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.

Kejun Jiang
Senior Researcher
Energy Research Institute (ERI)
Biography
Since 1993, Kejun Jiang has been conducting research on climate change relative to energy policy analysis, with a focus on energy technology policy assessment, energy supply policy assessment, renewable energy development and energy conservation. In 1994 he began working on Integrated Assessment Model development for energy and GHG emission scenarios...
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Kelly Levin
Senior Associate
Biography
Kelly Levin is a senior associate with WRI’s global climate program. She focuses her work on supporting countries in the design and tracking of climate commitments, as well as planning for long-term transitions associated with decarbonization. Kelly closely follows the negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and...
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Kelly Sims Gallagher
Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy
Tufts University
Biography
Kelly Sims Gallagher is Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. She directs the Climate Policy Lab and the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at Fletcher. From June 2014-September 2015 she served in the Obama Administration as a Senior Policy Advisor in the...
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Kemal Derviş
Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Biography
Kemal Derviş is vice president and director of Global Economy and Development. Formerly head of the United Nations Development Programme and Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey, he focuses on global economics, emerging markets, European issues, development and international institutions. For many years, he has contributed a column every month...
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Kerry Adler
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
SkyPower Global
Biography
Mr. Kerry Adler is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at SkyPower Global Group of Companies. With more than three decades of entrepreneurial success, Mr. Adler has built a venerable career as a widely recognized award winning business leader, visionary, pioneer and trailblazer in the renewable energy and BPO...
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Kerry Max
Deputy Director, Climate Finance Governance
Global Affairs Canada
Biography
Kerry Max is the Deputy Director of Climate Finance Governance at Global Affairs Canada. Kerry has over twenty-five years of experience in international development practice, policy and programming, including in private sector development, trade, investment, development finance and project management. He currently focuses on gender-responsive climate finance, to catalyze and...
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Kevin Fan Hsu
Centre for Liveable Cities
Biography
Kevin Fan Hsu leads the Resilience/Sustainability research cluster at the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore, a division of the Ministry of National Development. He focuses on urban sustainability, energy efficient & low-carbon development, and climate resilience. As a research fellow at the Urban Redevelopment Authority, he also supports efforts to...
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Keywan Riahi
Director of Program
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Biography
Keywan Riahi is the Director of the Energy Program at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Visiting Professor of Energy Systems Analysis at the Graz University of Technology, Austria. Prof. Riahi’s research focuses on energy-related sources of global change, and on future development and response strategies for mitigating...
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Ki Han Song
Chief Director, The Korea Transport Institute
Biography
Dr. Song joined Korea Transport Institute in 2009 and currently he is Chief Director of the department of aviation and he fulfilled the role as the director of division for aviation policy and information analysis by 2014. He achieved the Engineer Information Processing License in 1999 and the Professional Engineer...
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Kieran Clarke
Research Officer, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Biography
Prior to joining IISD in 2013, Kieran Clarke worked in a number of positions in energy and climate change policy for the Australian Federal Department of Resources and Energy, latterly as Senior International Energy Advisor, managing global energy market analysis and Australia’s energy-related engagements with major multilateral fora. Kieran has...
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