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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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Juan Jose Robalino
Senior Associate Analyst
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Juan Jose Robalino
Biography
Juan Jose Robalino serves as Sr. Associate Analyst at the Global Green Growth Institute, specialized in agri-food value chains, as well as international markets with more than 5 years of professional experience. At GGGI, he is leading value chain analyses for supporting interventions towards sustainable landscapes. These assessments identify opportunities...
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Judith Fessehaie
Programme Manager, Trade and Development
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Biography
Judith is Policy and Data Lead, SheTrades Initiative, at the International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of UNCTAD and the WTO. In this capacity, she manages projects related to trade policy and women’s economic empowerment at global and regional levels; gender-disaggregated data collection and analysis; and technical support to...
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Juergen Voegele
Vice President for Sustainable Development
Biography
Juergen Voegele, Ph.D., assumed the position of Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank on April 1, 2020. In this role, he oversees the work of Global Practices and thematic groups that bring together the best expertise from across the World Bank Group and from partners, to help...
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Juergen Voegele
Vice President for Sustainable Development
Biography
Juergen Voegele, Ph.D., assumed the position of Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank on April 1, 2020. In this role, he oversees the work of Global Practices and thematic groups that bring together the best expertise from across the World Bank Group and from partners, to help...
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Juha Siikamäki
Chief Economist
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Biography
In October 2017, Juha Siikamäki has been appointed as IUCN’s Chief Economist. Juha is based in Washington DC and leads the IUCN Economics Unit within the Science and Economic Knowledge Team. Juha is a graduate of the University of California at Davis and University of Helsinki with the unique combined...
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Juhern Kim
Senior Land-Use Specialist
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Juhern Kim is a Senior Land-Use Specialist at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). Prior to this, he was the Interim/Deputy Country Representative of GGGI’s Vietnam Office and Program Manager of Cambodia Program. He joined GGGI in 2012. Before joining GGGI, he worked for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...
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Jules Schers
PhD student, CIRED
Biography
Jules Schers is a PhD student at CIRED (France) working on the question of the environment-economy nexus for South Africa, meaning: under which conditions a carbon tax could benefit both a reduction of CO2 emissions and inclusive economic development. For this he develops a South African version of CIRED’s IMACLIM...
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Julia Karst
Advisor on green growth to the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Biography
Julia Karst works as an advisor on green growth to the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development at the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Previous to this role, she worked in a project supporting macroeconomic reforms for GIZ in Vietnam as well as in a reconstruction project in...
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Julia Keenan
Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
Biography
Since joining CSRM in 2007, Julia’s work has spanned a range of social sustainability issues related to the extractive industries in Australia and internationally. She specialises in researching the relationship between mining companies and local communities, with particular focus on agreement-making with Indigenous Peoples, gender and community development, and methodologies...
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Julia Okatz
Associate
Biography
Julia Okatz is an Associate at SYSTEMIQ. Julia joined SYSTEMIQ to help drive global resource policy. Before, Julia completed a Masters degree with distinction in Global Politics at the London School of Economics after having worked in a climate foundation in Brazil and a consultancy firm in Germany. With a...
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