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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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Rie Tsutsumi
Regional Coordinator, Resource Efficiency
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Over recent decades, the growing movement of goods and services across international borders has led to an increase in trade in a range of environmentally sensitive commodities, such as minerals, forest products, fish, and agricultural produce. At the same time, the world demand for manufactured goods has been growing rapidly...
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Rikkert Maes
Research Intern, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Biography
Rikkert Maes holds a Master in Environmental Science from the University of Antwerp, a Master in Comparative and International Politics and a Bachelor in Sociology. For his Master degrees, Rikkert wrote two theses, enabling him to gain in-depth experience in academic research. For his last thesis he spent most of...
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Rindra Hasimbelo Rabarinirinarison
Minister of Economy and Finance
Government of Madagascar
MEF
Biography
H.E. Rindra Hasimbelo Rabarinirinarison is Minister of Economy and Finance for the Republic of Madagascar.
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Rinki Jain
Associate Fellow,
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Biography
Received B.A in Economics in 2008 and Masters in Business Economics in 2010 from Delhi University , India. Rinki Jain is currently working as an Associate Fellow in the Green Growth and Resources Efficiency Division inTERI. Her areas of interests include policy analysis and economic research on green growth...
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Rita Pandey
Senior Fellow
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)
Rita Pandey
Biography
Rita Pandey is Senior Fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi. Her research interests span climate change, biodiversity finance, sustainable development, green economy, and green budgeting. Her research has a strong policy focus using environmental and ecological economics, and tools and measures of public finance...
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Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter
Parliamentarian State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, BMU
Biography
Ms. Schwarzelühr-Sutter has served as the Parliamentarian State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety since December 2013. She is a member of the SME Advisory Council of the German Reconstruction Loan Corporation (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) since 2014. Ms. Schwarzelühr-Sutter has been chairing the...
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Rob Dellink
Co-ordinator Modelling and Outlooks, Environment and Economy Integration Division, Environment Directorate, OECD
Biography
Rob Dellink is the Co-ordinator Modelling and Outlooks at the Environment and Economy Integration Division of the OECD Environment Directorate. In this capacity, dr. Dellink leads the Directorate’s work on economic-environmental modelling and long-term outlooks. He joined the OECD in 2009 and has been working on long-term environmental-economic projections, not...
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Rob Macquarie
Analyst
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Biography
Rob Macquarie is an analyst in CPI’s London office, focusing on tracking and evaluating the impact of climate finance flows. In his current work, Rob focuses on developing new methods to widen the scope of the Global Landscape of Climate Finance series. He also works on CPI’s evaluation of the...
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Robert C. Brears
Founder
Our Future Water
Robert Brears
Biography
Robert C. Brears is the founder of Our Future Water, which has a knowledge partnership with the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership. He is also the Editor in Chief of the Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies and the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, both Major References Works with...
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Robert Collins
Senior Producer, Intelligence Squared
Biography
Robert is the Senior Producer at global debate forum Intelligence Squared. His debates at Intelligence Squared have included Money Can Grow On Trees: What’s Good For Nature Is Good For Business, Nature: Our Best Climate Technology? and Thriving in the Age of Acceleration with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.
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