Insights Blog

In the run-up to the 3rd Eco-Cities Forum to be held in Jordan, 18-20 October 2014, Raouf Dabbas, Senior Advisor in Jordan’s Ministry of Environment, outlines the potential for green growth to generate new and sustainable business opportunities for our cities.

Simon Zadek and Nick Robins, co-directors of the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, outline why the UN Climate Summit must address inertia and show that financing climate action is in national, business and individual interests.

Anja von Moltke, Head of the Trade, Policy and Planning Unit at UNEP, discusses China's flourishing South-South trade in renewables.

Simon Upton, Environment Director at the OECD, discusses the challenges of carbon entanglement and the need for policies that foster green private investment, ensuring a low-emissions future.

Narae Lee (Inter-American Development Bank) discusses Public-Private Partnerships, green growth and the the GGBP Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences report.

Countries across the world are pursuing green growth pathways, but how do we begin to understand the benefits of green growth? As an author for the report Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences I was part of a team that explored this question on how to identify, analyze and communicate the benefits of green growth. Our work complements a recent report from the World Bank which identifies the benefits of green growth in relation to energy efficiency and clean transportation across countries. The conclusions we came to were: 

Green growth benefits can only be understood fully by defining the mechanisms of economic and social development and how “green” issues fit in. 

Ron Benioff discusses the Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) report "Green Growth in Practice: Lessons from Country Experiences", and the ways in which green growth can accelerate economic and social development.

Karthik Ganesan, Senior Research Associate at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), provides insights into the recently published study on 'Assessing Green Industrial Policy : The India experience'

Amanda McKee, Communications and Outreach Officer with the GGKP, discusses the GGKP's recent participation in the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists.

Benjamin Simmons, Head of the GGKP, discusses the GGKP's new Annual Report which takes stock of the Platform's main accomplishments from its first two years of operation, and outlines key priorities in moving forward.