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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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Betsy Otto
Global Director, Water
World Resources Institute (WRI)
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Bettina Heller
Programme Officer, Consumption and Production Unit
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Bettina Heller is a Programme Officer in the United Nations Environment Programme’s Consumption and Production unit, where she coordinates the portfolios on eco-innovation/ sustainable business, with a focus on SMEs, and on circularity in the textile value chain. Previously, Bettina led projects in the area of consumer information, in particular...
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Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy Program
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Bharath Jairaj leads WRI India’s Energy program, which seeks to inform and catalyse India’s transition to clean energy through increased use of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The program also seeks to enhance access to reliable and affordable energy such that it leads to socio-economic development in the country. He...
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Bhavna Choudhury
Founder and Principal Coordinator
The Indegenous
Bhavna Choudhury
Biography
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Georiga Institute of Technology, Bhavna is an avid defender of indigenous peoples rights. She belongs to the Tai-Ahom community of Assam from her mother's side. After a consultancy at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific developing policies for...
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Bhavna Deonarain
Junior Researcher
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
Biography
Bhavna Deonarain joined TIPS in November 2016 as a Junior Researcher in Sustainable Development. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Environmental Management from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, a Master’s degree in Development and Governance from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and is pursuing a Master’s degree...
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Bianca Notarbartolo
Associate Programme Management Officer
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Bibhu Prasad Nayak
Associate Professor
Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS)
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Dr. Bibhu Prasad Nayak is currently working as an Associate Professor at Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Hyderabad Campus in India. He is an economist by training and got his doctorate in Natural Resource Management from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been working on environmental and resource...
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Bjarne Steffen
Assistant Professor of Climate Finance and Policy
ETH Zurich
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Bjarne Steffen is Assistant Professor of Climate Finance and Policy at ETH Zürich and the head of CFP. In his research, which is published in high impact journals, he analyzes policies related to the low-​carbon transition in the energy and financial sectors. To this end, he works at the intersection...
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Björn-Erik Lönn
Chairman
Biography
Björn-Erik Lönn is the Chairman of Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN). Bjorn-Erik Lonn was appointed general manager of the Nordic Ecolabelling Board in 1994 and has been senior advisor on issues with contacts outside the Nordic countries and with other labelling schemes since 2013. He holds a Master of Science from...
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Bob Diderich
Head of Environmental Health and Safety Division
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Bob Diderich is Head of the Environmental Health and Safety Division at the Environment Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Bob has been involved in environmental hazard and risk assessment of chemical substances since 1992, when he joined the German Federal Environmental Agency. He was working...
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