency accelerator as part of the SEforALL’s global accelerator platform. She also leads the development of programs promoting sustainable energy use in industry in the MENA and Africa regions at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. She has over 20 years of international experience on the development and implementation of programs responding to a number of multilateral environmental agreements such as the Montreal protocol, Stockholm convention, and the UNFCCC. She holds a master of science in environmental economics from Imperial College London.
With so much to gain, why is industrial energy efficiency seemingly overlooked? Rana Ghoneim UNIDO energy systems and infrastructure division chief, explains several promising interventions.