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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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Dr. Victorine. A. Pinas
Suriname Representative
Directional coordinator of the MSc Program on Chemical Sciences & Engineering
Biography
Dr. Victorine A. Pinas is a bioorganic and radiopharmaceutical scientist. She is the representative of Suriname to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Directional coordinator of the MSc program Chemical Sciences & Engineering at the Institute of Graduate studies and Research (IGSR) in Suriname.
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Dr. Yuan Chen
Senior Program Officer
Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Center for the Asia and Pacific Region in China (BCRC-SCRC China)
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Dr. Yuan Chen is the Senior Program Officer, Chief of Regional Chemical Management Branch, Component 3, Global NIP Update Project, Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-building and the Transfer of Technology in Asia and the Pacific.
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Dr. Yuge Ma
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Biography
As an interdisciplinary social scientist, Dr. Yuge Ma's research focuses on global low-carbon development. Dr. Ma's PhD from the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford investigated the institutional change of China and India’s energy efficiency regime from a comparative perspective. To further pursue my passion on global climate...
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Dragan Radic
Head of the Small and Medium Enterprises unit (SME)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Dragan Radic is Head of the Small and Medium Enterprises unit (SME) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Dragan has 10 years of ILO experience (Bangkok and Budapest duty station) as Senior Specialist for Employers’ Activities. Prior to joining the ILO, Dragan was a Chief Executive Officer of Accuro Health...
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Dulika Rathnayake
Junior Policy Analyst, OECD
Biography
Dulika holds a BA (Hons) in Leadership and Management from the University of Northumbria, UK. She has over 5 years of work experience in Human resource management, circular economy, renewable energy and as an intern to the Sri Lankan delegation to the COP22. She is now completing her final year...
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Edgar Hertwich
International Chair of Industrial Ecology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Executive Fellow
Biography
Edgar Hertwich is the International Chair of Industrial Ecology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Executive Fellow at the Yale School of the Environment. Dr. Hertwich lectures and researches life-cycle assessment, sustainable production and consumption, trade and environment, and risk analysis. He has co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal...
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Edgar Hertwich
Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies;
Member of the International Resource Panel
Biography
Edgar Hertwich researches life-cycle assessment, sustainable production and consumption, trade and environment, plus risk analysis. He explores how activities in society produce environmental pressures, and investigates alternative courses of action to reduce those pressures. He is Professor of Industrial Ecology at Yale University. From 2003 to 2015, he served as...
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Edith Ofwona Adera
Regional Principal Officer & AAAP Coordinator
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Edith has over 28 years of international experience in development, research, and advanced program/project management in agriculture, climate change and ICTs for development. She is currently a Regional Principal Officer, and AAAP Coordinator at the African Development Bank Group.
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Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
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Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues is an assistant professor of Economics at the University of Toronto since 2013. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Economics at Yale University in 2012. After that, he became a post-doc fellow at Harvard University for one year. Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues' research agenda lies at the intersection of Environmental...
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Edward B. Barbier
University Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics
Colorado State University
Senior Scholar
School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Biography
Edward B. Barbier is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Colorado State University and a Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. He is a highly cited scholar on global environmental and sustainability issues and has written extensively on green economy issues. Professor Barbier’s books...
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