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.

Gregor Semieniuk
Assistant Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute, & Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Honorary Senior Research Associate of Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
University College London (UCL)
Biography
Gregor Semieniuk (Ph.D., Economics, New School for Social Research, 2015) is Assistant Research Professor at the Political Economy Research Institute and the Department of Economics at UMass Amherst. His research focuses on the energy and resource requirements of global economic growth and on the political economy of rapid, policy-induced structural...
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Gregor Singer
Research Assistant, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Biography
Gregor Singer is a Research Assistant at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also a consultant for the sustainable resource initiative at the Office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and...
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Gretchen Ellison
Research Analyst
Biography
Gretchen Ellison is a Research Analyst in WRI’s Food, Forests and Water Program. She works across programmatic areas providing research support to advance WRI’s Natural Infrastructure and Negative Emissions portfolios. She has also worked for WRI’s Office of the President, and WRI’s U.S. Climate Initiative researching policy solutions for mitigating...
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Guido Porto
Associate Professor of Economics, University of La Plata, Argentina
Biography
Guido Porto is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of La Plata in Argentina. Before joining the University of La Plata, he was an Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank. He has taught at Universidad and Instituto Di Tella in Argentina and at the University...
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Guillaume Beaumier
Researcher, Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy
Biography
Guillaume Beaumier est candidat à la maîtrise en études internationales de l’Université Laval. Il a auparavant obtenu son baccalauréat intégré en affaires publiques et relations internationales de l’Université Laval et étudié un an à la Åbo Akademi en Finlande. Au cours de ses études, il s’est également distingué en participant...
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Guillermo Montt
Senior Economist
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Biography
Since 2016, Guillermo Montt is Senior Economist at the Research Department of the International Labour Office (ILO). He leads research on the relationship between employment, decent work and the transition to a green economy. Prior to joining the ILO, Guillermo worked for the OECD at the Directorates for Education and...
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Gunnar Eskeland
Professor in Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
Biography
Gunnar Eskeland, PhD, is Professor in Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), in Bergen, Norway. He has worked in developing countries in senior research positions at the World Bank and Center for Climate Research Oslo. Applications include environmental protection, optimal taxation, transport and air quality, energy economics, shipping...
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Gunnar Köhlin
Associate Professor at the Environmental Economics Unit, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg
Biography
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Gustavo Olveyra
Consultant on Green Development and Adaptation to Climate Change, NAP Cities Project
Biography
Gustavo Olveyra worked as a consultant to the Uruguayan Ministry of Tourism from 2009 to 2018. He was responsible for the socio-environmental management of sustainable tourism projects carried out by with financing from the Inter-American Development Bank, which included the organization of the Painted Birds Tourist Corridor on the Uruguay...
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Guy Halpern
Analyst, OECD Environment Directorate
Biography
Guy Halpern is an analyst at the OECD, focussed on environmentally sustainable economic development. Through his work in the OECD Environment Directorate, Guy provides targeted analysis and policy recommendations to governments and industry on sustainability in the extractive sector and small and medium enterprises. He joined the OECD through the...
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