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.

Solitaire Townsend
Co-Founder
Biography
Solitaire Townsend is a British businesswoman, focused on the application of marketing principles to the cause of sustainability and climate change solutions. She co-founded Futerra Sustainability Communications in the late 1990s with Ed Gillespie after completing her master’s degree in sustainable development. Her goal in founding that company was to...
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Somik Lall
Global Lead on Territorial Development Solutions, Lead Economist for Urban Development in Africa
Biography
Somik V. Lall is the World Bank’s Global Lead on Territorial Development Solutions and its Lead Economist for Urban Development in Africa. He has been a core team member of the World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography, Senior Economic Counselor to the Indian Prime Minister’s National Transport Development Policy...
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Sonia Maria Dias
Waste Specialist
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing (WIEGO)
Biography
Sonia Maria Dias is a sociologist and has a doctorate in Political Sciences, and specialization in solid waste management (JICA fellow). Her work as a garbologist includes: policy officer for the cleaning agency Belo Horizonte city, supporter of global workers movements and consultancy for several international agencies. She is WIEGO's...
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Soogil Young
Co-Chair and Director, SDSN-Korea,
(Chair of GGKP Advisory Committee)
Biography
A senior Korean economist, Dr. Soogil Young is currently a visiting professor of green growth at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Seoul where he also directs projects on global green growth and sustainable development. Since November 2012, he is a member of the Leadership Council of...
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Soomin Bae
Knowledge Management Support Consultant
Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)
Biography
Soomin Bae is a Knowledge Management Support Consultant at the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), where she assists in development, synthesis and dissemination of knowledge products and developing outreach and knowledge management strategies for 32 (thirty-two) countries under Component 4 (Knowledge Management and Information Sharing) of the GEF project ID...
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Bank
Biography
As Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Sri Mulyani Indrawati is responsible for the World Bank's operations in all regions. She also oversees the new global practices and cross-cutting solution areas which bring together the best expertise from across the Bank Group and from partners to help tackle the most...
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Srinath Komarina
Program Manager at Global Trust Fund on Sustainable Finance Instruments
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
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Stanislav Shmelev
Ecological Economist and CEO
Biography
Dr Stanislav Shmelev is an ecological economist, CEO of Environment Europe Limited, Oxford; TRIUM MBA 2021 at LSE, NYU & HEC, author and speaker http://environmenteurope.eu. He has a PhD in Ecological Economics and Mathematical Methods (2003), is a LEAD Europe Fellow (2007) and was named one in top four most...
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Stefan Ambec
Professor, Toulouse School of Economics
Biography
Stefan Ambec is INRA Research Professor at Toulouse School of Economics in France where he teaches environmental economics and policy. His research focuses on environmental policy, on the choice of policy instruments: how it impacts firm’s strategy and consumer’s behavior, about their efficiency and fairness properties. He has worked on...
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Stefan Atchia
Manager of Infrastructure, Cities and Urban Development Department
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Biography
Stefan Atchia is currently the Manager for the Urban Development Division at the African Development Bank, coordinating a team of urban specialist bringing support and resources to cities from governance, planning, project preparation and investments. Previously, he worked for COWI, a Danish engineering consulting firm and was a technical advisor...
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