Event Updates
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.
Tools and Initiatives
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.
Partner in Focus
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.
Research
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.
GGKP News
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.
Research
Marcelo Giugale, the World Bank’s Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programs for Africa, discusses how to make growth greener without slowing it down.
Tools and Initiatives
Dagfinn Høybråten, the Nordic Council of Ministers' Secretary General, presents the Nordic Prime Prime Ministers' green growth initiative and explores what green growth “the Nordic Way” entails.
Research
Anja von Moltke, Acting Head of UNEP's Trade, Policy and Planning Unit, outlines the imperative for greening international trade, as presented in the new UNEP Report: "Green Economy and Trade - Trends, Challenges and Opportunities."
Tools and Initiatives
Michael Funch, Senior Advisor with the Nordic Council of Ministers, presents the new web magazine: “Green growth the Nordic Way” which explores what green growth means for the Nordic region, and gives concrete examples of a number of sustainable development projects under the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Research
Chris Beaton, Research and Communications Officer for IISD, discusses the impacts of fossil fuel subsidies, the challenges with removing them, and the path to reform, including an introduction to the Global Subsidy Initiative’s latest publication A Guidebook to Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform.