Szilárd Erhart is an economist at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, working in the Competence Centre on Composite Indicators. His research focuses on monetary economics, decision making, and environmental policy, with current work on large-scale measurement and reporting solutions for corporate climate and environmental performance. He first joined the JRC in 2016 and served in DG Environment’s Green Finance team (2017–2019), contributing to the EU’s Sustainable Finance Agenda. A former central banker and environmental finance specialist, Szilárd studied economics at the Budapest University of Economics and pursued postgraduate studies at the Kiel Institute and Central European University.

Ingvild Solvang is the Deputy Director and Head of the Climate Action and Inclusive Development (CAID) Unit in the Investment and Policy Solutions Division (IPSD) in GGGI.

She has nearly 20 years experience working in international development and humanitarian affairs. Based in Southeast Asia for nearly two decades, she has responded to emergencies, while also managing development programs for various organizations worldwide, always with a focus on poverty reduction, gender equality and social inclusion. Prior to joining GGGI’s HQ in Seoul, Ingvild was the Global Lead for Entrepreneurship with CARE’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Team. With her partner, she has also supported the management of ViaVia Jogja, a sustainable tourism social enterprise in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Ingvild has a postgraduate degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Oslo and an MFA in Creative Writing from City University of Hong Kong. She has also studied Gender at SUNY Buffalo and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford.

Dr. Joy A. Kim is a Senior Economist at UNEP with nearly 20 years of experience at the intersection of macroeconomic, trade, and environmental policy. She currently leads UNEP’s “Fiscal Policy for Green Economy” project and manages the “Green Economy in Africa” initiative, supporting over 10 countries in their green economy transitions. Joy also co-chairs the Fiscal Instruments Research Committee of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP). Before UNEP, she held roles at the OECD, UNU-IAS, and the Tyndall Centre, and was a Visiting Professor in Tokyo. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia and was a Leadership Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. 

Lilibeth Acosta is the Deputy Director of Green Growth Performance Measurement at GGGI. Based in Hungary, she has over 20 years of experience in indicator development, integrated assessment, and scenario modeling of climate change, biodiversity, agriculture, land use, and renewable energy. She previously served at the Philippines’ National Economic Development Authority, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and academic institutions in Asia and Europe. She has also consulted for ADB, UNCCD, and UNCTAD. Lilibeth holds a PhD in Agricultural Policy (Bonn), an MPhil in Economics and Development (Cambridge), and a BSc in Agricultural Economics (Philippines). 

Myung-Kyoon Lee serves as the head of Institutional Development section at UNEP-CCC in Copenhagen, Denmark, with focusing on institutional development, arrangement, and capacity building in climate governance. Main research interests are climate and energy policies, implementation of NDCs, carbon market, and international climate negotiation.

Currently, he is a co-manager of the NDC Action project funded by the IKI programme of Germany. Before rejoining UNEP-CCC in July 2018, he worked for various organizations such as KDI, GGGI, Keimyung University, public and private research institutions as a manager, professor, and researcher.

He got BA of Economics at Seoul National University in Korea and MA and Ph.D. of Economics at Brown University in the USA and has published widely on energy, environment, and development issues. He had also served as a lead author of Working Group III of IPCC AR5.

Ngawang Dendup is an applied microeconomist specializing in energy, environment, and development economics. His recent research integrates applied microeconometrics and model-based approaches to address various economic issues. His expertise lies in applied econometrics, and his publications have appeared in leading economic journals, such as the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Prior to joining ADBI in May 2024, Ngawang served as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, for over 5 years. In addition to his role at ADBI, he is a visiting researcher at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies and the Research Institute for Management and Environmental Economics.

Nathalie Girouard has been the Head of the Division for Environmental Performance and Information in the OECD Environment Directorate since 2015. She leads the Environmental Performance Review programme and oversees the development of work on environmental data and indicators, including the International Programme for Action on Climate (IPAC) and the Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA).

From 2009 and 2014, Nathalie coordinated the OECD’s work on green growth and sustainable development. She supported the integration of green growth in country surveillance exercises and cross-cutting work across OECD Committees. She led the preparation of the Green Growth Strategy’s Synthesis Report for the May 2011 Ministerial Council Meeting and managed the OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum. Between 2007 and 2009, she served as senior advisor to the OECD Secretary-General, co-ordinating the accession processes of five countries.

Before joining the Environment Directorate, Nathalie worked in the OECD’s Economics Department and previously in the Research Department of the Bank of Canada. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Montréal.

Dr. Shivenes Shammugam is a Lead Economist at GGGI, where he supports developing and emerging countries in formulating LT-LEDS, NDCs, National Green Economy Strategies, and Loss and Damage preparedness programs. He previously worked as an Energy Transition Specialist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and as a Research Assistant at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in Germany. He holds a PhD in Finance and Information Management from the University of Augsburg, an MEng in Renewable Energy Systems from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, and a BE in Energy Systems from Fachhochschule Biberach. 

Dr. Stelios Grafakos is a Principal Economist at GGGI’s Center for Thought Leadership in Seoul, where he leads work on the macroeconomic dimensions of green growth. His focus includes investment needs, employment impacts, and the economic opportunities of low-carbon and climate-resilient development pathways, supporting countries to design and implement LEDS and enhance their NDCs. Prior to GGGI, he headed the Environment and Climate Change group at Erasmus University Rotterdam’s Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, leading research and advisory projects worldwide. He holds degrees in economics, environmental management, and a PhD in decision analysis and support from Erasmus University Rotterdam.