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.

SangBin Lee
Former Programme Support Intern
Biography
SangBin Lee is a former Programme Support Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Platform secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland. She is currently an undergraduate student in economics at the Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. Before joining GGKP, SangBin worked as a Student Research Assistant at the University of Hawai'i...
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Sanjay Srivastava
Practice Manager for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, West and Central Africa
Biography
Mr. Sanjay Srivastava is Manager of Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice for a part of West and Central Africa region at the World Bank based in Washington DC. He is a trained Chemical and Environmental Engineer with more than 30 years of development experience with focus on...
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Sanna Markkanen
Biography
Sanna Markkanen is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge, UK. Her current work focuses on climate policy and financing sustainable infrastructure. After completing her PhD in social policy in 2007, Sanna worked as a researcher and lecturer in the UK and Australia. She...
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Santiago Lorenzo Alonso
Head of Green Finance
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Biography
Santiago Lorenzo Alonso is the Head of Green Finance for WWF Global Climate and Energy Initiative and the Advocacy Leader for the WWF Seize your power global campaign. Formerly he was the Deputy General Director of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in the International Affairs Unit of the Mexican Ministry of Environment...
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Sara Castro
Programme Expert
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Biography
Sara is focused on research and capacity development for changing mindsets and behaviors to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She also focuses on public administration systems and evidence-based public governance to localise the 2030 Agenda. Sara previously worked with UN Environment on public governance for the SDGs and...
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Sara Jane O'Neill
Senior Research Associate
Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)
Biography
As a Senior Research Associate for Sustainable Communities, Sara brings to Smart Prosperity Institute a true passion for finding ways to make our cities a better place to live, for now and far into the future. She started her education with an Honours Bachelor degree in Biology at Queen’s University...
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Sara Wilson
Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)
Biography
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Sarah Best
Senior researcher, Shaping Sustainable Markets
Biography
Sarah Best is a senior researcher working on energy in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group. Sarah's current work focuses on energy access and renewable energy, productive uses of energy, and on citizen engagement in policy and debates on energy and mining. She has expertise on pro-poor and inclusive business...
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Sarah Booth
Principal, Booth Clean Energy
Biography
Sarah Booth is the founder and principal at Booth Clean Energy where she focuses on clean energy policy analyses and making policy and energy data more accessible to decision makers. Ms. Booth has supported both national and subnational governments in their efforts to increase renewable energy generation and efficient use...
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Sarah Gondy
Just Transition Officer
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Biography
Sarah Gondy is Just Transition Officer for the ILO Directorate for Sustainable Enterprises.
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