Insights Blog

Sirini Withana, UNEP, discusses the next steps policy-makers need to make post Paris Agreement, such as the challenging task of putting in place concrete actions to support the transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and inclusive green economy.

Najib Saab, Arab Forum for Environment and Development, discusses the recent climate talks in Paris and its impact on the Arab world.

In this "Insights" blog post, Professor Edgar Hertwich discusses the new International Resource Panel "Green Energy Choices" report.

Joy Kim, UNEP, discusses COP21, the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDCs), in which governments set out planned actions to reduce GHG emissions prior to the Paris summit.

Jehan Sauvage, OECD, discusses the OECD’s Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels report,

Simon Zadek, UNEP Inquiry, discusses the need to finance sustainable development and how this is understood through the lens of national development priorities or the need for international action in addressing global challenges such as climate change.

Can small innovating firms drive the energy technological transition? Today, the electricity sector is responsible for 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions, twice as much as the transport sector. This is mainly due to the fact that 70% of electricity is still mostly produced from burning highly carbon-intensive fossil-fuels, such as oil, coal and gas. Transforming our energy system will require speeding up the rate of innovation in renewable technologies, so that they can compete with fossil-fuel technologies. New research sheds light on the central role of small innovating firms specialized in renewable technologies in moving our energy systems away from fossil-fuels. 

Edward Barbier discusses his latest book, 'Nature and Wealth" drawing on historical and contemporary evidence and argues that these two threats are symptomatic of a growing structural imbalance in all economies, which is how nature is exploited to create wealth and how it is shared among the population.

Stephane Hallegatte will be presenting at a GGKP Webinar on 24 November from 3-4:30pm Geneva time, highlighting the new World Bank report "Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty".

Steven Stone, UNEP, discusses the recent PAGE Regional Green Economy Forum for Latin America that brought together over 50 participants from more than 10 countries in Central and South America.