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.

Najib Saab
Secretary General, Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
Biography
An architect by training, Najib Saab is Secretary General of Arab Forum for Environment & Development (AFED), and publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia (Environment & Development) the leading pan-Arab magazine on sustainable development. He is laureate of the United Nations Environment Program’s Global 500 Award for environmental achievements in...
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Najma Mohamed
Policy Director
Green Economy Coalition (GEC)
Biography
Najma Mohamed is the Policy Director at the Green Economy Coalition ( GEC). Before joining the GEC in August 2019, Najma worked at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on green jobs and just transition. Najma Mohamed has previously worked for the UN Partnership for Green Economy ( PAGE) and the...
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Namita Vikas
Group President & Global Head, Climate Strategy & Responsible Banking
YES BANK LTD.
Biography
Namita Vikas is a senior business leader with 28 years of diverse global experience in Banking, Technology & FMCG, with particular focus on Design Thinking, Sustainable Finance, Climate Action, ESG Risk Management, Public Policy & Corporate Citizenship. Namita was ranked one of the “Leading Women in Business Sustainability" by the...
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Namrata Ginoya
Manager, Resilience And Energy Access
Biography
Namrata is a Manager with the energy access team at WRI India which aims to extend affordable, reliable and clean energy to all. Her responsibilities include strategic partnership building, project coordination, policy research and knowledge management. She worked with WRI’s Climate Resilience Practice (CRP) team for five years. Her most...
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Nancy Lozano Gracia
Senior Economist
Biography
Nancy Lozano Gracia is a Senior Economist in the Urban, Rural and Social Global Practice within the World Bank. Within GSURR she has worked extensively on designing and using diagnostic tools to improve our understanding of the challenges of rapid urbanization and city development, and help identify priorities for action...
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Nandin-Erdene Enkhtuvshin
Senior Policy and Partnership Manager
Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association
Biography
Nandin-Erdene Enkhtuvshin works at the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association as a Senior Policy and Partnership Manager and Project Coordinator at Mongolia Green Finance Corporation. Her main fields of work and expertise are developing green and SDG Finance taxonomies, development of sustainable finance implementing tools, green and gender-inclusive financial product and...
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Narae Lee
Managing Energy and Climate Change Finance Projects, Inter-American Development Bank
Biography
Narae has been managing energy and climate change finance projects at the Inter-American Development Bank past six years. She also actively writes and advocates for solutions to climate change, which was a crucial reference point as she co-authored the Green Growth Best Practice and was invited to speak at the...
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Natalia Mrówczyńska
Former Intern
Circle Economy
Biography
Natalia holds a BSc in Politics and International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and is currently pursuing an MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge. Natalia has worked on sustainable development projects across the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Her research background...
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Natasha Collins
Research Analyst, Cities4Forests
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Biography
Natasha Collins is a Research Analyst for Nature-based Solutions Finance for the Natural Infrastructure Initiative. She works to support the implementation and scaling of nature-based solutions for water security, human health and well-being, disaster risk mitigation, and climate resilience.
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Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Executive Director and Senior Director, Economic Law and Policy
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Biography
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, LL.M, is a senior international lawyer and heads the Economic Law & Policy programme of the International Institute on Sustainable Development ( IISD). In this role, she works with developing country governments across Africa, Asia and Latin America in relation to bilateral and regional investment treaty negotiations, investor-state...
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