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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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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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Jean-Frédéric Morin
Associate Professor, Political Science
Laval University
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 International 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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Jean-Paul Adam
Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Jean Paul Adam
Biography
Jean-Paul Adam is the Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Prior to taking on this role, he served in the Government of the Republic of Seychelles in several Cabinet positions. He was Minister of Health from 2016 to 2019...
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Jeff Kristianto
Chairperson
Jeff Kristianto
Biography
Jeff Kristianto is the Chairperson of the Business and Export Development Organisation (BEDO) in Indonesia.
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Jehan Sauvage
Trade Policy Analyst, OECD
Biography
Jehan Sauvage is a Trade Policy Analyst in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD, where he specialises on questions at the interface of trade and environmental policies. In this capacity, he has conducted a number of studies on topics such as electricity markets and the trade impacts of...
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Jenitha Badul
Senior Policy Advisor: Sustainability Programmes and Projects
South Africa Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Jenitha Badul
Biography
Jenitha Badul is the Senior Manager/Policy Advisor for Sustainability Programmes and Projects, at the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries and has been with the Department since February 2003. Her professional experience is on the coordination of green economy project planning and coordination and of implementation across spheres of government...
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