About: Sean Ratka is an Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UN-ESCWA). His scope of work includes the sustainable energy transition within the Arab Region and the role of emerging digital tools. Before joining ESCWA, he worked as a Programme Officer at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), focusing on the role of power sector digitalisation, particularly blockchain technology, as part of the ongoing sustainable energy transformation. Previously, he worked on transboundary power trade with the Energy Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP). Before this, he worked in solar PV market intelligence for OCI, one of South Korea’s largest private-sector energy firms.
