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.

Matt Homewood
Food waste campaigner
An Urban Harvester
Biography
Matt Homewood is an award-winning food waste campaigner on a mission to end supermarket food waste in Denmark and beyond. His urban harvesting exploits and blogging can be followed on his website: www.matthomewood.com , Instagram @anurbanharvester, and LinkedIn .
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Matt Ripley
Consultant
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Biography
Matt specialises in designing, delivering and evaluating inclusive growth initiatives. He is a freelance consultant working with multinationals, investors, social enterprises and international development projects to drive a double bottom line of impact and business value. Matt has over a decade of experience leading large teams and global programmes, including...
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Matteo Ramina
Consultant, Macroeconomist
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Matteo is a Macroeconomic Consultant working on the NZNP Planning and Modelling. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business from LUISS University and a master’s in Development Economics from the University of Amsterdam. Before joining UNEP, he worked on macroeconomic policy and forecasting, sustainable development, and multi-stakeholder technical...
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Matthew J. Diserio
Co-Founder and President
Water Asset Management LLC
Biography
Mr. Diserio has been a guest lecturer on the water industry and water policy at the Brookings Institute, the World Bank, Harvard’s Kennedy School, Wharton Business School, Babson College and the Kellogg School of Management. Prior to co-founding Water Asset Management, LLC in 2005, Mr. Diserio spent 25 years in...
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Matthew Solomon
Analyst
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Biography
Matthew Solomon is an Analyst in CPI’s San Francisco office. At CPI, he provides analytical support to new financial instruments through the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, and currently supports Monetizing Water Savings, an instrument focused on water access and sustainability through nature-based solutions in Latin America. He also...
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Matthias Ploeg
Senior Consultant
Technopolis Group
Biography
Matthias Ploeg is a senior consultant at Technopolis Group, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and Amsterdam focusing on policy evaluation and strategy support, with a particular interest in the role of innovation and private sector development in emerging countries, in particular in the area of the Green Economy and Climate...
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Matthias van den Heuvel
PhD candidate
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Biography
Matthias van den Heuvel is a PhD candidate at the Chair of Innovation and IP Policy at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) since February 2018. Prior to joining the EPFL, he worked as an economist in a private bank and as a researcher at the WTO. Matthias obtained...
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Mauricio Mira Ponton
Head of Green & Sustainable Business Office, Colombia’s Ministry of environment
Biography
Mauricio Mira Ponton is a Business Manager at Veritas, Itam University of Costa Rica , as well as an equities market technician in the Administration Institute of Economic Research of the University of Costa Rica, and a Specialist in Negotiation and International Relations at the Universidad de los Andes in...
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Mauricio Mondragón
Biography
Expertise
Mauricio Torres Velasquez
Associate Programme Officer
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Biography
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