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.

Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik
Specialist
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Biography
Dr. Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik is a Specialist in the Green Growth Performance Measurement (GGPM). She is responsible for the management of the Green Growth Index Project and provide support to the development of GGGI’s Green Growth Flagship Report. Lilibeth has over 15 years of experience in indicator development, integrated assessment and...
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Linda Godfrey
Principal Scientist
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Associate Professor
Northwest University in South Africa
Biography
Linda Godfrey is a Principal Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Associate Professor at Northwest University in South Africa, and holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. With over 20-years of sector experience, she currently heads up the Waste Research Development and...
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Lindsay C. Stringer
Professor, Sustainability Research Institute
University of Leeds
Biography
Lindsay C. Stringer is Professor in Environment and Development at the University of Leeds, UK. Her research is interdisciplinary and focuses on environmental change, livelihoods and environmental governance, particularly relating to climate and land. Lindsay has published more than 150 papers and is a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award...
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Linus Mattauch
Researcher, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
Biography
Linus Mattauch is a researcher at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in Berlin. Besides climate change economics, his research interests are the interaction of climate policy with public finance and welfare implications of the behavioral sciences.
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Lisa Danielson
Policy Analyst
Biography
Lisa Danielson is a policy analyst at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), where she works on climate change adaptation policy and leads the work stream on coastal adaptation. She is particularly interested in the links between climate adaptation and healthy ecosystems, applying economic tools to adaptation problems...
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Lisa Fischer
Senior Policy Advisor
Biography
Lisa Fischer works as a Senior Policy Advisor in E3G’s London office. Lisa’s work concentrates on EU energy, infrastructure and climate change policy. A key element to her work is increasing alignment between EU member states’ and EU policy with regards to the clean economy transition – having kicked off...
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Lisa Klinger
Policy advisor
Biography
Lisa Klinger is a policy advisor at the Cluster Financial Systems Development of the German development agency GIZ. Her current responsibilities include advising Germany´s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on how to best design and implement sustainable finance policies in partner countries. She is also coordinating a training...
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Lisa Lindhorst
JD Candidate, George Washington University Law School
Biography
Lisa Lindhorst is a third year law student at the George Washington University. Lisa was raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. She received a B.A. in International Relations from California State University, Sacramento. Prior to law school, Lisa spent a year as a California Capital Fellow, working in the office of...
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Lisette Heuer
Global Director Resilience and Global Water Strategy Director
Biography
Lisette Heuer holds the positions of Global Director Resilience and Global Water Strategy Director and, as such, is member of the global Business Line Water Management Team of Royal HaskoningDHV. Lisette has over two decades’ experience in creating and implementing visionary (business) strategies focused on water and nature. She is...
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Liz Hollaway
Project Assistant, Sustainable Ocean Initiative
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Biography
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