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.

Kartikeya Sarabhai
Founder Director, Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Biography
Mr. Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai is the Founder Director of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE), established in 1984 as a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India. Mr. Sarabhai is on several committees formed by UNESCO for the Decade of Education...
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Kate Medlicott
Team Leader, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Unit
World Health Organization (WHO)
Biography
Kate Medlicott is the Sanitation and Wastewater Team leader within the WASH team at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva Switzerland. Within this role, Kate is responsible for WHO’s normative work translating evidence to policy and practice through WHO guidelines and health sector collaborations where sanitation is a critical...
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Kate Newman
Vice President for Sustainable Infrastructure and Public Sector Initiatives
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Biography
As World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vice President for Sustainable Infrastructure and Public Sector Initiatives, Kate Newman specializes in policy development and large-scale conservation planning focused on nature-positive infrastructure in Africa, Asia and Latin America. For over thirty years with WWF, Kate has helped WWF country teams and their partners in...
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Kate Raworth
Senior Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute,
University of Oxford
Professor of Practice
Biography
Kate Raworth is a renegade economist focused on exploring the economic mindset needed to address the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges, and is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries. She is a Senior Research Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on...
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Katerina Sebkova
Director
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX)
Biography
Katerina Sebkova has a degree and PhD in chemistry. She works as expert for the field of chemicals management, legislation, inventories, strategies as well as monitoring and education. She coordinates activities, cooperates with stakeholders and identifies opportunities to use research outputs, expertise and instrumentation, laboratory and other capacity of the RECETOX...
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Kateryna Shor
Project Manager, Information Center
Biography
Kateryna Shor is a Project Manager at Information Center Green Dossier, an environmental NGO established in Ukraine in 1994. Ms Shor is a lawyer, member of the official working groups within the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Ministry of Economy e.g. on Organic Legislation, on Climate Change in Agriculture etc.Kateryna...
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Katharina Koschek
Head of Department, Polymeric Materials and Mechanical Engineering
Biography
Katharina Koschek is the Head of the Polymeric Materials and Mechanical Engineering department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM. Katharina studies functional and sustainable polymers for lightweight engineering, joining technology, and smart materials. Stimuli-responsive, and bio-based polymers are of her particular interest with the overall...
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Katharina Pröstler
Gender, Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Biography
Ms. Katharina Pröstler is Gender, Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist, as well as Gender and Youth focal point in the Department of Energy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and responsible for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of youth and women, as well as for ensuring compliance...
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Katherine Monahan
Senior Research Associate
Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)
Biography
Katherine is a Senior Research Associate at the Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI). She is working with SPI under an interchange agreement from Environment and Climate Change Canada, where she has worked since 2008. She’s held various roles at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), including on the development of Canada’s...
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Katherine S Miles
Advisor
Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED)
Biography
Drawing on over 18 years of international experience, Katherine advises multilateral and bilateral international development agencies including among others UNCDF, UN Women and GIZ on private sector development, gender and women's economic empowerment, financial inclusion and the social dimensions of climate change. She has recently produced a series of guidance...
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