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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Will Bugler
Senior Communications Consultant
Acclimatise
Biography
Will Bugler is a Senior Communications Consultant at Acclimatise. The focus of Will’s work is to improve the way climate change adaptation, risk and resilience are communicated. He has helped a wide range of organisations to better communicate about climate change, increase the impact of their messaging, and share knowledge...
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William Krist
Senior Policy Scholar, Wilson Center
Biography
William Krist is currently a Senior Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center. For the past three years he has been working on a book on U.S. trade policy including its impact on economic development, the environment, U.S. foreign policy, and employment here in the United States. It is...
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William Shubert
Senior Project Coordinator, Earth Journalism Network, Internews
Biography
Willie Shubert is the Senior Project Coordinator for Internews' Earth Journalism Network. As a coordinator of a global network of environmental journalists, Willie helps make tools that enable people to connect with each other, find material support, and amplify their local stories to global audiences. In his previous position at...
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Woon Joo Ha
Senior Partnership and Communication Associate
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Woon Joo serves as a Senior Associate in Partnership and Communication at the Global Green Growth Institute. She is based in GGGI HQ (Seoul). She is supporting the "Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis (2021-2024)" in the Uzbekistan Country Office and...
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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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