Expert Connect

Green Growth Expert Connect provides policymakers direct access to world-leading technical and policy experts for quick and tailored guidance on a range of green growth topics.

The service is available, at no cost, to government agency representatives from developing countries and supporting technical institutes. To request support, simply submit a request and the GGKP will match you with a leading green growth policy expert. 

Specialised experts are available on a range of green growth topics, including fiscal reform, access to finance, indicators and metrics, natural capital approaches, sustainable trade, and government procurement. Experts will provide tailored support, including to review draft strategies, analyse policy options, share experiences from other countries, and facilitate networking.

Miguel Breceda Lapeyre
General Coordinator
National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC)
Biography
A mathematician from the University of Maryland, with postgraduate studies in Economics at the Colegio de México and the University of Grenoble. In the public sector of Mexico has served as Deputy Manager of Economic Studies in the area of investment projects of the company Pemex-Refinación; Director of National Links...
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Miguel Buñuel
Professor of Applied Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
President, EnvEco Consulting
Biography
Dr. Miguel Buñuel is Professor of Applied Economics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and President of EnvEco Consulting, which is also based in Madrid. He has more than 25 years of researching and consulting experience on energy and environmental economics and policy, public economics, taxation, applied microeconomics, applied econometrics, and...
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Mihaela Claudia Paun
Programme Management Officer
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Mihaela Claudia Paun is a Programme Management Officer within the Knowledge and Risk Unit at UNEP’s Chemicals and Health Branch – Industry and Economy Division
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Mike Enskat
Head of Section
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Biography
Dr. Mike Enskat is Head of Section for Energy, Water and Mobility in the Department for Sectoral and Global Programmes at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). In his position, he provides leadership to GIZ’s global programmes in the field of sustainable infrastructure. He is advising different ministries of the...
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Mike Holland
Honorary Research Fellow
Imperial College London
Biography
Dr. Mike Holland has developed and applied methods for quantifying and valuing health and environmental impacts of human activities and environmental policies for over 30 years. He has provided policy advice to numerous international bodies (including the European Commission, WHO, OECD and the World Bank), national governments, private enterprises and...
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Mike Mulcahy
CEO
Biography
Mike Mulcahy is the CEO of GreenCape, a South Africa-based organisation that supports businesses and investors in the green economy to remove barriers to establishment and growth and supports local, provincial and national government to build a resilient green economy. GreenCape’s work has typically focussed on understanding and then removing...
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Mike Wilson
Executive Director, Sustainable Prosperity
Biography
Mike is Executive Director of Sustainable Prosperity - a national environment-economy research and policy network based out of the University of Ottawa focused on innovative market-based approaches to building a prosperous and environmentally-sustainable economy. Sustainable Prosperity works across a range of policy issues, including the role of markets and market-oriented...
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Mike Young
Professor of Environmental and Water Policy, University of Adelaide
Biography
Mike Young is Professor of Environmental and Water Policy at the University of Adelaide and held the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies Harvard University during the 2013/14 Academic Year. A member of several international water committees, Mike is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences...
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Milana Takhanova
Senior Economist
AIFC Green Finance Centre LTD
Biography
Milana Takhanova is Economist / Assistant Project Manager at AIFC Green Finance Centre.
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Minh Nguyen Anh
Climate Change Advocacy & Network Officer, CARE
Biography
Nguyen Anh Minh has joined CARE International in Vietnam at the end of 2013 as a Climate Change Advocacy & Network Officer. With 8 years working experience in development sector in Vietnam, Minh has gained much practical experience in this field as well as strengthened her relationship with other NGOs...
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