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.

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Sandy Bisaro
Institutional Economist and Researcher, Global Climate Forum
Biography
Alexander (Sandy) Bisaro is a trained institutional economist and a researcher in the adaptation and social learning research process at the Global Climate Forum. The Global Climate Forum is a non-profit association of research institutes, think tanks, companies, NGOs and individual researchers that together initiate and perform innovative research on...
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Sang Dae Choi
Senior Economist, World Bank
Biography
Mr. Choi is a Senior Economist working at the Climate Change Group of the World Bank Group. He joined the WBG in April 2013 and has been working on developing climate change and green growth strategies in countries and sharing Korea’s green growth implementation experiences. His current working focuses are...
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Sang-Baek Chris Kang
Director
Green Technology Center-Korea (GTC-K)
Biography
Dr. Sang-Baek Chris Kang is a Director at Green Technology Center Korea (GTC-K) in charge of global cooperation division. His major expertise areas are green technology transfer to developing countries and cooperation with international organizations. Before joining GTC-K, he was a General Manager of SK C&C branch office at Dubai...
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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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Santiago Rosero
Project Coordinator, FARM Ecuador
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Santiago Rosero
Biography
Santiago is the Project Coordinator of the FARM Project in Ecuador, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Santiago has over a decade of experience in sustainable agriculture , environmental management , and the implementation of development projects in rural and institutional contexts . His work focuses on promoting...
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Chemicals
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Latin America & the Caribbean
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)
Sara Jane O'Neill, 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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