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.

Ernesto Lopez-Cordova
Practice Manager, Industry Solutions
Biography
Ernesto Lopez-Cordova, a Mexican national, is the Practice Manager for Industry Solutions team in the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice at the World Bank Group. Previously, between 2013-2016, Mr. Lopez-Cordova worked at the Mexican Ministry of Finance, where he served as Head of the Economic Productivity Unit and as...
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Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Co-President
Club of Rome
Biography
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, PhD, is Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel, Co-President of the Club of Rome. Past positions have included Professor of Biology, Essen University (1972); President, Kassel University (1975); Director at UN Centre for Science and Technology for Development, New York (1981); Director, Institute for European Environmental...
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Esabu Anthony
Agricultural Extension Officer
Farm Africa
Biography
Esabu Anthony was born in Katakwii district located in Eastern Uganda. He started primary education from 1993 to 1999 in Swaria primary school, Secondary education at Teso College Aloet for O-level and St Peters Secondary school for A-level. He went for Bachelor of Science in agriculture at makerere University in...
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Eshita Gupta
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Teri University
Biography
Eshita Gupta holds undergraduate and masters degrees in Economics from Hansraj College (Delhi University) and Delhi School of Economics respectively and she completed her PhD from the Indian Statistical Institue, Delhi. Her main research interests include energy and environmental economics, development economics and applied econometrics. Her recent research studies the...
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Estefania Santacreu-Vasut
Assistant Professor, Economics Department Essec Business School and THEMA
Biography
Estefania Santacreu-Vasut is an Assistant Professor at the Economics Department of the Essec Business School and THEMA. In addition she is a Visiting Professor BEHL at UC Berkeley for several years. Estefania holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the University Pompeu Fabra and a PhD in Economics at UC Berkeley...
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Etienne Kechichian
Private Sector Specialist, Climate Competitive Industries (CCI)
Biography
Etienne is a Senior Private Sector Specialist at the World Bank Group and leads the Climate Competitive Industries (CCI) product in the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice. CCI works with governments to provide industry solutions that help mitigate climate change in industries and helps them become more resilient and...
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Eun Joo Yi
Korea Green Growth Trust Fund Program Manager
Biography
Ms. Yi has contributed to published material on the potential implications of resource scarcity and climate change on conflict, migration and trade in 2025 and Green Growth 2.0 published by KDI. Previously she consulted for the IFC Advisory Services (WBG) from 2010 on resource efficiency and clean energy. Prior to...
Eunji Hyun
Programme Support Intern
Biography
Eunji Hyun is a Programme Support Intern at Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), working in GGGI Seoul HQ. She is an enthusiastic Urban Ecology student at University of Utah. Her purpose of studying Urban Ecology is to contribute to the world’s sustainable development. She desires to ensure green life for...
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Eunjin Choe
Programme Support Intern
Biography
Eunjin is a Programme Support Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership. She is a Korean national, holding a bachelor's degree in Law / English Language and Literature in Sookmyung Women's University and is currently enrolled in a master's course majoring in Environmental Economics and Policy in the department of...
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Eunjoo Lee
Junior Programme Support Assistant
United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)
Biography
Eunjoo Lee is the Junior Programme Support Assistant at the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources ( UNU-FLORES) in Dresden, Germany. Her master thesis focuses on behavioural diagnostics of employees’ pro-environmental behaviour in the organisational context. With a background in business administration, human...
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