Insights Blog

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.

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.

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.

​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.

Carlo Carraro, President of the University of Venice, and member of the GGKP Advisory Committee, discusses the importance of knowledge generation in the field of green growth and provides his reflections on the GGKP's second Annual Conference held earlier this year in Paris.

Cameron Allen, former Associate Expert with the UN Division for Sustainable Development, introduces the new UNDESA Guidebook to the Green Economy: Issue 4, which provides a global overview of the various international initiatives that are supporting countries and stakeholders to implement the green economy worldwide.

Caroline Uriarte with the LEDS Global Partnership Secretariat explains what the partnership is all about and the services it offers in this latest GGKP Partner in Focus feature.

Raphael Calel and Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, London School of Economics, present findings on the link between the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and patenting for low-carbon technologies.

Benjamin Simmons, Manager of the Green Growth Knowledge Paltform (GGKP) Secretariat, provides an overview of the GGKP, reflects on next steps and introduces the website's new "Insights" feature.

CDKN’s Ari Huhtala, Director of Policy and Programme, reports on the Global Green Growth Forum’s progress to get green growth concepts into the mainstream.