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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Thomas Hassid
Natural Capital Officer
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Biography
Thomas Hassid is Natural Capital Officer, Events Coordinator and E4N Communications Representative at WWF France. Before joining WWF France, Thomas worked as environmental project manager in a major french municipal administration on marine ecosystems preservation and integrated coastal zone management. His main topics are multi-scale environmental strategies, natural capital and...
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Thomas Jakl
Deputy Director-General
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Biography
Thomas Jakl is Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Environment of Austria, which is responsible for chemicals policy. He is the former chair of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and served as ECHA's president from 2008 until September 2012. He is currently President of the Governing...
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Thomas Nielsen
Advisor on Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Thomas works as GGGI Adviser on Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion as part of green growth. He has long-term experience within the area of development planning and management, including positions with UNDP in Honduras and with Danida in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Bolivia. He has also worked as a consultant primarily...
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Thomas Sterner
Professor of Environmental Economics
University of Gothenburg
Biography
Thomas Sterner is a Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, whose work is focused on the design of policy instruments to deal with resource and environmental problems. Sterner has published more than a dozen books and a hundred articles on environmental policy instruments with applications...
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Thomas Verheye
Special Advisor on Climate and Environment
European Investment Fund
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Biography
Thomas Verheye is Special Advisor at the European Investment Fund on matters relating to sustainable finance and investment. He advises the Director General and senior managers on strategic directions and actions necessary for promoting greening the financial system and the economy. His prior positions include several other managerial responsibilities at...
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Till-Niklas Braun
Intern, Resources and Markets Branch
Biography
Till-Niklas Braun interns with the Resources and Markets Branch, UN Environment Programme.
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Tilman Altenburg
Head of Department
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Biography
Dr. Tilman Altenburg is Head of the Department “Sustainable Economic and Social Development” at the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (DIE), Germany’s think tank for development policy. Before joining DIE in 1995, Mr. Altenburg was a research fellow at Universities in Berlin and Marburg. He received his...
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Tim Brose
Programme Management Intern, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Biography
Tim is a Programme Management Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), based in Geneva. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies, specialising in East Asian/Korean studies from the University of Bonn, Germany and currently works on his Master’s thesis for his graduate major “International Studies” at the...
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Tim Jackson
Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), Univeristy of Surrey
Biography
Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). He currently holds a Professorial Fellowship on Prosperity and Sustainability in the Green Economy (PASSAGE) also funded...
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Tim Reber
Project Lead for International Programs
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Biography
Tim Reber is a Project Lead for International Programs at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He leads a diverse portfolio aimed at accelerating deployment of renewable energy and increasing access to reliable, clean and affordable electricity with partners around the world, with a primary focus in sub-Saharan Africa. His...
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