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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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Donovan Escalante
Manager Climate Finance
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Biography
Donovan Escalante is a manager at Climate Policy Initiative in San Francisco where he focuses on climate finance. His projects address the need to mobilize private investment towards low-carbon, climate resilient growth in developing countries. At the intersection of the public and private sectors, he works to design new financial...
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Donovan Storey
Deputy Director and Urban Lead – Green Cities
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Donovan Storey is the Deputy Director and Urban Lead – Green Cities, at the Global Green Growth Institute, Seoul. In his role he works with country teams and key stakeholders to identify green city projects related to waste management, urban planning, sustainable mobility, resource efficiency and sanitation in cities across...
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Dorit Kemter
Green Jobs Expert, International Labour Organization
Biography
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Dorothy Maseke
Group Head of Risk and Compliance
ICEA LION Group
Biography
Dorothy is currently the Group Head of Risk and Compliance at ICEA LION Group. The Group, with interests in Life Assurance, Health and Property insurance, Life Assurance, Asset Management is one of the largest financial services Groups in East Africa. Dorothy started her career at KPMG within the Risk Consulting...
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Dr Adi Budiarso
Head, Climate Change and Multilateral Policy Center
Biography
Dr Adi Budiarso is the Head of the Climate Change and Multilateral Policy Center of the Fiscal Policy Agency in the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia He was the Human Capital Advisor to the Secretary General of the MOF and has acted as Head of the Finance Profession Regulator Agency...
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Dr Joko Tri Haryanto
Senior Researcher, Fiscal Policy Agency for Climate Change Financing and Multilateral Policy
Biography
Dr. Joko Tri Haryanto is currently the Senior Researcher of Fiscal Policy Agency for Climate Change Financing and Multilateral Policy, Ministry of Finance of Indonesia. With this role, he is responsible for formulating fiscal policies and financing to support the mitigation and adaptation of climate change. He is also a...
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Dr Mabouba Diagne
Vice President – Finance and Corporate Services
ECOWAS Bank For Investment and Development
Diagne
Biography
The Vice-President in charge of Finance and Corporate Services at the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. Mabouba Diagne, is a seasoned international investment and development banker with more than twenty years of various executive responsibilities in different parts of Africa. He holds a Ph.D in Financial Management...
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Dr Mao Amis
Co-founder and Executive Director
African Centre for a Green Economy
Dr Mao Amis, African Centre for a Green Economy
Biography
Dr Amis is the Co-founder and Executive Director at the African Centre for Green Economy (African Centre), a leading non-profit think tank based in South Africa. The Centre’s mission is to champion an inclusive and just transition in Africa, through undertaking research and providing thought leadership. Dr Amis has more...
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Dr Pedi Obani
Senior Lecturer
Department of Jurisprudence and International Law - Faculty of Law - University of Benin
Biography
Dr Pedi Obani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Benin. She is also a Visiting Research Fellow in Water, Security, Policy and Governance at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds and a Research Fellow with the Earth Systems...
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Dr Valentin Foltescu
Senior Science and Programme Management Officer, Climate and Clean Air Coalition
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Valentin Foltescu, CCAC
Biography
Dr Valentin Foltescu is Senior Science and Programme Management Officer in UN Environment and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Secretariat. He has been active in the field of atmospheric environment since the 1990s, carrying out monitoring, modelling (from global to local scales), integrated and impact assessments, air and climate...
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