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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Xavier Espinet
Transport Specialist
Xavier Espinet
Biography
Xavier Espinet is a transport specialist for the Chief Economist for Sustainable Development at the World Bank. He is assisting the development of support systems that facilitate decision making of transport investments under uncertainty associated with climate. He is particularly interested in promoting green growth through resilient transport infrastructure systems...
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Xi (Sisi) Hu
Doctoral Student, University of Oxford
Biography
Xi is a doctoral student at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and the Senior Wai Seng Scholar at the Asian Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on understanding the infrastructure development process in China, how the Chinese infrastructure system is vulnerable to climate change impacts such as flooding...
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Xinwan Liu
Research Intern, Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Biography
Xinwan LIU is currently a graduate student pursuing her master degree in International Affairs at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She has a Bachelor of Law in International Politics from Fudan University, Shanghai, China. She has been working on transboundary natural resources management and conflict...
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Xiomara Acevedo Navarro
Climate change Expert, Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development
Government of Nariño
Biography
Climate change expert at the Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Government of Nariño, Colombia, and Executive Director of Barranquilla+20.
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Yang Liu
PhD Student, Ecole Polytechnique
Biography
Yang Liu is currently in the final stage of his PhD in economics at Ecole Polytechnique of France. His research interests lie mainly in the design of economic policies for tackling energy and climate challenges. Yang Liu has ten years of experience in public policy development, renewable energy and climate...
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Yaroslav Bulych
Environmental Affairs Officer, Environment Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Biography
Yaroslav Bulych has been serving as an Environmental Affairs Officer in the Environment Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) since 2008, first in the Environmental Performance Review Programme (2008-2017), and then in the secretariat of the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy. Prior to joining the UNECE...
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Yash Kashyap
Analyst
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Yash Kashyap
Biography
Yash Kashyap is an Analyst at CPI’s New Delhi office, where he focuses on issues pertaining to the energy transition and decarbonization, and the technologies, finance mechanisms and policies required to address these issues. Prior to CPI, Yash worked as an Analyst at South Pole Carbon Asset Management in Zurich...
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Yasmina Lembachar
Research Analyst
Circle Economy
Yasmina Lembachar
Biography
Yasmina is a cross-sectoral researcher with proven experience in assessing the potential for circular economy opportunities to deliver on environmental and social goals, both in developing and developed country contexts. Other areas of expertise include food waste prevention; low-carbon, circular agrifood systems; the climate mitigation potential of the circular economy...
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Yaxuan Chen
Sustainability Services Expert, Policy, Regulation and Markets Directorate (DPRM) at Universal Postal Union
Yaxuan Chen, UNEP
Biography
Yaxuan Chen is a Sustainability Services Expert at the Universal Postal Union (UPU), where she provides climate finance-related technical assistance to member countries, supporting sectoral transformation. Her work at UPU is the culmination of over a decade of experience in the field of green economic policy and digital transformation. Before...
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Yelim Ku
Programme Support Intern
Biography
Yelim is a Programme Support intern at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to support the knowledge generation, management and sharing of the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP). She is a senior at George Mason University on track to major in Global Affairs and minor in Marketing.
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