Research
In June 2013, the OSLO Consortium initiated the public-private dialogue “New Opportunities from Natural Wealth Management” in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Out of the dialogue, five practical lessons were identified to scale up green growth in the region. Christina Wollesen, Siv Øystese and Simone Quatrini from the Global Mechanism outline why these are a good place to start for any economy that’s putting green growth on the agenda.
Event Updates
Rachel Waddell, Senior Advisor for GGGI, reports on the Economics of Green Growth Conference, organised in October 2013 by GGGI, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Oxford Review of Economic Policy.
GGKP News
Amanda McKee, Communications and Outreach Officer for the GGKP, shares her reflections on a set of GGKP interviews carried out with thought leaders in the field of green growth.
Partner in Focus
In this GGKP Partner in Focus feature, Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut fuer Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), talks about DIE’s work in the field of Green Growth.
Research
Luc Willems, Vice-secretary-general of the Benelux Union and Hans Mooren, Senior policy advisor, Secretariat-General of the Benelux Union, discuss the complexity of measuring and monitoring green growth in cross-border regions and present findings from the joint OECD-Benelux project aimed at defining solutions.
Tools and Initiatives
Fatema Rajabali of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, introduces the Knowledge Navigator, a CDKN-sponsored tool that allow users to find and access information on over 100 climate change focused knowledge platforms.
Research
Nidhi Kalra, Senior Decision Scientist at the World Bank, introduces new methodologies to help policy-makers make better decisions when faced with uncertainty and disagreement. In a series of upcoming blog posts, she and her colleagues will present concepts and examples of how this innovative work is being applied on the ground.
Research
Stéphane Hallegatte, Senior Economist with the World Bank, presents new research from the World Bank and the OECD on how climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world's coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous and costly flooding.
Aaban Ali Butt, Consultant with the International Trade Centre (ITC), explains how climate change is threatening the livelihoods of tea farmers in Kenya, and how ITC is helping to mitigate the impacts.
Partner in Focus
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) works to change the quality of life for people most affected by climate change. CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth introduces the programme and its work on climate compatible development, and outlines how CDKN is approaching the concept of green growth.