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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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Nikhil Seth
Executive Director
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Biography
Mr. Nikhil Seth is the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), a post he has held since Oct 1, 2015. During his term UNITAR has grown significantly in the number of beneficiaries of its services and its work has been aligned to the pillars...
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Nikki Hodgson
Communications and Community Engagement Specialist
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Biography
Nikki Hodgson is the Communications and Community Engagement Specialist with UNITAR's Green Development and Climate Change Programme Unit where she focuses on supporting green economy learning activities, including facilitation of the Green Learning Network. Prior to her work with UNITAR, she supported climate action across the private and public sectors...
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Niklas Nierhoff
Scientific Officer, Economics Section
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Biography
Niklas Nierhoff works at the Economics Section of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. As the project manager of the forthcoming Green Economy Report, he works at the interface between the development and communication of indicators, including environmental footprints.
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Nikolaus Schultze
Former Assistant Director-General, Knowledge Solutions Division, Global Green Growth Institute
Biography
Nikolaus Schultze is former the Assistant Director-General of the Knowledge Solutions Division, Global Green Growth Institute. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Schultze held a number of senior executive and Board positions with Swiss-based sustainable finance and advisory firms Eranova Climate SA and First Climate AG, as well as with Syngenta...
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Nilgun Tas
Deputy Director of the Department of Environment and Chief of the Industrial Resource Efficiency Division
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Biography
Nilgün Taş is the Deputy Director of the Department of Environment at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Chief of the Industrial Resource Efficiency Division, which promotes and advises on green industry development through resource efficient cleaner production (RECP) and circular economy practices, transfer of environmentally sound technologies...
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Nils aus dem Moore
Head, Research Group "Sustainability and Governance"
Biography
Nils aus dem Moore (*1977) leads the research group “Sustainability and Governance” in the Berlin office of RWI (since 2014). From 2007 to 2018, he simultaneously worked both in various positions for the communication department, from mid 2013 to mid 2018 as head of the department. As an economist he...
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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)
Biography
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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