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.

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Isabel Lee
Communications Intern
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Biography
Isabel contributes at the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership as a Communications Intern. She is a fourth-year university student from the Republic of Korea, currently pursuing a dual degree in Psychology and Political Science & Diplomacy. Through this internship, she is interested in further exploring the roles and responsibilities of institutions...
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Isabell Kempf
Co-Director, Poverty-Environment Initiative
Biography
Isabell Kempf is Co-Director of Poverty-Environment Initiative and is based at the Poverty-Environment Facility in Nairobi. She has more than 20 years of experience working with the UN, including UNESCO, the Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean and with the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights...
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Iva Zveřinová
Research Fellow, Environment Center, Charles University
Biography
Iva Zveřinová (M.A.) is a research fellow at the Environment Center Charles University in Prague. Her research topics include public acceptability of climate change policies, health benefit valuation, health and environmental risk perception, environmentally significant behaviour (and relevant social-psychological theories), such as energy use in households and consumption of organic...
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Ivo Havinga
Assistant Director
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Biography
Ivo C. Havinga is Assistant Director of Economic Statistics at the United Nations Statistics Division/Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD/DESA) since 2003 and is overall responsible for the domains of national accounts (System of National Accounts) and environmental-economic accounts (System of Environmental–Economic Accounts) and related economic and environment statistics...
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Ivo Mulder
Head, Climate Finance Unit, UN Environment Programme
Biography
Ivo Mulder leads UNEP’s Climate Finance Unit (CFU), created in 2019, and which includes a diverse team based in Geneva, Nairobi, Jakarta and Cambridge. CFU brings together various initiatives and finance facilities that actively unlock public and especially private capital towards sustainable land use with positive impacts for the climate...
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Ivonne Bojoh
Head of Digital
Circle Economy
Biography
Ivonne is Head of Digital at Circle Economy. She is passionate about making impact on a global scale, leaving behind a positive footprint, and leveraging technology to scale positive impact. She holds more than 28 years of international operations and technical leadership experience in B2B, B2C, start/scale-up and professional services...
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Izabella Teixeira
Co-Chair
International Resource Panel (IRP)
Biography
Izabella Teixeira is Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel. She is an expert in environmental management, impact assessment and licensing. She is the former Environment Minister of Brazil and was named a Champion of the Earth in 2013. Izabella Mônica Vieira Teixeira is a native Brazilian. She holds a B.Sc...
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Climate Change
Development
Natural Capital
J. David Tàbara
Associate Senior Researcher
Autonomous University of Barcelona
J. David Tàbara
Biography
J. David Tàbara is an Associate Senior Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has over twenty years' experience of European Union (EU) international research on Sustainable Development and Participatory Integrated Assessment of climate strategies. He has published extensively (over 100...
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J. Luis Guasch
Professor
University of California San Diego
Biography
Mr. Guasch holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, California, USA and Industrial Engineering Degree from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, Spain. He is the Former Senior Regional Advisor in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Region in the World Bank in Washington, DC, responsible for regulation, competitiveness, infrastructure/PPP...
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Jackie Kitiibwa
Head of Business Environment
Biography
Jackie Kitiibwa is the Head of Business Environment at FSD Uganda, working with regulators, policy makers and industry associations to formulate and enhance policies, laws, regulations and processes that enable and support inclusive financial services. Jackie is a financial sector specialist with over 15 years’ experience in payments and market...
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