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.

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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Detlef Schreiber
Group leader of Environment, Biodiversity, Forest
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Biography
Dr Detlef Schreiber is Group leader of Environment, Biodiversity, Forest at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. 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...
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Dev Appalswamy
Director Capacity Development, Corporate Services and Operations
Biography
Dev Appalswamy is the Director of Capacity Development, Corporate Services and Operations at the National Productivity and Competitiveness Council (NPCC), Mauritius.
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Dheeraj Kumar Gupta
Project Associate, Energy
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Biography
Dheeraj is a Project Associate with the Energy Program in WRI India. He is based in Ranchi and supports the work in Jharkhand to improve access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy for all. He engages with government and non-government stakeholders in rural and climate vulnerable areas with solutions and...
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Dhruba Purkayastha
Director
Biography
Dhruba Purkayastha is CPI’s India Director, where he leads and guides the Delhi team in developing innovative finance and policy solutions in support of the renewable energy and green growth plans of the Government of India. Dhruba is also the Director of US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF), for which CPI...
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Dhruvak Aggarwal
Research Analyst
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Biography
Dhruvak Aggarwal is a Research Analyst at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). He was a co-author of the official Stockholm+50 Youth Report, ‘ Charting a Youth Vision for a Just and Sustainable Future’, along with eleven other early career researchers from CEEW and the Stockholm Environment Institute...
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