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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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Leisa Perch
Policy Specialist
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Biography
Leisa Perch is a Policy Specialist at the UNDP World Centre for Sustainable Development, Leisa specifically supports the work of the Centre through applied research and leads on climate change and natural resource management. She has been engaged in research on inclusive green growth for the last six years mostly...
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Lena Hok
Senior Vice President, Sustainability
Lena Hök, Skanska
Biography
Lena Hök is the Senior Vice President Sustainability at Skanska Group. Skanska is regarded as a leader within sustainability with the ambition to integrate sustainability into the business model. Almost half of its revenue comes from green projects and 93% of Skanska’s own developed projects are green. Skanska is as...
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Lena Neij
Professor, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University
Biography
Lena Neij is a Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University, Sweden. Her research is focused on the dynamics of the energy system and the analysis of governance and policies for a more sustainable development. The core issue has been development and assessment of methods...
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Leonardo Martínez-Díaz
Director of the Finance Center
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Biography
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz is the Global Director, Sustainable Finance Center of the World Resources Institute. In this capacity, he leads our engagement with governments, development finance organizations, and private financial institutions to rapidly accelerate the shift to sustainable finance. He also guides and amplifies the Finance Center’s research, analysis and influence...
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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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