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.

Steven King
Environmental Economist, UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Biography
Steven King is an Environmental Economist in the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) from 2014. Steven is heavily involved with the development of the Centre’s approach to natural capital accounting and formulating proposals to best integrate this approach into national decision-making. He also provides economic input into projects...
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Steven Stone
Deputy Director, Industry and Economy Division
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Steven Stone joined UNEP in 2010, in the lead up to the Rio+20 Conference. While at UNEP, Steven has served as Chief of the Economics and Trade Branch, where he directed a team dedicated to furthering the knowledge base, outreach and support to countries on environmental and resource economics as...
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Stewart Elgie
Executive Chair
Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)
Biography
Stewart Elgie is Executive Chair of the Smart Prosperity Institute ( SPI) and a professor of law and economics at the University of Ottawa, and director of the University’s interdisciplinary Environment Institute. He received his Masters of Law from Harvard, and his doctorate (J.S.D.) from Yale. He is also the...
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Stuart Orr
Leader of Freshwater Practice
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Biography
Stuart Orr is the Leader of WWF’s Freshwater Practice at World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). He has spent his career devising and testing innovative approaches to freshwater conservation by engaging business and finance, and focussing on emerging themes such as the water-food-energy nexus, economic incentives, bankable financing and water-related...
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Suchita Srinivasan
PhD student, International Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute
Biography
Suchita is currently a second-year PhD student in International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. She completed her Bachelors as well as a Masters in Economics in New Delhi, India. She has internship experience with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva as well...
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Sueon Ahn
Programme Support Intern
Biography
Sueon Ahn is a Programme Support Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Platform secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland. She is a master's candidate in Environmental Governance at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Sueon received a B.A. in Sociology and B.S. in Philosophy of Natural Science from Ewha Woman's University in...
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Sun Cho
Country Engagement Coordinator
Biography
Sun is Country Engagement Coordinator in the Research Programme of the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP). Prior to joining GGKP, she worked as Climate Change and Green Growth Specialist at the UNDP Rwanda Country Office, where she supported the government in monitoring and reporting of its environmental policy and the...
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Sundip Jadeja
Technical Manager
Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)
Biography
Sundip is a technical manager at the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB). Prior to joining the CDSB, Sundip spent four years representing the UK private equity and venture capital industry. At the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), he led on several policy areas including responsible and impact...
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Suneel Pandey
Associate Director, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency Division, The Energy and Resources Institute
Biography
Dr Suneel Pandey is the Associate Director of Green Growth and Resource Efficiency Division in The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). He leads research teams in conducting integrated assessments across the resources and sectors in keeping with the basic tenets of green growth and sustainable development. He has experience of...
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Susan Alexander
Sustainability Services Programme Manager at Universal Postal Union
Biography
Susan Alexander is the Sustainability Services Programme Manager at Universal Postal Union. Alexander, who previously worked as an Assistant Attorney General for Virginia in the United States, attended Duke University and spent a year studying at the University of Fribourg. Following her time at Duke University, Alexander studied law at...
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