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PhD Candidate Ama Kissiwah presented her paper Energy Efficient Buildings: Policy and Practice Landscapes in Ghana in Session C.3: Transforming Energy in Cities at the GGKP's Seventh Annual Conference (#GGKP7).

Dr. Stanislav Shmelev presented his paper Green Fiscal Reform in Sweden: Econometric Assessment of the Carbon and Energy Taxation Scheme in Session C.1: Policy and Planning Approaches for the Green Energy Transition at the GGKP's Seventh Annual Conference (#GGKP7).

Dr. Ria Sinha presented her paper Financing for Renewable Energy Projects: A Case Study of India in Session B.2: Finance and Investment at the GGKP's Seventh Annual Conference (#GGKP7).

Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik, Senior Analyst in the Green Growth Performance Measurement (GGPM) at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), presented the 2019 Green Growth Index at the margins of the Seventh GGKP Annual Conference, “Achieving Global Energy Transformation”. The Index covers 115 countries and builds on 36 indicators for four green growth dimensions including efficient and sustainable resource use, natural capital protection, green economic opportunities, and social inclusion.

Development economist Olivia Muza presented her paper “Disruptive Systems: The Role of Community Needs and Gender in Renewable Energy for African Rural Populations: What are the Priorities, Challenges and Opportunities” in A.2: Socially Inclusive Energy Transitions at #GGKP7.

Sikkim, India’s first organic state, lies in the north-east region of the country. Almost half the state is under forest cover, supporting many rare and indigenous species of flora and fauna, so it's no surprise that UNESCO recently recognised Sikkim‘s Khangchendzonga National Park as a world heritage site with tremendous natural and cultural importance.

With such an abundance of cultural beauty and biodiversity, tourism has mushroomed as a prime economic sector. According to the India Brand Equity Foundation, Sikkim’s economy is driven by the secondary and tertiary sectors. The tertiary sector alone is at about 48 percent, and includes trade, hotels, real estate, transportation, and communication as the main drivers, all of which are related to the tourism industry11. Tourist influx, and consequently, revenues from the sector have also gradually increased with better physical connectivity, and effective branding and promotion strategies.

A new study from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) takes a close look at the transition from coal to palm oil in Indonesia and outlines key steps for avoiding the single-commodity trap moving forward, including prioritizing efficiency over expansion and fostering diversification into value-added products and other crops and developing innovative fiscal transfer mechanisms.

The Green Economy Coalition's Global Meeting for 2017 saw the drafting and launch of the Santa Cruz Declaration on Local Green Enterprises - a call to action from manufacturers, producers, business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators, and local communities in recognition of the vital importance of smaller businesses to addressing global challenges. Read the full text below:

This blog post features the transcript of a podcast featuring Beth Offenbacker, founder of Waterford and participant in the 2nd Global Forum on Green Economy Learning, which was jointly organized by the GGKP, the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), OECD, Environment for Development (EfD), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) in 2018 in the context of the Sixth GGKP Annual Conference and OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development (GGSD) Forum.

Kamleshan Pillay, Climate Finance Lead at the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), outlines three potentially game-changing initiatives to enhance private finance of climate action, in response to the release of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.