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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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LeRoy (Lee) Paddock
Associate Dean
Biography
Lee Paddock is Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies at George Washington University Law School. His research focuses on public participation, environmental enforcement, environmental justice, private environmental regulation, and hydraulic fracturing regulation. From 2002-May 2007, he was Director of Environmental Legal Studies and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace...
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Lesley Onyon
Unit Head for Chemical, Safety and Health
World Health Organization (WHO)
Lesley Onyon
Biography
Lesley Onyon is a toxicologist who has worked for over 25 years in fields relating to chemicals management, poisons information and occupational and environmental health at both governmental (UK and Australia) and intergovernmental levels (OECD, UNEP and WHO). She has recently been appointed as Unit Head for Chemical, Safety and...
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Lesya Nikolayeva
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Lesya works for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Europe Office on the issues of green economy, sustainable consumption and production. Lesya joined the Resource efficiency team of UNEP in September 2017 and has been implementing projects in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. Ms. Nikolayeva has...
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Lewis Akenji
Executive Director
SEED
Lewis Akenji, SEED
Biography
Dr Lewis Akenji serves as Executive Director of SEED. His responsibilities include overall management of functions and strategic development of the organisation. Before joining SEED, Lewis was Director of Sustainable Consumption and Production at the Japan-based think-tank Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. Among others, he oversaw policy research and activities...
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Leyla Acroglu
Founder and Director, Disrupt Design and Eco Innovators
Biography
Sustainability provocateur and cultural protagonist Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works. As an award winning designer, UNEP Champion of the Earth, sociologist, and entrepreneur, she developed the Disruptive Design Method and designs cerebrally activating experiences, gamified toolkits, and unique educational experiences that help...
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Li Xiaoxi
Professor and Deputy Director of Academic Board of Beijing Normal University
Biography
Mr. Li is Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of Beijing Normal University; Chairman of the Economics Department in the Social Science Committee, Ministry of Education; Dean of the Institute of Capital Science and Technology Development Strategy; Adjunct Professor at more than ten research institutes and universities, including the Chinese...
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Li Yong
Director General
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Biography
Mr. Li Yong is the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a post he has held since Jun 28, 2013. Before this post, Mr. Li had an extensive career as a senior economic and financial policy-maker. As Vice-Minister of Finance of the People’s Republic of China...
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Liesbeth Casier
Senior Policy Advisor
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Liesbeth Casier
Biography
Liesbeth Casier is a Senior Policy Advisor with IISD’s Economic Law and Policy Program. She works with the Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance team on research and advisory services that involve innovation in public procurement. She also works on IISD’s Sustainable Asset Valuation. Liesbeth has advised governments in Bhutan, Canada...
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Ligia Noronha
UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head
UNEP New York Office
Ligia Noronha
Biography
Ligia Noronha is the UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of UNEP, New York Office, an economist with over 30 years of international professional experience in promoting environmental sustainability. She was appointed in April 2014 as Director of the UN Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics - now known...
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Lilia Lakhtionova
Director of the Public Procurement Department
Lilia Lakhtionova, Ukraine
Biography
Lilia Lakhtionova is the Director of the Public Procurement Department at the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine. Before taking this appointment in October 2017, Ms Lakhtionova was serving as Deputy Director of the same Department during 4 years. The Department, in accordance with its competence...
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