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.

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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Liza Cherotich Maru
Head of Innovation, Emerging Consumers
Biography
Liza Maru is the Head of Innovation at Britam, Kenya.
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Lizzie Marsters
Environmental Finance Manager
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Biography
Lizzie Marsters is a Cities4Forests USA Manager and an Environmental Finance Manager with the Natural Infrastructure Initiative, where she works to advance the pace and scale of natural infrastructure projects by unlocking access to capital. She works with municipalities, utilities, impact investors, infrastructure operators, non-profit institutions, businesses, and civil society...
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Llorenç Milà i Canals
Head of Secretariat, Life Cycle Initiative
Biography
Llorenç Milà i Canals is the Head of the Secretariat of the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative, based in Paris. The Life Cycle Initiative is a multi-stakeholder partnership launched in 2002 and hosted by UN Environment, with the aim of enabling the global use of credible life cycle knowledge by private...
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Lord Nicholas Stern
Chair
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Biography
Lord Stern has been Chair of the Grantham Research Institute since it was founded in 2008. He also holds the following positions: Chair of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the LSE President of the Royal Economic Society Director of...
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Lorena Aguilar
Former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica
Biography
Global leader passionate about gender equality and sustainable development issues, with over three decades of experience integrating social and gender considerations across initiatives, providing strategic contributions to national and international policies, and generating knowledge. Until 2018, Lorena was Global Senior Gender Advisor and Global Director of the Governance and Rights...
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Lori Foster
Professor of industrial-organizational psychology
North Carolina State University
Biography
Lori Foster, Ph.D. is a Professor of industrial-organizational psychology at North Carolina State University (USA) and the University of Cape Town (South Africa). She currently serves as a behavioral sciences advisor to the United Nations and a fellow with the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team. Her areas of...
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