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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.

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Nils Droste
PhD Student, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Biography
Nils Droste holds a Bachelor in Political Science and Economics (University Bremen, Germany) and a Master in Sustainability Economics (University Oldenburg, Germany). Currently, he is a PhD student at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, Germany. He has worked as student and scientific assistant in German...
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Nils Heuer
Associate Programme Officer, Consumption and Production Unit
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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Mr. Nils Heuer is an Associate Programme Officer working on Consumer Information and Ecolabelling in the Consumption and Production Unit of UNEP’s Economy Division. He is primarily coordinating the One Planet network Consumer Information Programme to establish synergies between stakeholders, develop joint projects, organize joint activities and events in order...
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Nils Ohlendorf
Researcher
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
Biography
Nils Ohlendorf currently works as a researcher and PhD candidate in the „Climate and Development“ working group of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC Berlin). His research focuses on distributional impacts of carbon pricing, carbon price expectations and the political economy of energy transitions in...
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Nils Westling
Consultant
Haga Initiative
Biography
Nils Westling is a consultant and holds the position of research coordinator for the Haga Initiative, a business network of 15 Swedish companies aiming for zero climate impact. Nils holds a master's degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics where he focused on environmental economics, the value of...
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Nils-Axel Braathen
Principal Administrator Environment Directorate, Environmental Performance and Information Division, OECD
Biography
Nils Axel Braathen is a Principal Administrator in the Environmental Performance and Information Division of OECD’s Environment Directorate. He has been with the OECD since 1996, working i.a. on a database on instruments used for environmental policy, on estimating effective carbon prices in selected countries, on cost-benefit analyses, on economic...
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Nina Kolybashkina
Senior Social Development Specialist
Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Nina Kolybashkina
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Nina Kolybashkina is Senior Social Development Specialist at the Climate Investment Funds, working on mainstreaming gender and spearheading broader social inclusion agenda through policy and technical assistance, analytical work and capacity-building. Nina has over 20 years of experience in development, with focus on social inclusion and gender, labor, rural development...
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Nina Mazar
Senior Behavioural Scientist, World Bank
Biography
Nina Mažar is Senior Behavioral Scientist of the World Bank’s Global INsights Initiative (GINI). To assume this role, Dr. Mažar is currently on leave from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management where she is Associate Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of the Behavioral Economics in Action research cluster...
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Nina Pavliuk
Project Assistant
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX)
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Nina Pavliuk is a project assistant at Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the Czech Republic hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University. She is responsible for UNEP National Implementation Plan (NIP) Update projects management and coordination across 7 countries – Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Ms...
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Nisha Krishnan
Director for Climate, Africa
World Resources Institute (WRI)
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Biography
As the Director for Climate, Africa, Nisha leads a team that is focused on advancing policy and practice on climate action, adaptation, and loss and damage for our regional team. Her work focuses on advancing research and practice to integrate climate risks, adaptation, and resilience into public and private decision-making...
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Nishant Bhardwaj
Head of Energy
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Nishant Bhardwaj is the new Global Sector Lead- Renewable Energy/Deputy Director since 2 August 2019. In this role, he is leading technical advisory, strategy, planning, and implementation of renewable energy programs. Nishant will oversee the development and execution of GGGI’s renewable energy engagements at country, regional, and global level. Nishant...
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