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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Maurissa Charles
Project Execution Officer
Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean)
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Ms. Charles joined the Project Management Unit of the BCRC-Caribbean in April 2016. She has over 5 years’ experience in research and laboratory settings and is a published researcher. Ms. Charles has an MSc.E in Civil, Sustainable and Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University, as well as a MSc. in...
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Max Franks
PhD Candidate, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Max Franks is a PhD candidate at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After obtaining a German diploma in mathematics from the Humboldt University Berlin he joined the Policy Instruments research group. His research mainly focuses on the possibilities for unilateral climate policy and the interface between public...
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Maximilian Müller
Project Manager, EU & International Affairs
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Maximilian Müller has been working as Project Manager, EU & International Affairs at the VDI Centre for Resource Efficiency (VDI ZRE) since 2015. His tasks include the management and implementation of European and international projects on resource efficiency. He is also responsible for the design, preparation and implementation of conferences...
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Maxine Jordan
Energy Efficiency & Buildings
International Energy Agency (IEA)
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Maxine Jordan leads the energy efficiency in buildings and cooling work within the IEA’s Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies (E4) Programme. After several years working as a building services and environmental design consultant in London specialised in high performance buildings, Maxine moved to Brazil to work in one of the...
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Maya Valcheva
Associate Programme Officer Green and Circular Economy, Division for Planet
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
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Maya is green economy learning specialist with UNITAR’s Green Development and Climate Change Programme Unit where she focuses on country-specific and global capacity development projects in the area of the green economy, circular economy and climate change. Maya is passionate about using partnership approaches, social innovation and collaborative learning to...
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Mayukh Hajra
Assistant Programme Director
Development Alternatives (DA)
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Mayukh Hajra, assistant programme director at Development Alternatives, is a Masters in Zoology with over nine years of action-research and management experience in the design, administration and implementation of community based environment and development action programmes. His core expertise includes programme design and coordination, management and implementation, monitoring and evaluation...
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Medrilzam
Director for Environmental Affairs
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Mees van der Werf
Evaluation Consultant
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
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Megan Rowling
Climate Correspondent
Biography
Megan is a climate correspondent and editor with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, based in Barcelona. She specialises in humanitarian and development issues, including climate change, disasters and resilience. She has also worked for Reuters Television and the BBC, and written for a range of newspapers and magazines.
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Megha Sud
Coordinator, Clean Energy Transitions Programme
International Energy Agency (IEA)
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Megha Sud is a policy researcher at the Environment Division of the OECD where she works with the biodiversity team. Her work at the OECD focusses on biodiversity and development (in particular, plans, strategies and policy instruments to mainstream biodiversity at the national and sector levels in a range of...
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