Rethinking Globalisation under a Green Transition Framework: Perspectives from the EU, the US, Asia-Pacific, and Africa-Middle East

About the speakers:

Dr. Peter Hefele

Policy Director
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Brussels
e: ph@martenscentre.eu | www.martenscentre.eu

Dr. Peter Hefele graduated in Economics and Economic History from the Catholic University of EichstättIngolstadt in 1997. He worked as an economic researcher at the Institute for Economy and Society/Bonn and joined the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in 2003 as Head of the Economic Policy/Political Education Department. In 2006, he became Head of the China, Southeast Asia, India Department in the Asia and Pacific Team of the KAS in Berlin.

From December 2010 to February 2015, he worked as Head of the China Office of the Konrad-AdenauerStiftung in Shanghai. From March 2015 to April 2019, he was Head of the Regional Project "Energy Security and Climate Change" (RECAP), based in Hong Kong SAR/PR China. Between May 2019 and December 2020, he was the Director Asia and Pacific of KAS in Berlin.

Since January 2022, he has been Policy Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, the think tank of the European People's Party EPP, in Brussels.

His work focuses on foreign and security policy, economic policy, international development cooperation, and energy/climate policy. He is also an expert on political, economic, and social developments in Asia and China.
He is fluent in German, English, and Hungarian, has good knowledge of French and Italian, and basic knowledge of Chinese.

Pauline Leré

Transition Director, Administrator and Transformation Consultant
pauline.lere1984@gmail.com

Pauline is an MBA graduate from St John University, New York. Her thesis dealt with the impact of nonfinancial criteria on long term financial performance in 2007. Since then, she implemented new models and new services with a sustainable vision and a strong added human and financial value as a development and marketing director in different industries: HR, Health and Security in the workplace
through PSR, Banking and Automotive industry. In 2020, she created OxyMorphe Transitions to operate as an Impact Executive interim CEO. She already helped creating over 50 new sustainable and innovative models to support conscious entrepreneurs in their transitions.

She is now invested in the cooperative finance responsibility as the President of Credit Mutuel Local branch. OxyMorphe also invests through a business angel organization in emerging sustainable businesses 10 to 15% of its annual income.

Ira Feldman

Founder & Board Chair, Adaptation Leader
ira@greentrack.com

Ira Feldman is a U.S.-based sustainability leader with an interdisciplinary skill set and global reach. He is Founder & Board Chair of the not-for-profit Adaptation Leader and is positioned at the leading edge of the convergence of sustainability, climate adaptation and ecosystem services. With cross-cutting experience as an attorney, management consultant, policymaker, regulator, standards developer, and political advisor, Ira has focused on environmental regulatory innovation (e.g., alternatives to "command and control” regulation), strategic environmental management, sustainable business practices and corporate social responsibility. In academia, he has taught these topics as adjunct professor at the City University of New York, George Mason University, Fordham University, the University of Pennsylvania, Vermont Law School, and Washington College of Law. To advance sustainability in higher education, he founded the not-for-profit Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (SCC).

In the 1990s, as Special Counsel at US EPA headquarters, he pioneered new enforcement settlement approaches; developed the EPA audit and self-disclosure policy; and was the architect of EPA's first corporate voluntary excellence program. Since then, as team leader or in partnership with other consultancies and law firms, Ira has assisted governmental entities, multilateral organizations, think
tanks, corporate trade associations and SMEs, on a wide range of implementation, policy development, and training activities. He led in the development of corporate voluntary excellence programs, environmental performance tools and strategies, and international voluntary standards (ISO 14000 series, ISO 26000 and GRI).

Ongoing interests as a researcher and practitioner include: the role of ESG (environment-socialgovernance) factors in the financial sector, including corporate strategies for climate adaptation; the implications of "soft law" or "private law" for business and government; the use of public-private partnerships (PPP) to advance sustainable development; and the role of blockchain technology in addressing climate adaptation and resilience. Ira is committed to advancing sustainability thinking in the US through policy initiatives and electoral politics; assisting universities with faculty and curriculum development for sustainability in higher education; and remaining an active contributor to the substantive sustainability and climate dialogue.

Ms. Aldilla Noor Rakhiemah

Senior Officer of Power, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage,
The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE).
aldilla.rakhiemah@aseanenergy.org

Aldilla Noor Rakhiemah joined the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) as Senior Officer of Power, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage where she also leads research for the ASEAN Climate Change and Energy Project (ACCEPT) as Senior Research Analyst. She is involved in the project with a critical mission: to bolster ASEAN's capacities in transitioning towards a low-carbon energy system and ultimately achieving a net zero future. Her responsibilities include leading research on the energy and climate nexus within the ASEAN region, managing capacity buildings and coordinating within ACCEPT, where she is dedicated to broadening its impact and reach throughout Southeast Asia.

Aldilla's expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of critical areas in the energy sector, including the intricate relationship between energy and climate change, energy policy formulation and the innovative fields of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). Prior to joining the ASEAN Centre for Energy, she had seven years’ experience at Pertamina, Indonesia’s state-owned Energy Company. She holds an MSc in Geography from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and a BA in Economics from Airlangga University, Indonesia. She is currently finishing her doctoral degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Kaho Yu

Chief Research Officer, Asia Carbon Institute, Singapore
kahoyu@asiacarboninstitute.org

Dr. Kaho Yu is the Chief Research Officer at the Asia Carbon Institute, a non-profit voluntary carbon credit standards body and registry. Kaho is an energy and carbon policy specialist with 15 years of experience in think tanks, MNCs, and academia. His research covers the carbon market, energy geopolitics and critical mineral security in the Asia Pacific. Kaho has held academic roles at Harvard Kennedy School, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Renmin University in Beijing.

He is now affiliated with King’s College London's London Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Science and a global risk consultancy. Kaho obtained his PhD in International Political Economy from King’s College London.

Prof. Adel Ben Youssef

Associate Professor at University Côte d'Azur (HDR)
adel.benyoussef@gmail.com

Adel BEN YOUSSEF is Professor of Economics at the Université Côte d'Azur and a member of the CNRS research laboratory (GREDEG - CNR UMR 7321), researcher fellow at the ERF and GLO and visiting professor in more than 12 international universities. He is an international expert in twin digital and green transitions for many international institutions. He is an expert on digitalization, who conducted several important studies.

In addition, he was a negotiator during the COP 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 28 (2017- 2018 - 2019-2021-2022-2023) on behalf of Tunisia in terms of climate finance. He has participated in the facilitation of around a hundred workshops and was involved in the coordination committee or in the scientific committee of more than 50 scientific and cultural events. He has published more than 100
academic papers in different journals.