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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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Janez Potočnik
Co-chair
International Resource Panel (IRP)
Partner
Biography
Janez Potočnik is Co-chair of the International Resource Panel. Among other roles, Dr Potočnik is Partner at SYSTEMIQ and advisor to thought-leading institutions such as the European Forest Institute. Before, he was European Commissioner for the Environment and for Science and Research. He received United Nations' Champions of the Earth...
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Janine Boodram
Project Analyst
Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean)
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Ms. Boodram joined the Project Management Unit of the BCRC-Caribbean in July 2020. She graduated from Kings College, London, U.K. with an Integrated BSc. and Master of Science in Chemistry with Biomedicine. Ms. Boodram has published research on breast cancer and has attained over five years of experience in the...
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Jason Eis
Executive Director
Vivid Economics
Jason Eis
Biography
Jason Eis is Executive Director of Vivid Economics, where he oversees project work in finance, energy and industry, cities and infrastructure, and natural resources. His clients include multi-national companies, international organizations, NGOs and government agencies. Prior to joining Vivid, Eis was Regional Director for the Global Green Growth Institute, where...
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Jason Potts
Senior Associate, Sustainable Markets and Responsible Trade, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Biography
Jason Potts manages the Sustainable Markets and Responsible Trade (SMART) Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Prior to joining IISD, Mr. Potts worked with the Trade, Employment and Competitiveness Program at the International Development Research Centre, as well as the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Trade...
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Javier Capapé
Director, Sovereign Wealth Lab
IE Business School
Biography
Javier Capapé, PhD is the Director of the Sovereign Wealth Lab at IE Business School. He has been a Consultant at UN Environment on Sovereign Wealth Funds and SDGs. He is a Research Affiliate at SovereigNET (Fletcher School, Tufts University). He earned his PhD in Strategy and Management from ESADE...
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Jay Ram Adhikari
Under Secretary, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Nepal
Biography
Jay Ram Adhikari holds a Ph. D. in Environmental Policy and Governance and is currently working as Under Secretary in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Nepal. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in the areas of environmental management and policy formulation, community-based integrated...
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Jayasurya Kalakkal
Consultant at the Environment and Trade Hub
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Jayasurya Kalakkal
Biography
Jayasurya Kalakkal is a consultant at the Environment and Trade Hub of the United Nations Environment Programme, focusing on biodiversity and trade. Prior to this, she has worked on the Biodiversity Finance Initiative with UNDP in India, on chapters on climate change and disaster risk reduction in UNEP State of...
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Jayathma Wickramanayake
UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
Biography
Jayathma Wickramanayake was appointed as the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth in June 2017 at the age of 26. In this role, Jayathma works to expand the UN’s youth engagement and advocacy efforts across all four pillars of work – sustainable development, human rights, peace and security and humanitarian action...
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Jean Chateau
Senior Economist
Biography
Jean Chateau is senior economist (principal modeler) at the Environment Directorate of the OECD. He earned a MS in Econometric (1992) and a Ph.D. in Economics (1997) from the University Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris. Before coming in OECD he held positions as an Economist in the CEPII, and before in the Commissariat...
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Jean-Frédéric Morin
Chair Holder, Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Laval University, Canada
Biography
Jean-Frédéric Morin is associate professor at the Political Science Department of Laval University (Québec City, Canada). Before being invited by Laval University to hold the Canada Research Chair in Internaitonal Political Economy, Jean-Frédéric Morin was professor of international relations at the Free University of Brussels from 2008 to 2014 and...
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