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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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Rosimeiry Portela
Senior Director
Conservation International (CI)
Biography
Rosimeiry Portela is a Senior Director at the Conservation International’s Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, and the institutional lead on Natural Capital Accounting efforts. Dr. Portela’s research focuses primarily on nature's provision of ecosystem services and their contribution to human well-being. Her current work explores the integration of...
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Rowan Palmer
Programme Management Officer
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Rowan Palmer is a Programme Management Officer at UNEP’s Resources and Markets Branch in Geneva, where he leads the Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership and coordinates UNEP’s implementation of UNEA Resolution 4/5 on sustainable infrastructure. Prior to joining UNEP Rowan worked as an environmental manager for large-scale transportation infrastructure projects in his...
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Roy Brooke
Director, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative
Biography
Roy Brooke has worked in Canada, Europe and Africa in fields including urban sustainability, national politics, international development and humanitarian affairs. Roy divides his professional time between roles as Director of the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI) and Principal of Brooke & Associates. He served as Director of Sustainability for...
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Ruhi Aati
Sustainable Fiscal Policy and Public Finance Intern
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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Biography
Ruhi is a graduate of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she earned an LL.M. in International Law with a focus on commercial, financial, and fiscal law. She brings a strong commitment to exploring how international finance and fiscal policy can advance sustainable development. Before...
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Russ Stoddard
President and Founder
Oliver Russell
Biography
Russ Stoddard is President and Founder of Oliver Russell, a company that consults with leaders interested in incorporating social purpose into their company mission and provides purpose-driven branding and marketing services with specialization in the technology, healthy living, and social enterprise sectors. He’s committed his career (nearly 30 years) to...
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Russell Bishop
Senior Economic Advisor, GGGI Ethiopia Country Program
Biography
Russell Bishop is a Senior Economic Advisor for the Global Green Growth Institutes Ethiopia country program. His work experience prior to GGGI was in the UK’s Government Economic Service first working on UK fiscal policy and subsequently for the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC). At the CCC he was...
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Ruth Halle
Technical Advisor, Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Biography
Ruth Halle works as a technical advisor for TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) and labour market projects with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Before joining the headquarters in Germany last year, she worked in TVET projects in countries including Afghanistan, Thailand and Turkey. In her current...
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Ruth Mendum
Associate Director for Gender Initiatives
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Biography
Ruth Mendum is the Associate Director for Gender Initiatives in the Office of International Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. Ruth holds a PhD in rural sociology and women studies from the Pennsylvania State University. Ruth’s work focuses on gender integration in applied biophysical projects. In Eastern...
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Ruth Stringer
International Science and Policy Coordinator
Health Care Without Harm
Biography
Ruth Stringer is the International Science and Policy Coordinator for Health Care Without Harm. She has been working with Health Care Without Harm for over ten years, coordinating work on waste, but also providing expertise on chemicals, pharmaceuticals and procurement. She is a member of the International Solid Waste Association...
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Ryan Parmenter
Policy Analyst, OECD Environment Directorate
Biography
Ryan Parmenter is a Policy Analyst in the OECD Environment Directorate. He works with the Head of Division for Green Growth and Global Relations in managing the mainstreaming of green growth work across the OECD’s work programme. Ryan is a Canadian government official currently on a two year assignment with...
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