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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Ulf Narloch

Economist, Sustainable Development, World Bank

Biography

Ulf Narloch is an Economist in the Sustainable Development's Chief Economist Office at the World Bank. His current work includes sustainability measurement and diagnostics, green growth policies and the poverty impacts of climate change. Prior to joining the World Bank he worked on range of topics related to forest management...

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Ulrich Volz

Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance

SOAS University of London

Biography

Ulrich Volz is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance and a Reader in Economics at SOAS, University of London. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the German Development Institute and Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Leipzig. At SOAS, he previously served as Head of...

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Ulrike Kornek

Post-doc

Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)

Biography

Dr. Ulrike Kornek is a Post-doc in the Governance group of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin. She studied Physics at the University of Magdeburg and did her PhD in economics at the Potsdam- Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Technische Universität Berlin...

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Upalat Korwatanasakul

Assistant professor

Waseda University

Biography

Upalat Korwatanasakul is an assistant professor at the School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo.

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Ursula Becker

Project Director

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Biography

Ursula Becker is project director of a globally acting support project for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) review and implementation processes at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Berlin. She has over 20 years of experience in international cooperation for sustainable development, playing different roles on various assignments...

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Usha von Arx

Programme Management Intern

Biography

Usha von Arx is a Programme Management Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Secretariat in Geneva. Usha, a Swiss-Filipino citizen, has five years of work experience in communications and law. She holds a Bachelor in Communication Arts from Miriam College and took up two years of legal studies with...

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Usman Iftikhar

Policy Specialist Environmental Economics

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Biography

Usman is the Policy Specialist Environment Economics, Sustainable Development Cluster, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) based in New York. He leads UNDP’s work on environmental economics, focusing on the interface between natural capital and poverty, jobs and livelihoods and broader economic indicators...

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Vaibhav Pratap Singh

Analyst

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

Biography

Vaibhav Pratap Singh is an Analyst in the Climate Policy Initiative ( CPI) Delhi office. At CPI, his work focuses upon providing analysis to develop the financial instruments under the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance. Additionally, he also supports the US-India Clean Energy Finance initiative, which drives access to...

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Val De Oliveira

Press and PR Manager

Biography

Val De Oliveira has more than 10 years of experience within the Communications and Public Relations industries. She has designed and executed dozens of internal and external communication strategies for major corporations, including Robert Bosch, Electrolux, FIWARE Foundation, and Cowork Hub.

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Valentina Giannini

Researcher and Architect

Biography

Valentina Giannini is a researcher at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (since 2009) where she is developing methods to support decision-making and foster knowledge integration for climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, urban and land-use planning, and natural resources management. Her main task is to coordinate research efforts to...

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