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.

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Marius Hasenheit
M.Sc. Global Change Ecology / Ecologic Institute
Biography
Marius Hasenheit studied BioGeoWissenschaften (B.Sc.) and Global Change Ecology (M.Sc.). He now works at Ecologic Institute in Berlin, Germany. The NETGREEN projects and its interactive web tool help to cope with the overabundance of Green Economy indicators.
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Mark de Bel
Expert Advisor Economy, Deltares
Biography
Mark de Bel is an Expert Advisor Economy at Deltares. He believes that traditional solutions are no longer adequate in facing challenges from climate change in coastal areas. There is a large need for innovative solutions and advocacy towards inclusive solutions for coastal flood risk management. Within the GREEN-WIN consortium...
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Mark Gough
CEO
Mark Gough
Biography
Previously, Mark led the Natural Capital Coalition and was on the board of the Social and Human Capital Coalition. He championed and delivered the bringing together of these two communities, creating a unified, systemic, collaborative approach. Mark has worked extensively in the private sector, leading programs and strategy for the...
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Mark Lewis
Global Head of Sustainability Research
BNP Paribas
Biography
Mark has more than 20 years’ experience as a financial analyst covering energy and environmental markets. He joins from Carbon Tracker, an award-winning think tank, where he was Head of Research. Previously, he was MD and Head of European Utilities Research at Barclays, Chief Energy Economist at Kepler Cheuvreux, and...
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Mark Overman
Senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands
Biography
Mark Overman is an economist and works as a senior policy officer at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment in the Netherlands. He has been working on green growth and green economy issues since 2010. Initially, to coordinate the Dutch position on the OECD Green Growth Strategy, subsequently helping...
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Mark Radka
Head, Energy and Climate Division
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Mark Radka is the Head of UN Environment's Energy and Climate Division. Mark's responsibilities are the day-to-day management and general coordination on UN Environment’s energy and climate change mitigation efforts. He keeps watch over staffing and programme budgets, maintains relations with donors and supporting institutions, and oversees communication of UN...
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Mark Schauer
ELD Secretariat Coordinator
Economics of Land Degradation (ELD)
Biography
Mark Schauer is coordinator of the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Secretariat. Mark is responsible for the synchronization of partners and donors, policy dialogue, communication with potential project countries and more. Before Mark joined GIZ, he worked for the United Nations Environment Programme as the Head of the Central Office...
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Mark Schulman
Content Editor
Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)
Biography
Mark Schulman supports the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership’s communications team as a content editor and writer. He has 20 years of writing and editing experience, focusing on international environmental, economic and development issues. Prior, he was a senior editor at the World Economic Forum in New York and managing editor...
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Markus Janser
Researcher
German Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Biography
Markus Janser works in the research department “Regional Labor Markets” at the Institute for Labor Market Research (Institut fuer Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, IAB) of the German Federal Employment Services in Nuremberg. He is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation at the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg (Chair of Sociology, especially Labor Market Research...
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Markus Lehmann
Senior Programme Management Officer
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Biography
Dr. Markus Lehmann is a senior programme management officer with U.N. Environment, heading the Economic Policy Unit of the Biodiversity Convention Secretariat. He was part of the core team preparing the report for national and international policymakers under the global initiative on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), and...
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