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Session Description
The World Championship for Energy Savings (WCES) will be officially launched at COP30 as the first global energy championship, accelerating countries’ progress toward the Chaillot Declaration and Buildings Breakthrough.
By engaging public administrations and major building operators, the WCES enables rapid, measurable, and replicable energy savings, turning sufficiency and efficiency into visible national achievements.
The session will present the endorsing countries and first 2025 Climate Champions, showcasing successful national leagues.
Through this initiative, the GlobalABC demonstrates how result-based competition can foster just transition, lower energy poverty, and advance operational decarbonization in buildings.
The event, as part of the Axis 4 Building Resilience for Cities, Infrastructure and Water Key Objective #12 Sustainable and resilient constructions and buildings answers COP30’s Presidential objectives on Buildings, Industry & Energy Transition, and contributes to Energy thematic day, supporting the global push to triple renewable energy, double energy efficiency, and transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner.
Moderated by John Creamer, WCES global rollout coordinator, A4MT
Speakers
- Cédric Borel, General Director, A4MT
- John Creamer, WCES global rollout coordinator, A4MT
- Yves-Laurent Sapoval, Ministerial delegate for sustainable cities-Urban envoy, France
- Maurice Akech, MBS Executive Director, National Construction Authority, Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing & Urban Development, Kenya
- Dr. Francisco Barnés Regueiro, Executive Director of WRI Mexico
- Anthony Agotha, Ambassador at large/EU Special Envoy for Climate and Environment (EEAS), European Commission
- Esther Finidori, Chief Sustainability Officer, Schneider Electric
- Rémi Bussac, Senior Climate Policy Advisor, EDF
- Alidah Saleh, Head of Sustainability MEA, UN High Level Champion COP28, COP29, COP30, JLL
- Diane Holdorf, Executive Vice-President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Agenda
| Item | Presenters | Timing |
1. Opening and WCES Presentation | Yves-Laurent Sapoval, Ministerial delegate for sustainable cities, Urban envoy, France Cédric Borel, Managing Director, A4MT and Global ABC Sustainability Hub Co-Chair | 20 mins |
2. National Leagues Lookout | Mexico Energy Championship - Reto de Edificios EficientesFrancisco Dr. Francisco Barnés Regueiro, Executive Director of WRI México
An energy championship for Europe? Anthony Agotha, EU Special Envoy for Climate and Environment (EEAS), European Commission
France Energy Championship - Championnat de France des économies d’énergie Esther Finidori, Chief Sustainability Officer, Schneider Electric Florence Fouquet, VP ESG, Engie Rémi Bussac, Senior Climate Policy Advisor, EDF
Global Corporate Championship - Global corporate on the front line Jane Cohen, Senior Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency, IEA Alidah Saleh, Head of Sustainability MEA, UN High Level Champion COP28, COP29, COP30, JLL Diane Holdorf, Executive Vice-President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, WBCSD | 40 mins |
| 3. Next Steps and Closing Remarks | Maurice Akech, MBS Executive Director, National Construction Authority, Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing & Urban Development, Kenya | 15 mins |
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