In the first post-transition decade after the fall of communism, Europe and Central Asia (ECA) moved its economy from plan to market. In the second decade, the 2000s, it moved from social division to inclusion. The region has an opportunity to use the third decade, the 2010s, to move from brown to green growth making production and consumption more sustainable, increasing quality of life, and reducing impacts on the climate. Lowering climate change risks in ECA will involve many different actions that fall broadly into three areas. Some, like energy efficiency improvements, are often economically beneficial regardless of climate concerns. Others, like creating a good business environment for green enterprises, are investments that create new growth opportunities. Finally, actions like expanding wind and solar energy will have net costs for some time but are essential to tackling climate change. A simple framework helps guide climate action. The priorities are to use energy more efficiently, use cleaner energy, and manage natural resources better.
The private sector is increasingly being engaged in climate finance and climate-related activities. Private sector opportunities for engagement in climate change adaptation are less clear than for mitigation, particularly in developing countries. This article first conceptualizes private sector engagement in adaptation by exploring: (1) different roles of the private sector in adaptation in developing countries; and (2) the way governments can create an enabling environment to increase private sector engagement. Second, it analyses how 47 least developed countries (LDCs) envisage the role of the private sector in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs). This article argues that private sector engagement in adaptation is often inevitable and potentially significant. Yet, the results show that it receives little attention in NAPAs.
This paper explores why and how the private sector is working in partnerships with the public sector on building green global value chains.
This scoping paper lays out a conceptual framework for green growth indicators that can help communicate the central elements needed for the transition to a green economy. It was produced jointly by the Global Green Growth Institute, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Bank as part of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform’s program on green growth measurement and indicators.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is supporting Mauritius in its endeavor to become a sustainable island through the promotion of green jobs in the country. The synthesis report Green Jobs in Mauritius: Experiences from a Small Island Developing State presents the various initiatives that have been conducted in 2011-2012 within the “Maurice Ile Durable” framework.
The paper Tracking Climate Finance Inflows to South Africa conducts a case study focused on the state of the tracking of public and private climate-related inflows to South Africa.