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.

Debashis Chakraborty
Assistant Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Biography
Debashis Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. Previously he was associated with Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS), a policy think tank based in New Delhi. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), with...
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Deborah Winkler
Senior Consultant, Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment
Biography
Deborah Winkler is a Senior Consultant in the World Bank Group’s Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice. She has worked on issues of global value chains, export competitiveness, foreign direct investment, trade in services and their econo mic and social effects.
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Dechen Tsering
Director, Asia and the Pacific Office
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Ms. Tsering has held management and leadership positions with the United Nations and has over 30 years of experience in national government and intergovernmental organizations including the World Bank. She has been actively involved in intergovernmental negotiations as a key negotiator for least developed countries and contributed to the establishment...
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Delgermaa Begz
Project Support Consultant
Biography
Delgermaa “Demma” Begz works as a Project Support Consultant for the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership, through her role, she provides support to the implementation of sustainable finance roadmaps and communication strategy within the GEF-funded project. Prior to this role, she worked as Sustainable Finance Consultant at the UNDP Mongolia Country...
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Delia Paul
Writer/Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Biography
Delia Paul started out as a journalist at a Malaysian daily paper, The Star, and went on to work on environment and development programmes with agencies including World Vision and the Australian Conservation Foundation in her adopted home of Melbourne. She has worked in the Mekong region for many years...
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Denise Recheis
Thesaurus & Knowledge Manager, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
Biography
Denise is active in both reegle and online outreach for REEEP. She is specialised in building knowledge networks, and is instrumental in creating and regularly updating the clean energy and climate thesaurus, linking concepts from the reegle database with the Linked Open Data cloud. She also writes blog articles and...
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Dereje Senshaw
Principal Energy Specialist, Office of Thought Leadership
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Dr. Dereje Senshaw is Principal Specialist at Global Green Growth Institute, Seoul. In his role, he provides thought leadership to a sound ‘equitable green growth’ goal, tools and approaches. His priorities are focused on generating new knowledge and insights on green growth topics, and making this knowledge available and accessible...
Dereje Senshaw, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of CAID, Investment & Policy Solutions Division
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Dereje Senshaw is a Deputy Director at Climate Action and Inclusive Development (CAID) unit with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). He is providing overall management of the unit and overseeing GGGI’s global programs, leading the organization’s knowledge management publications and thought leadership functions and engages in convening stakeholders across...
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Derek Eaton
Senior Fellow, Luc Hoffmann Institute
Biography
Derek Eaton PhD is an economist, specializing in natural capital and sustainability and climate change, with more than 20 years of experience in research and advisory services in a wide range of countries and regions, for both public and private sector clients. He is a Senior Fellow of the Luc...
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Detlef Schreiber
Head of Section
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Biography
Dr Detlef Schreiber is the Head of Section Environmental Policy at GIZ. He has more than 30 years of experience in the area of environmental policy, climate, geosciences and resource management in Germany / Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. From 2001-2007 he was a senior...
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