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.

Rana Singh
Project Manager for the country-level intervention in Ukraine
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Biography
Expertise
Randall Joseph Hooker Urroz
Sustainable Finance Officer, Latin America & the Caribbean
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Expertise
Rani Pooran
Senior Advisor, Sustainability & Inclusion
BMO Financial Group
Biography
Rani Pooran is a Senior Advisor on social sustainability issues - gender equality, human rights, just transition, and workforce disclosure at BMO Financial Group. At the bank, she has worked in the Anti-Money Laundering Remediation & Transformation Program in addition to the Inclusion and Sustainability Teams. Prior to joining BMO...
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Raouf Dabbas
Vice President
Jordan Friends of Environment Society
Biography
Raouf Dabbas has been actively involved with environmental NGOs since 1994. He is an environmental lobbyist and activist. Between 2003- 2007 he was the Prime-Ministry Advisor following up environmental issues and representing Jordan at High-Level environmental meetings and the Senior Ministry Advisor at the Environment from 2007-2017. Currently he focuses...
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Raphael Calel
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California, Berkeley
Biography
Expertise
Rasmus Valanko
Manager, Climate & Energy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Biography
Rasmus Valanko is a manager for Climate & Energy with the Geneva-based World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). In this role he coordinates private sector cooperation aiming to create and scale-up business solutions across the main mitigation levers and resilience building measures. Rasmus has a Masters in Environment, Politics...
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Rebecca Menes
Global Marketing Lead
Biography
Rebecca Menes is the Global Marketing Lead for IFC’s EDGE green buildings certification program, which is available in more than 170 countries. She has a diversified background in climate change innovation, brand marketing, and client engagement, having worked for the World Bank Group, various cultural organisations, and in the technology...
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Rebecca Uggla
Senior Adviser
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Biography
Rebecca Uggla, Senior Advisor at Swedish Environmental Protection Agency works with circular economy and resource efficiency from a life cycle perspective to promote more sustainable consumption and production of textiles. Among other assignments, Rebecca is working as a specialist with a three-year governmental assignment raising awareness and educating Swedish consumers...
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Rebecca Weaver
Communications Lead
Biography
Expertise
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Rebecca Weaver
UNEP
Nairobi
Kenya

Reid J. Lifset
Research Scholar and Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology
Yale University
Editor-in-Chief
Biography
Reid Lifset is a Research Scholar and Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology at Yale University, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. Reid Lifset’s research and teaching focus is on the growing field of industrial ecology, the study of the environmental consequences of production and consumption. He is a...
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