About the service

Our Expert Assistance is a no-cost service that connects you to an extensive network of professionals for consultation and advice on a range of short-lived climate pollution issues and policies.  

Experts will provide guidance on technological options, mitigation measures (like those carried out by our initiatives), funding opportunities, application of measurement tools, and policy development.

Who can apply

The service supports requests from policy makers and civil servants working to reduce black carbon, methane and HFCs in specific sectors or as part of overall mitigation planning and implementation. These include: 

  • National government agencies or initiatives 
  • Subnational, local and municipal governments
  • Regional Economic Integration Organisations

How to apply

  1. Send your request using the form below
  2. You will receive a reply from our team within 2 business days
  3. You will receive a message from the expert assigned to you



 

 

Types of assistance

This service provides short-term assistance to:

  • review draft strategies
  • analyze optional measures or analytical approaches
  • compile data and information
  • share approaches conducted by others
  • facilitate networking and links with peers 

Expert Assistance

Experts will respond via email and/or phone to questions

Your contact details
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Meet the experts

The Solution Centre’s experts are qualified and renowned in their fields. Many currently work on CCAC initiatives.

Agriculture

Ernesto Alvarado
Ernesto Alvarado
  • Professor, Environmental and Forest Science
    University of Washington
Seattle
United States
Areas of expertise:
Biomass burning and emissions
Regions of expertise:
North America
Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages spoken:
English
Jessica McCarty
  • Assistant Professor of Geography
    Miami University
Areas of expertise:
Open burning, Food security, Agricultural management and monitoring, Fire emissions
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Spanish
William Richard Teague
  • Associate Resident Director and Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
    Texas A&M University
Vernon, Texas
United States
Areas of expertise:
Soil health, Carbon sequestration, Soil biology, Methanotrophic bacteria methane digestion, Ecosystem services, Water cycling
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Susan Anenberg
  • Co-Founder and Partner
    Environmental Health Analytics, LLC
Washington, DC
United States
Areas of expertise:
Air pollution; Biology; Black Carbon; Chemistry; Earth Science; Economics; Environmental Studies; Methane; National Planning; Policy; Public Health; Environmental Epidemiology
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Glynda Bathan-Baterina
  • Deputy Executive Director
    Clean Air Asia
Manila
Philippines
Areas of expertise:
Air quality management, vehicle and emissions standards
Regions of expertise:
Asia and the Pacific
Languages spoken:
English
Cebuano
Philippine languages
Ellen Baum
  • Director
    Climate and Health Research Network (CHeRN)
Bowdoinham, ME
United States
Areas of expertise:
Black carbon emissions from oil and gas flares; Alternatives to flaring; Brick kiln modernization
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Jon Bickel
  • Director
    Swisscontact Peru
Lima
Peru
Areas of expertise:
Bricks production: emissions, baseline, finance, impact assessment, policies; air quality monitoring, vehicle emission norms, fuel economy specifications, vehicle inspection and maintenance
Regions of expertise:
Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages spoken:
English
French
Spanish
German
Romansh
Juan Castillo
Juan Castillo
  • Advisor, Air Quality and Health
    Pan American Health Organization
Washington, DC
United States
Areas of expertise:
Air Pollution, Health Impact Assessment, Policy Making, Air Quality Management Plans
Regions of expertise:
Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages spoken:
English
Spanish
Robyn Garner
  • Communications and Marketing Manager
    Clean Air Asia
Manila
Philippines
Areas of expertise:
Communicating short-lived climate pollutant health impacts, media training
Regions of expertise:
Asia and the Pacific
Languages spoken:
English
Jeremy Gorelick
  • Professor
    The Johns Hopkins University
  • Lead Technical/Financial Advisor
    City of Dakar
New York
United States
Areas of expertise:
Infrastructure finance, Municipal finance
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Mark Z. Jacobson
  • Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program
    Stanford University
Stanford
United States
Areas of expertise:
Black Carbon, Environmental engineering, air pollution and global warming modelling, renewable energy
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Driss Khomsi
  • Professor, Environmental Engineering
    Mohammadi School of Engineers (Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs), Rabat, Morocco
Rabat
Morocco
Areas of expertise:
Black Carbon and other pollutant (CO2, CO, CH4, SO2) emissions from brick production; Life Cycle emissions of Black Carbon and other pollutants; Environmental upgrading of brick kilns
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
French
Arabic
Gary Kleiman
  • Senior Environmental Consultant
    World Bank
Washington DC
United States
Areas of expertise:
Climate finance, Green Climate Fund, UNFCCC process
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Benoit Leguet
  • Director
    Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE)
Paris
France
Areas of expertise:
Climate Finance, Green Climate Fund, UNFCCC process
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
French
Spanish
Rob Maas
  • Senior Scientific Advisor
    Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Bilthoven
Netherlands
Areas of expertise:
Economics, environmental policy assessments
Regions of expertise:
Europe
Languages spoken:
English
Dutch; Flemish
Megan L. Melamed
  • Executive Director
    International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project
Boulder
United States
Areas of expertise:
Atmospheric chemistry, Air pollution policy, Biomass burning, Chemistry-climate interactions, Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, Arctic air pollution
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
A.R. Ravishankara
  • Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Atmospheric Science
    Colorado State University
Boulder, CO
United States
Areas of expertise:
Atmospheric chemistry, stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change, and regional air quality.
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Tim Reutemann
  • Independent Consultant
    The Hague
Copenhagen
Denmark
Areas of expertise:
Climate finance, Green Climate Fund, UNFCCC process, cooking, lighting, PayGo
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
German
Nathalie Roebbel
Nathalie Roebbel
  • Coordinator, Air Pollution and Urban Health
    Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization
Geneva
Switzerland
Areas of expertise:
Public health, environmental health, policy development, social determinants of health
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
German
Peter F.J. van Velthoven
  • Chemistry and Climate Division
    Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
De Bilt
Netherlands
Areas of expertise:
Chemistry-transport modelling for climate and air quality applications, National air quality forecasts
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Dutch; Flemish

Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines

Katherine Blumberg
  • Senior Fellow
    International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
San Francisco
United States
Areas of expertise:
Fuel and vehicle regulations; light and heavy-duty vehicle efficiency; transport policy; climate and health science
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Sudhir Gota
  • Consultant & Advisor
    Independent
Bangalore
India
Areas of expertise:
Green Freight; Low carbon transport
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Ray Minjares
  • Clean Air Program Lead
    International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
San Francisco
United States
Areas of expertise:
Health and climate impacts of non-CO2 pollutants in the transportation sector, Vehicle F-gases, Marine black carbon
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English

Waste

Christopher Godlove
  • Urban Sustainability Professional
    THINKCities Consulting
Brussels
Belgium
Areas of expertise:
Sustainable/Resilient Cities, Municipal Solid Waste Management, Technical/Economic Assessment, Budget Management, GHG Mitigation, Capacity Building, Communication, Composting/Anaerobic Digestion, Methane Mitigation
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Stephen Grealy
  • Waste Industry Consultant
    Independant
Lyneham
Australia
Areas of expertise:
Waste policy, systems and technology appropriate systems in a wide variety of socio-economic and geo-political contexts; policy development, quality systems, investigations for organic agriculture industry
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Derek Greedy
  • Waste Expert
    International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
Vienna
Austria
Areas of expertise:
Landfill and waste management planning
Languages spoken:
English

Household Energy

Michael Johnson
  • Technical Director
    Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
Berkeley
United States
Areas of expertise:
Household energy transitions, cooking technology and fuel performance testing, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, MRV, standards, health co-benefits
Regions of expertise:
Africa
Languages spoken:
English
Arthur Laurent
Arthur Laurent
  • CEO
    Microsol
Paris
France
Areas of expertise:
Cooking, Heating, Lightning, MRV, Results Based Financing, Socio-anthropological studies, Cost-benefit analysis
Regions of expertise:
Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages spoken:
English
French
Spanish

National Planning and Policy

Richard Mills
  • Director-General
    International Union of Air Pollution and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA)
London
United Kingdom
Areas of expertise:
National planning, Policy development, Air and environmental quality
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Louisa T. Molina
  • President
    Molina Center for Strategic Studies in Energy and the Environment (MCE2)
San Diego
United States
Areas of expertise:
Science and Policy related to urban pollution and climate change; emissions and impacts of short-lived climate pollutants
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English
Harry Vallack
  • Ecologist
    Stockholm Environment Institute (at the University of York)
York
United States
Areas of expertise:
LEAP-IBC sotware, Air pollutant emission inventories
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English

Fossil Fuels

Donald R. Robinson
  • President
    Emissions Management Consulting
Manassas
United States
Areas of expertise:
Oil & gas industry operations, facilities, technologies, methane and pollutant air emissions, mitigation technologies and engineering principles for design and economic evaluation of mitigation solutions
Regions of expertise:
Global
Languages spoken:
English

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