Insights Blog

Dr. Prasoon Agarwal, Siddarthan Balasubramania and Ajith Radhakrishnan, from GGGI, discuss the game-changing potential of Micro Irrigation technology in the agricultural sector in Karnataka, India.

The green economy can be an opportunity for women to gain their rightful place in the workforce. On Africa Environment Day and Wangari Maathai Day, ILO News talks with Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Policy specialist on Green Jobs at the ILO, to get first-hand information on innovative policies to enhance environmental sustainability and create decent employment opportunities.

Sara Castro, co-Chair of the GGKP's new Research Committee on Behavioural Insights, discusses how the SDGs cannot be achieved without behavioural change.

Julia Karst, GIZ, discusses their recent study which analyses macroeconomic choices needed for the Government of Costa Rica to reach its 2021-target of carbon neutrality.

GGGI and CSTEP discuss their recent partnership with Kriyative Theatre, a group that has been using theatre to educate people about crucial issues, such as their recent play, “Carbon Cake” which revolves around ‘Global Warming’.

The GGKP Resource Library has a new tool, allowing users to filter results by organisation. Learn all about it in this new blog post by the GGKP's Senior Knowledge Management Officer, Amanda McKee.

Emily Benson of the Green Economy Coalition discusses how the informal sector can contribute to creating a greener and more inclusive economy.

A collaborative blog between GGGI and TERI experts, exploring options by which the Indian economy can move towards an inclusive green growth paradigm of development.

Julia Wandke, GIZ, argues for a green economy transformation for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa by presenting the economic, social and ecological benefits of such a transformation.

An Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) is a tool for delivering sustainable development and a response to three sets of challenges facing humanity: persistent poverty, inequitable sharing of the growing prosperity, and overstepped planetary boundaries. How does this tool work?

The IGE contributes to the overarching goal of poverty eradication and shared prosperity by safeguarding planetary boundaries, some of which -  climate, freshwater, ocean, and land, for example - are mirrored in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the UN Summit on Sustainable Development in September 2015. The planetary boundaries are, however, not to be taken passively in an IGE; they should serve as drivers for innovative solutions that not only respect ecological thresholds but also contribute to reduced poverty and shared prosperity. In Africa, for example, where more than 600 million people lack access to affordable and reliable energy, off-grid renewable energy technologies are generating health care, education and economic opportunities while avoiding carbon emissions, all important components of SDGs.