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.

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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Edith Ofwona Adera
Regional Principal Officer & AAAP Coordinator
Biography
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
Biography
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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Edward Glaeser
Professor, Harvard University
Biography
Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He regularly teaches microeconomics theory, and occasionally urban and public economics. He has served as Director of the Taubman Center for State and...
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Edward Nicholas
Project Manager, ISLANDS Pacific Child Project (PMIPCP)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Biography
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Edward Perry
Analyst, Biodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystems
Biography
Edward Perry is an analyst in the Biodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystems team of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). His work covers issues such as biodiversity finance, mainstreaming biodiversity across policy areas, and designing effective policy instruments. Edward’s previous roles include Special Advisor to the OECD Environment...
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Edwin Muchapondwa
Senior Research Fellow
Environment for Development Initiative (EfD)
Professor
University of Cape Town
Biography
Edwin Muchapondwa is a Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town and a Senior Research Fellow of the EfD Initiative. He is also a Guest Professor at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. His research deals with biodiversity conservation; community-based natural resource management; transboundary natural resources and valuation...
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Edwin Van der Werf
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Wageningen University
Biography
Dr. Edwin van der Werf is Assistant Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He holds a MSc. in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a PhD in Economics from Tilburg University (CentER, 2008). Edwin is a CESifo Research Network Fellow since 2008. He has...
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Eileen Tipoe
Fellow Researcher
University of Oxford
Biography
Eileen Tipoe is a Fellow in Economics at the University of Oxford, having joined the department in 2017 upon completing her DPhil. Her research area is applied microeconomics, focusing on revealed preference and welfare analysis. She is currently working on interpersonal comparability of subjective wellbeing reports, and gender differences in...
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